Tajamul Islam, Seven-Year-Old Kickboxer, Eyes Medal at World Meet
Tajamul Islam, from Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir, has qualified for World Kickboxing Championships (sub-junior) in Italy. She is also a national champion.
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Tajamul Islam, 7, is eyeing medal at World Kickboxing Championship
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She is a national champion at sub-junior level
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She hails from Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir
Tajamul Islam is just seven years old, weighs only 25kg, but one wouldn't want to mess with her when she steps into kickboxing arena.
Tajamul, a sub-junior level champion from Bandipore district of north Kashmir, will represent India in World Kickboxing Championship in Italy in November.
She is confident of winning a medal at the world meet, after clinching several titles as the state and national level.
"You say I'm a small kid... but I can take on anybody. I am doing big things," said Tajamul. "I will make India proud, my Bandipore proud, my school, my academy, above all my parents proud, who have supported me."
The martial art sensation is the daughter of a truck driver Ghulam Mohammad, who works in a construction company in Bandipore.
Mohammad has sent all his five children, including three daughters, to learn wushu and kickboxing in a local academy.
In December, 2015, Tajamul won gold in sub-junior category at the National Kickboxing Championship in New Delhi, which also led to her qualification for World Championship.
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Mohammad says he's proud of Tajamul and other children, all less than 12 years age.
"I amm thankful to God that He has blessed me with these wonderful children." he said.
Tajamul's trainer Faisal Ali Dar says around 2,900 children are enrolled in his sports academy at Bandipore. Around 600 kids are learning kickboxing and wushu. He says Tajamul has achieved all this in less than two years when she joined the academy.
"I didn't believe my eyes when I saw her first, two years ago. Her style, punch and the way she was playing, I found that she was different from other kids. Without any training she was doing great..I said this child will go far ahead. I told her you stay with me and her father also cooperated."
But kickboxing is not tajamul's only dream. When you ask her about her aim in life, pat comes the reply.
"I want to become a doctor. Doctor because during the fight when I break somebody's bones I will immediately set them right too," said Tajamul.