Thevendran, who’s in his remaining yr of a Sports activities Science Diploma at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, mentioned his journey to the nationwide group was largely impressed by his membership and nationwide group seniors, H. Sureeya Shankar and S. Geerijaieswaran.
Thevendran (proper) has grown right into a disciplined particular person with good time administration to steer his path into the nationwide group to bag a number of medals in regional occasions, apart from having reached the Junior World Championship quarter-finals. – Picture by Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR – Martial arts is all about self-discipline and that’s what younger karate exponent Okay. Thevendran loves most concerning the sport.
The 21-year-old who hails from Pudu, was first enrolled in a karate class on the age of 4 by his dad and mom to instill self-discipline in him as he was a ‘naughty child’ at residence.
Years later, Thevendran has grown right into a disciplined particular person with good time administration to steer his path into the nationwide group to bag a number of medals in regional occasions, apart from having reached the Junior World Championship quarter-finals.
“At first, I used to be not very as a result of I used to be too younger, however I began to like karate after that. Karate taught me self-discipline, particularly arriving quarter-hour early for each coaching session and even to different occasions, and controlling myself in the case of meals consumption throughout weight reduction for competitions.
“My instant aim is to win a gold medal in my SEA Video games debut in Thailand on the finish of this yr and progress from there. I dream of competing within the Olympics at some point if the game makes a return to the largest multi-sport video games on the earth,” he informed Bernama lately.
Thevendran, who’s in his remaining yr of a Sports activities Science Diploma at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), mentioned his journey to the nationwide group was largely impressed by his membership and nationwide group seniors, H. Sureeya Shankar and S. Geerijaieswaran.
“They impressed me to pursue karate as a profession…I needed to comply with of their footsteps and make it to the nationwide group. I dream of attaining massive in karate,” mentioned the three-time Southeast Asian Karate Federation (SEAKF) Championships gold medalist (under-21).
When requested about going through extra skilled and older opponents, Thevendran mentioned he was used to sparring and competing towards older exponents, having taken up karate at a really younger age.
As such, he mentioned preventing towards extra skilled opponents doesn’t intimidate him.
“I don’t really feel pressured competing towards extra skilled exponents. My solely stress is how you can struggle. Often, the coaches will present a sport plan for every group or opponent, and we execute the plan. Throughout coaching periods and competitions, the coaches will at all times encourage us to maintain enhancing and get higher, that may assist me to cut back the stress,” he mentioned. – BERNAMA
