JUGITSU star Hamad Al Balooshi has boosted the UAE at the World Jujitsu Championship, currently held at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi. Under 21, the number of UAE medals will rise to 40, including 13 gold, 11 silver and 16 bronze.
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, the tournament will be held on the 24th.
Al Baloushi said in a press statement: “He owes his credit to the global achievement of the Emirates Jujitsu Federation and Al Wahda Club, and he is constantly training at Al Wahda Academy, which provides him with the best competitive environment.” , Included intensive daily exercises under the supervision of the youth coach, Ibrahim Al Hosani.
Al Balooshi said: "This is his second gold in the world championship, after he was crowned the first in March of this year, in the Abu Dhabi World Championships." He continued: «The preparation camp, which preceded the tournament made me fully prepared to face any rival, and I was determined to achieve gold for the rise of podiums and playing national peace and raising the flag of the state, and did not lose focus for a moment».
He added: «This achievement did not come from a vacuum, I have faced many challenges during the recent period in the preparation stages, where I study media at the Higher College of Technology in Abu Dhabi, and I was working to reconcile and invest time in the allocation of time to study, and other training, and a third to study my lessons and completion I was confident that diligence, determination and determination were the only way to achieve. ”
`` When I graduate in the media, I hope to work as a TV presenter, and I will continue to excel in the field of media, as I did in the jujitsu, and is ready to offer all programs, be it cultural, political, sports or social, because I study all disciplines. ''
As for his career in the game, he said: «I will not stop practicing this sport that gave me fame and glory, and I will continue to train until I get to the black belt, because now I participate in the category of violet belt, and in front of the brown belt only until I get to black».
Regarding the final battle he collected with the Kazakhstan champion and the secret of his difficulty, he said: «I played before with the champion of Kazakhstan twice, and I won them, and this is the third time, but I say that he was a fierce competitor, and is characterized by high length about me, but I relied on a clear strategy From the beginning to get points and progress from the beginning, leaving no chance to get points from me, and tried to force him to surrender in the second minute, but he did not give me the opportunity, and ended the meeting points ».
Al Balooshi gave the global achievement to the wise leadership, appreciating the role played by the game federation, and to his family who encouraged him in the stands. Hamad is considering opening a special academy for the game in the future. “When I finish my career as a player, I will think about opening a jujitsu academy where I know the people of determination and the arts of this sport, which I learned and excelled in, because people with the most motivation need this sport, because they have the ability to change The lives of its practitioners, and their leadership to feel good about themselves and self-confidence and pride in what they offer in the fields of competition ».
• Al-Balooshi tried to reconcile his studies with the practice of jujitsu, and dreams of working in the field of media after graduation.