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Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) specializer and erstwhile pupil of Government High School successful Shivamogga, Kantharaj Agasa, returned to his alma mater connected June 3. He addressed the students, motivating them to acceptable ambitious goals, and prosecute them with dedication and perseverance. The schoolhouse has present been converted into a Karnataka Public School (KPS).
Agasa, who passed his Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) from a authorities schoolhouse successful Bengaluru successful 2005, traced his unconventional way from grappling with constricted facilities to becoming an MMA combatant successful 2014, and aboriginal competing astatine the Las Vegas World Championship successful 2015.
“I dreamt of becoming an engineer, but circumstances led maine differently. What matters is the committedness and dedication you bring to immoderate you choose,” Agasa told an assemblage of astir 100 students.
After his archetypal schoolhouse education, Agasa pursued judo astatine Kuvempu University, wherever helium won a golden medal successful inter-university competitions. He aboriginal underwent grooming astatine the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre successful Bengaluru earlier joining the Indian Army arsenic a civilian staff. Later, helium gave up the job, and worked arsenic a manager with the SAI. Now, helium has started his ain institute to bid radical successful Mixed Martial Arts. He represented India successful MMA competitions and participated successful the World Championship successful Las Vegas successful 2015. He had represented the state successful an planetary conscionable successful 2016.
In his address, Agasa stressed connected the value of mounting wide goals, and ne'er straying from the way of discipline. “You indispensable not springiness up connected education. Avoid atrocious habits. Never tread the incorrect path. Remember that your hard enactment volition ever wage off,” helium said.
Addressing what helium termed ‘inferiority complex’ among students, Agasa said that English is simply a language, and not a measurement of knowledge. “We play well; we achieve. The schoolhouse whitethorn person been without definite facilities erstwhile I studied here, but it is the instauration itself that shapes and creates the aboriginal of each student,” helium remarked.
Recalling his struggling days, Agasa said that portion nether grooming successful a sports hostel successful Bengaluru, helium worked successful a edifice part-time arsenic helium needed other wealth to fulfil the request of nutritious food.
Vice-Principal Dadapeer and his colleagues felicitated Agasa who was accompanied by immoderate of his classmates during his sojourn to the school.
