Mahes takes South Asian Karate title
Anushka Withanage
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Sensei Mahes Peiris (centre) receives his trophy and certificate
from Japanese grandmaster Sensei Gibo Giyu, a 9th Dan Black Belt
holder of Okinawa. On left is Sensei Gamini Soysa, Chief
Instructor of the Federation Okinawa Karate Shorin Ryu Shorinkan
Kobudo Association Sri Lanka.
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Karateka Mahes Peiris emerged winner in the 'Kata' competition and
clinched the championship title at the recent South Asian Karate
championship held under the patronage of Japanese Grandmasters Gibo Giyu
and Morihiro Yagi from Okinawa, Japan which is the home of Karate.
The championship which was organised by the Federation Okinawa Karate
Shorin Ruy Shrinkan Kobudo Association Sri Lanka which is the local
branch of Sensei's parent body in Japan, saw many Indians and Sri
Lankans drawn from various dojos compete.
Sensei Mahes Peiris has distinguished himself abroad having trained
in Japan for nearly twenty years mastering various forms of the martial
arts. Presently, he is conducting classes at his dojo in Rawatawatte,
Moratuwa and in several hotels in Colombo and the South.
Notably, Mahes has specialised in the toughest of fighting arts in
Japan which has seen him being honoured as a member of the Ji-Jitsu
Club, Japan which symbolises reaching an elite fold called 'Pride' which
is a tournament status of combatants who have exalted themselves in
combat to the most extreme.
His Japanese sword fighting art is 'lado' which Mahes says takes
almost a lifetime to master for its minute precision in its use.
"Training envisages a four-hour session a day and saps the energy of
you," were Mahes's enlightening words of the intricacy of sword
fighting. |
