MAPUSA: Students from Thivim Karate DOJO bagged a total of 60 medals (26 gold, 12 silver and 22 bronze) and also claimed the championship trophy and the title of Best Dojo for the year 2023 at the Second IJKAI State Karate tournament held at Badminton Indoor Stadium, Peddem-Mapusa, recently.
Around 300 participants from different part of the State participated in the championship.
The medal winners of Thivim include: Layasvi Bommidi (two silver), Kanak Bagkar (two gold), Meryl Fernandes (bronze and silver), Ridhi Bicholkar (gold), Nidhi Mandrekar (bronze), Sanghavi Naik (two bronze), Shamika Salgaonkar (gold and silver), Mansi Palyekar (bronze), Tania Kanolkar (two gold), Pallavi Kalangutkar (gold and silver), Anushka Naik (two bronze), Mahiya Parab (two gold), Angaja Chari (gold and silver), Aryan Shinde (gold and silver), Adriel Fernandes (silver), Mahaj Porob (gold), Parth Walavalkar (two gold), Adarsh Nair (silver), Atharva Pingulkar (gold), Zeevan Bodke (gold and silver), Tanush Salgaonkar (bronze), Mihir Kolgaonkar (gold and silver), Meet Gadekar (gold and bronze), Pratik Arkasali (bronze), Swarit Ghanekar (silver), Sergio Pereira (bronze), Aditya Sawant (two gold).
Players who participated were trained under Sensei – Sandesh Santosh Kolikar (Black Belt 3rd Dan) coach of Thivim IJKAI Dojo (chief instructor of IJKAI-Goa and tournament organiser) Sensei Mahendra Naik.
