Lavasa ties up
with Martial Arts expert, Chitah Yajnesh Shetty for a Martial Arts Academy
Academy kick starts operations with 3 day Martial
Arts Fest with international master trainers
Lavasa, April 19, 2014: Lavasa, India’s planned hill city today announced the tie up with well
known martial arts trainer, Chitah
Yajnesh Shetty to launch ‘Chitah
JKD Lavasa- Advance Module Academy’. The Martial Arts Academy has been
launched in keeping with its endeavor to promote Lavasa as destination for
sports. Lavasa is already working with leading experts for academies catering
to sports like hockey, tennis, rowing, golf and badminton.
Commenting on the launch of the academy Nathan Andrews,
President, Lavasa Corporation Limited said, ‘We are delighted to be associated
with Chitah Yajnesh Shetty and to welcome the Chitah JKD Advance Module Academy
to Lavasa. We believe that this will provide invaluable martial art training to
many aspiring learners, while complementing the sport academies already under
development within Lavasa, which today include the Sir Steve Redgrave Rowing
Academy and a hockey academy with Hockey Australia.
To mark the start of the ‘Chitah JKD Lavasa-
Advance Module Academy’, a 3 day India Martial Arts Fest was organized at
Lavasa from 18th to 20th April 2014. Leading exponents of various martial arts
forms belonging to 6 countries and 14 Indian states showcased their expertise
and shared their skills with over 100 enthusiasts in the age group of 7 to 61
years.
The experts who trained
students in various martial art forms including ancient art forms like WUSHU
and SHAOLIN sessions were:
·
Sifu Cosmo Zimik ((Director of Empty
Hand Warrior – Juveniles Mentor Program, USA and Coach For Olympic Games,
renowned trainer of Law Enforcement agencies, Military personnel etc)
·
Daniel Chris Docto- Myua Thai specialist from
Thailand
·
Sameer Ali Khan- mixed martial art master from
Afghanistan
·
Saru Veerji- Shaolin Kung fu scholar from
Nepal
To
promote
the sport among enthusiasts an exhibition of martial art forms and its
rich history was organized in addition to the seminars and workshops by
leading
experts. The festival aptly offered a platform to Martial art
practitioners for
talent showcasing. The workshops and seminars held for the beginners and
enthusiasts were engaging and action oriented. Participants were given
certificates on successful completion of workshops and seminars.
About Lavasa
Lavasa is India’s first planned hill city where
people can live, work, learn and play in harmony with nature. Lavasa, is an
inclusive city being developed by Lavasa Corporation Limited. Spread over
10,000 hectares, is based on the principles of New Urbanism. It takes three
hours from Mumbai and one hour from Pune to reach Lavasa by road. Lavasa will
host a multitude of global leaders in hospitality, tourism, education, health
care, business research and industry. The hill city provides a combination of
contemporary and timeless architectural designs, with multiple options for
housing including rental housing, apartments and villas. With state-of-the-art
infrastructure and amenities, the city enables people to live life in full.
About Chitah Yajnesh Shetty
Chitah
Yajnesh Shetty is the President of Chitah JKD Global Sports Federation &
Empty Hand Combat India. and ambassador to South East Asia. Affiliated to
'International Jeet Kune Do Federation' and 'International Martial Art &
Boxing Academy Torrance, USA. He has trained more than 180 Indian film stars
including Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgan, Farhan Akhtar,
Priyanka Chopra and others. He worked with International stars like Ben
Kingsley (Oscar awardee 'Gandhi'), Roger Moore (Octopussy), Jacky Chan (The
Myth), Suraj Sharma and Ayush Tondon (Oscar awardee 'Life of Pie') etc. He has
been promoting Martial Art under his organization Chitah JKD Global Sports
Federation (www.chitahjkd.com) and operational in 31 centers across 22 states
in India.
