Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir): The country has been achieving global success, thanks to those people, who are leaving no stone unturned to make the country proud by climbing the success ladder with dedication, motivation and determination. While the government claimed that sports played a major role in the youths' development, which has ultimately led to the country's success. Here, a group of motivated teenagers achieved a new landmark by practising martial arts in the snow.
All sports activities have been halted in Jammu and Kashmir due to snowfall, but nature could not stop a group of girls from far-flung areas of Budgam district as they started learning martial arts even during this harsh winter, these girls practice without wearing shoes. These girls have enthusiasm towards martial arts and decided to learn martial snow arts. Martial arts is famous across the Kashmir Valley and a large number of Kashmiri youths play this game.
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Sujat, a martial coach, who trains all these girls, is very happy with the girls' dedication to the game. He said that practising barefoot on snow is not an easy task, but on seeing the girls' determination, they want to take the children forward by training them to take part in international platforms and the Olympics. These girls have been deprived of facilities in this area where they can have to do regular practice. Usually, they have to travel for several kilometres for practice. But, travelling is not possible due to snow, hence, as they are unable to go for a long distance, they decided to call the coach to the nearby college ground. Once the coach arrives at the ground, the girls gather there to start martial arts practice on the snow.
The parents of these girls are proud of them. It is these girls' dream to bring laurels to the country by winning medals at national and international martial arts championships. "It snowed heavily on Friday, but several girls called me up and said they want to practice even amid snowfall. They said they don't want to lag behind. On seeing their determination, I have decided to train them well as I wanted to see them on international platforms and Olympics. I request LG to provide facilities for them. Even in this harsh winter, these girls practice without weaning shoes on snow and learn the game from expert coaches," said Sujat.
One of the girls, Shafiya Wani said, “It feels very nice to be able to learn something new. We want to win medals for our Kashmir and make our parents proud. Our coach is also very supportive of us, and even when there is no indoor practice facility in the area, the coach trains us on the ground. We want to represent India and we also want to bag many medals for the country. Our dedication will make India proud and we also want to prove that girls can perform on par with boys." "We don't have any indoor facilities so we were practising amid snowfall. I request all girls and boys of Kashmir to play sports," said another player Aisha Zahoor.
