Jeet Kune Do: Approach to Life | Dr. Komal Rao | TEDxVIT

Dr. Komal Rao is a Jeet Kune Do Instructor and one of the few women mixed martial arts competitors from India. She is also one of the few women in the world to have fought a male in a Pro MMA event. She began her study of Jeet Kune Do under Seema Rao and Deepak Rao, pioneer of JKD in India and has certified Full Instructor under them. She was certified as Full Instructor by Richard Bustillo, well known original student of Bruce Lee, making her one of the handful women Instructors in the world. She is a Fifth degree Blackbelt under UCCA organization.
She is an MMA club owner, MMA coach and competitor from India. She participated in Young Blood Night and was slotted to fight Elke Beinwachs on 3 June 2017 in the 52 kg category. However, when Elke didn't turn up for the fight, Komal agreed to fight Nikes Agarwal from Guardian gym Germany in the 60 kg category. She won by submission in the second round using a rear naked choke and is the only Indian woman to have fought a male in an MMA cage fight. She is ranked 21st in the Pro MMA women fighter.
She is the Deputy Director of an NGO Unarmed Commando Combat Academy. And the owner of Academy of Combat Fitness in Mumbai.
As a healthcare professional, Dr. Komal Rao has lectured with the perspective of Jeet Kune Do to help individuals improve their understanding and management of health. She is actively involved in empowering women to feel confident and safe using self-defense skills. Dr. Komal Rao is a Jeet Kune Do Instructor and one of the few women mixed martial arts competitors
from India. She is also one of the few women in the world to have fought a male in a Pro MMA event.
She began her study of Jeet Kune Do under Seema Rao and Deepak Rao, pioneer of JKD in India and has
certified Full Instructor under them. She was certified as Full Instructor by Richard Bustillo, well known
original student of Bruce Lee, making her one of the handful women Instructors in the world. She is a
Fifth degree Blackbelt under UCCA organization. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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