“I wanted to beat the stereotypical thinking that girls are not strong enough,” says MMA fighter Anita Karim
Five seconds into the fight, Anita Karim — who had stepped on to the octagonal mat for the very first time after only one year of training — confidently landed her left hand on her opponent’s face, throwing the experienced Nyrene Crowley off balance.
The first ever female mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter of Pakistan, who started practicing taekwondo at an early age in Hunza with her brothers, is not disheartened by the defeat. She is determined to learn from her mistakes and get back to the ring stronger to walk off as the winner one day.
Read more at the source
Anita Karim, Pakistan’s first female MMA athlete bags her second big international win
Pakistan’s first Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athlete Anita Karim came out victorious on Thursday at the One Warrior Series (OWS) against Indonesia’s Gita Suharsono in Singapore.
Read more at the source
Follow Anita on her FB page: https://www.facebook.com/karimanitamma/
Well done Anita, ist time am hearing an Ismaili whose into Martial Arts. Have always loved that sport, after i saw
the late Bruce Lee’s movies eons ago. Keep it up, women need to learn how to defend themselves in this evil world, where they are molested at all ages and feel terrible for the younger girls under ten. Best wishes.
LikeLike