New Delhi, [India]: Many of you may have not heard about ‘Wushu,’ but you must have watched it in a movie. Wushu or Kung Fu is a general term for Chinese martial arts. It is a very unique form of sports however very few athletes practice it.
But the spectacular art of Wushu has given birth to one of the most talented athletes in India and he is none other than Ace athlete Pawan Gupta. He has won multiple Wushu Championships and has brought laurels to the country. This young and dynamic athlete is an inspiration to many other aspiring sportspeople. He has so far trained many Olympic women athletes and other sportspeople. And the good news is that very soon, Pawan is coming up with his own Wushu Academy to train youngsters in India in this special kind of martial arts sport. This will be the first-of-its-kind academy for Wushu training in India. His passion for Wushu is an inspiration worldwide, especially to youngsters out there who need that little push at excelling at their sports careers.
It was certainly not easy for Pawan to generate a thriving Wushu career among the world’s best martial artists. Years of hard work and training precede the glory of this young sportsman who became the National Champion several times.
Pawan Gupta is a young sportsman from New Delhi and is regarded as a highly-decorated Wushu athlete. He has made India proud by bagging national championships many times and has also won several National Wushu tournaments, including Junior and senior national championships. He has earned a bronze medal in the 8th Asian Wushu Championships in 2012 and also in the event Sanshou (below 70kg men) National Games in 2014. He came third in the 70kg men’s category in Internal Wushu Championships and received Award from the Traditional Wushu Federation of Armenia in 2017. As a budding athlete, he had participated in several Asian Wushu Championships and won most of them. Gupta has also been 4X Kickboxing national champion.
Pawan’s journey with Wushu began in 2009 and has been pursuing this sport ever since then. As a young boy, he was always fascinated by the martial arts and dreamed of making it big in the sporting and martial arts world and make his country proud. With hard work, determination, and a passion for martial arts, he plunged into Wushu sport and never looked back. He first began winning certificates and medals as a powerful Wushu athlete and went on to earn many Wushu Championships in his career so far.
Shares Pawan, “Wushu is such a unique sport and martial art with so many different styles that I got inspired to practice and pursue it. My experiences in Wushu have been very uplifting and transformed my life as a sportsperson. I hope that many more youngsters in India take up Wushu as a sport.”
As a sportsperson, he constantly strives to up his game every time and keeps working to become better and better. Whether he wins or loses a game, Gupta has always strived to put in more than his 100% in coming up stronger for the next game and that is how he has earned great recognition and respect all over the world. With a ‘Never Say Die Attitude’, this ace Wushu athlete is excelling in his field.
To keep getting more inspiration from this highly talented Wushu champion, follow him on Instagram now @pawanwushu.
Vijay Singh
