Tajamul Islam won gold medal at the World Kickboxing Championship in Italy.
Tajamul defeated her rival from the United States to become the world champion in kickboxing.
8 year old girl from Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir, participated in the World Kickboxing Championship which witnessed participation of ninety countries.
Tajamul participated in the world event with support from Kickboxing Federation of India.
Kickboxing:
Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from Karate, Muay Thai, Khmer Boxing, and Western boxing.
Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a contact sport.
Historically, kickboxing can be considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles. This approach became increasingly popular since the 1970s, and since the 1990s, kickboxing has contributed to the emergence of mixed martial arts via further hybridization with ground fighting techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu and folk wrestling.