SHIHAN SAHADEV BARMAN
PRESIDENT, KUDO MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION WEST BENGAL
I WAS BORN ON 27TH JUNE, 1972 IN OUR LOVING CITY SILIGURI AND WHEN I WAS 8 YEARS OLD I HAD BEGAN TO LEARN MARTIAL ARTS. I HAVE PRACTISED THE DISTINCT FORMS OF STYLES OF MARTIAL ART SINCE MY CHILDHOOD. I HAVE ACHIEVED THE VARIOUS BLACK BELTS AS 1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT ON THE STYLE OF SHOTOKAN ON 26TH DECEMBER 1990 WHICH REJUVENATED ME FOR THE NEXT, 2ND DEGREE BLACK BELT IN YEAR 1996, ON THE STYLE OF SHITORYU, THE NEXT ACHIEVEMENT 3RD DEGREE BLACK BELT IN 2006 AGAIN ON THE STYLE OF SHITORYU WHICH MADE ME AMBITIOUS TO ACHIEVE THE 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT 2010 CONVERTING FROM SHITORYU TO NBSII (GO-JU-RYU).
IT WAS MY FIRST LESSON WHEN I HAD STARTED MY INITIAL MARTIAL ART IN 1980 (AT THE AGE OF8 YEARS) AND ON & ON I HAVE STEPPED ON FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS. LATER, I HAD VISITED TO MUMBAI WHERE I MET TO HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR AT JUHU FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF" BENGAL MARTIAL ARTS" WHERE THE ALL KINDS OF BOY'S AND GIRL'S CAN BUILD THEMSELVES' AS IDEALISTIC FIGHTER'S AND CAN ACHIEVE THE CREATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS IN THEIR FUTURE PROSPECT.
THE 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT (2010) WAS CONVERTED IN NIPPON BUDO SOGO INTERNATIONAL INDIA WHICH CERTIFIED ME WELL IN THE YEAR OF 2015 BY HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR AND I WAS ENACTED ALONG WITH THE FAMILY OF NIPPON BUDO SOGO & KUDO . THE NEXT GREAT ACHIEVEMENT (5TH DAN BLACK BELT) WAS BEING HANDED OVER TO ME BY HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR ON THE STYLE OF NBSII (GO-JU-RYU KARATE). THE NEXT ACHIEVEMENT I GOT WAS THE 6TH DAN BLACK BELT (8TH JAN, 2024) WHICH HAD BEING HANDED OVER TO ME BY HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR AGAIN ON THE STYLE OF NIPPON BUDO, NBSII ( GO-JU-RYU) AND NOW I AM IN THE TITLE OF SHIHAN, STILL PRACTISING FOR MY NEXT BLACKBELT (7TH DEGREE BLACK BELT).
IN 2013 I, SENSEI S.D. BARMAN HAD BEEN SELECTED AS STATE PRESIDENT OF KUDO MMA ASSOCIATION OF WEST BENGAL AND STYLES CHIEF AND STATE PRESIDENT NIPPON BUDO SOGO BY SOSHIHAN MEHUL VORA, IN 2017 S.D. BARMAN WAS SELECTED AS DIRECTOR OF NORTH EAST INDIA AND WAS ALSO ELECTED AS THE JOINT SECRETARY OF KUDO INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION INDIA (KIFI) IN 2019 AT SAGAR M.P. IN THE SAME YEAR HE REPRESENTED THE TEAM OF 10 MARTIAL ART PERSONNEL RETURN FROM INDIA TO TAKE SPECIAL TRANING IN BANGKOK , THAILAND & S.D.BARMAN WAS ONE AND ONLY REPRESENTATIVE FROM WEST BENGAL TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE INDIA KUDO TEAM ASRECOMMENDED BY HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR.
I APPEARED FOR 1ST DAN KUDO EXAM ON THE EVENT OF 2ND KUDO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN THE DISTRICT OF SOLAN, HIMACHAL PRADESH ON MAY, 2024. AFTER EIGHT ROUNDS OF RIGOROUS FIGHTING, THE CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SANCTIONED FROM JAPAN WAS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR FIVE APPEARING CANDIDATES, INCLUDING ME FOR SOME REASONS ALL OVER INDIA. NOT LOSING HOPE, I ASPIRE FOR THIS AGAIN AS EVERY BACKSTEP IS A STEPPING STONE FOR MY HIGHER FUTURE ENDEAVOURS.
I HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED BY HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR IN A TEAM AND WAS SENT TO AS IN THAILAND, BANGKOK TEAMOF SHIHAN AKSHAY KUMAR (A BOLLYWOOD SUPERSTAR). A CONCERN TEAM WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY SHIHAN AKSHAY KUMAR SIR AND I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO SIR MEHUL VORA FOR PROVIDING ME A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE RIGHTEOUS AND VALUE BASED POSITION IN MY LIFE.
SOMETIMES IT SO HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION IN ONLINE MODE OR I'M OUT OF STATION FOR OFFICIAL WORK THEN ONE WANTS TO MEET ME IN PERSON, THEY ARE UTMOST WELCOMED TO DO SO BY CONTACTING ME VIA MY EMAIL AND PHONE AND WE CAN MUTUALLY DECIDE THE DAY AND TIME TO MEET AS PER OUR CONVENIENCE.
I WOULD ALWAYS BE VERY GRATEFUL TO HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR FOR MY PRESENT ACHIEVEMENT. IT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SETUP MYSELF ON THIS POSITION WITHOUT THE EFORT OF HANSHI MEHUL VORA SIR. ALOT OF HEARTIEST GREETINGS TO HIM.
