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Women Icons Of India ALL ABOUT HER Hanaya Says ..
As a child, I never thought I’d ever be a sportsperson. I enjoyed watching cricket but martial arts was something that I never imagined I would ever do. The idea of Martial Arts would scare me.
My journey of Martial Arts started when I was in grade 4th. My Coach Mir Salma was physical teacher in my school. She is the one who introduced me to Sqay Martial Arts. I still remember, when she attended our first games period…It wasn’t a good session at all. All of my classmates including me were sad because she was so strict and needed everything to the point, be it walk from the classroom to ground, our sports uniform, our shoes, everything had to be up the mark. Then gradually we adapted to her rules and regulations. The excitement and enthusiasm of the games period was back. She introduced techniques of SELF DEFENCE to us and this was something that got stuck in my head.
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After few months we had an All-India SQAY Martial Arts Camp at Pahalgam Anantnag. We needed parents consent to attend this 7-day camp, I went back home from school and told my parents about this camp and fortunately they gave me the consent to attend the Camp.
On Day One of Camp started I got to know it’s totally opposite of what I thought. I had to do everything on my own from waking up early in morning for jogging to getting ready for the practice session to washing own dishes .
Talking about the practice session, It wasn’t easy at all, we had to practice in the hot sun for whole day. We just had an hour of lunch break that’s it. This taught me a lot.
On last day of camp we had a championship and I bagged bronze. I was disappointed and that’s when I decided that I have to work hard and give my one hundred percent from now on.
Then I practiced for hours for next championships and then I won a gold in Cadet National Championship held at Haryana. This achievement made me more confident and focused. This is how my journey in SQAY started and since then till now I’ve been working hard and determined to make my Coach, my family and whole country proud.
