Hassan also hit a record 148 strikes per minute, originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com.
*A young athlete of Peshawar has claimed beating the world record of 347
straight arm punch strikes in a minute held by Anthony Kelly of Australia
and setting a new record of most punch strikes with dumb-bells in a minute.
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Ahmad Hussain demonstrated his skill at the Peshawar Press Club on Monday
and struck a flurry of 412 full contact straight arm punches in a minute to
surpass the record of Anthony Kelly, who figures in the Guinness Book of
World Records. Hussain intends to lay claim to the record and replace
Anthony in the Guinness book.
He also hit a record 148 strikes per minute with two dumb-bells weighing
four kilograms each. He introduced this form of martial art to promote this
sport in the country, particularly the North West Frontier Province, where
healthy activities for the youth are scarce.
A number of sport lovers and experts of karate saw the demonstration and
adjudged Hussain to be an accomplished sportsman in the punch strikes.
This young athletic man holds a number of medals and records in long jump
and race since his college days. He is also expert in physical fitness and
slimming. He has also a fair hand in karate and proudly announces that
though out of practice, he was still a good karate man and would not give in
easily to any karate expert.
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