Pioneering Pakistan woman MMA fighter breaks barriers… and arms

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ISLAMABAD: Anita Karim has honored the three older brothers to fight their combat skills in the northern northern regions of Pakistan, who have not drawn any fans.

The injury experience prepared it for a career in the mixed martial arts (MMA)-Thai Kick Boxing, Japanese Judo and Wrestling-and now she is the most famous female fighter in the country.

“Wherever I came from, they support women fighters,” he told AFP. “But when I started the MMA, they had no knowledge of the game.” The 28 -year -old said, “He said it was especially a game of men and a woman could not do it.”

Eight years ago, she won the right to enter the color, quickly became Pakistan’s first international MMA fighter, and Asia’s biggest advertising appeared in a championship.

He said in his gym in the capital Islamabad, “Now mismanagement comments and criticisms are stopped, where they receive training without heating in the octal” cage “where fighters face. Deep conservative Pakistan for women. It is unusual to play a game, where it is often forbidden by families.

But Karim’s hometown of Gilgit-Baltistan region-women’s humble codes are more comfortable-have become incubators for a women’s game. In October, two sisters from the region, Millia and Manisha Ali, returned gold and bronze from Taekwondo in Indonesia.

Karim’s brother Aleemi, who became his coach after the end of his shock, said the aid began at home. The 33 -year -old said, “When he showed determination, dedication, we knew he was about to make it.”

“We knew that she could take it and we have no problem with her training with any boy.” According to the regional government, the surprising thing is that the crooked, Karim Pakistani woman is on the head of a group of MMA fighters.

“She’s shy, but when she enters the cage, it is quite different,” Aleemi said, who has also participated in the game. Its feature is Armlok, which is deployed with a physical grip, aimed at force an opponent to “tap out” before bone breakdowns or joints are destroyed.

In 2022, he was shown a picture on a podium in Pakistan, in which two opponents wore sling on their wounded arms – a performance that earned it as the “Arm Collector”. “They could tap to stop the fighting, but they didn’t, so I went with it,” he said.

In his hometown, Karim actually trained in Taekwondo and Geo-Jaitsu before discovering MMA at a high school in Islamabad-to recover his community. “Many people near me criticized me, but it’s part of the game. Now they know how it works,” he said.

Now the message coming out of his hometown is proud. “The way it has shinted the name of Gilgit -Baltistan and all Pakistan internationally, works as a lesson,” said Shah Muhammad, a sports chief of the regional government.

After losing his professional debut in 2018, where the referee refused to fight him until he raised his legs on his knees, he moved to Thailand for training at the MMA Academy.

Now she earns competitive rewards, minor government grants and coaching in her Islamabad gym. When she returns after the competition, small crowds gather to welcome her at the airport, and then there is a new group of female fighters.

According to UN statistics, they also want to be a professional in a nation where only one of the five women is employed.

“Anita is a role model for us,” Bashara Ahmed said for a few years out of the junior and breath of cream when she trains with her, another woman and a dozen men. According to the UN, the cream also wants “Pakistani women to give confidence and defense techniques,” which has more than 80 % of public harassment.

Recently, he “targeted a man who was harassing me in a market in Islamabad,” said Karim, “He went with his face with blood.”