Coimbatore: Twenty Trans-city-based women who are learning SILAMBAM, the ancient martial arts Tamil Nadu, aspires to excel in discipline and get a medal one day.
Anushiya, four years old, said the taxi driver, he said and his friends were related to several NGOs to study the form of martial arts.
“They helped us with work and education, but have not provided sports interests so far.
We tried to contact some Master Silambam himself, but they avoided us,” he told Toi.
Mangaiyanavan Foundation, a group of seven physical education teachers hand in hand to introduce sports to Transgender people throughout the state, reaches anushiya through newsreaders.
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“We met NGO people in January.
Even though we wanted to study Kabaddi and Silambam, they suggested that we learn the ball first,” Anushiya said.
“It feels great, because of increasing our general energy, fitness, and level of energy.” Managing the Guardian Mandate of the Foundation, Jamuna Rajavellappan aged 30 years, said they did a lot of research on transgender people before registering their foundation in January.
“We understand the way they speak, aspirations, behaviors, triggers, and their lifestyles.
After they master the ball, we are quite confident to introduce them to Silambam and fortunately find Prabhu teachers to train them,” he said.
Jamila, who was five years old, who worked as a master in the cloud kitchen, said that now there are now 20 SILAMBAM students including themselves.
“Most of them are young people.
We found the past, which we had learned with sticks, fascinating.
It has made us more fit, flexible and we feel healthier and far more confident.” This foundation aims to introduce various types of sports to Transgender people in the state.