After 24 hours of constant kicking, hitting, and moving, a 14-year-old boy in India made the Guinness Book of World Records last week (the first Indian to do so for Karate), New Kerala.com reported today. Apparently even as onlookers got tired, the boy, called only Srikanth, never waned as he practiced an imaginary free fighting style partially based on yoga. “It is an art, not something for a street fight,” his coach told New Kerala. Srikanth, who’s been practicing for six years, is already gearing up for his next challenge: 36 hours of the same.
Interests: Anything with an ING:
dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading,
watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming,
surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing,
driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting,
loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke/
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure/
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their
own battles and didn't give up/
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY/
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run/
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.