Midhun Jith

Jith started his martial arts career at 7 years old with his younger brother Nithinjith. He trained in Shito-ryu Karate, and began to learn Taekwondo and Judo under koshy Gireesh PK (7th Dan Black belt )from an early age.[1][2][4]

His first achievement was in a Taekwondo district championship. He won gold in the championship. He won gold for judo at the District level in 2002. He won his first national level gold (India) in karate at the age of 10,[5] and held his first black belt at the age of 12, under P.K. Gireesh. Later, Jith won 18 consecutive National Championships in different styles, categories and federations. At the same time, he won 21 consecutive state championships.[5] After giving a walkover (since the opponent was equal to his master) for the National Open Final Fight (2007). In 2011 he won two International Karate Championships and two National Championships in Karate.[1][2][4]

On 25 June 2011, he earned his first Guinness world record breaking attempt against Ahmad Husain from Pakistan for most martial arts kicks in 1 minute; he hit 288 kicks in one minute and broke the then-record of 190 kicks.{{[1][2][4]}}

Because of a problem with the video footage Guinness records authorities requested he retry his attempt. Four months later Raul C. Meza from the United States broke Ahmad Husain's record with a new record of 281 kicks in one minute.[1][2][4] On 28 October 2011 Jith beat Meza‘s record with 310 kicks in one minute and also created his own Guinness World Record of 608 martial arts kicks in 3 minutes.[1][2][4]

In 2012, Jith received an invitation from Golden Glory for training sessions at Golden Glory, Thailand where he was trained by Bas Boon among others. After Dutch kickboxing and Muay thai training from Golden Glory, he returned to India and joined the national kickboxing team by winning the national kickboxing championship.[1][2][4] He then won World Championship in Zagreb, Croatia in 2013.{{[1][2][4]}} Jith was selected by the national team for the world championship three years in a row, and was selected for the world championships in the Czech Republic in 2014.[1][2][4]

Jith was the first Indian to achieve the trifecta of breaking the Guinness World Record, winning the International Karate Championship and the World Kickboxing Championship at the same time.[5]

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