Samyuktha Narayanan, a seven-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu’s Madurai, has made history by becoming the world’s youngest Taekwondo instructor.

Samyuktha’s parents - Shruthy and Narayanan - run the Madurai Taekwondo Academy, where she has honed her skills from an early age, according to the website of Guinness World Records.

Shruthy previously held the record for the most full-contact elbow strikes in one minute using alternate elbows (211). Narayanan, on the other hand, boasts multiple records, including most flaming concrete blocks broken in 30 seconds (29) and most marble slabs broken with a single kick (seven). In 2020, Shruthy and Narayanan also set a joint record for the most martial arts kicks by a pair in one minute (154, mixed).

Samyuktha, who achieved the remarkable feat on August 14, 2024, started learning Taekwondo at the age of three and was trained by her father.

“My father and mother are my biggest inspirations. I used to admire [their] Guinness World Records certificates hanging on the walls in our home. It was my goal to achieve a GWR title and hang my certificate on the same wall,” Samyuktha told Guinness World Records.

Samyuktha Narayanan’s black belt was issued by the World Taekwondo Headquarters in Korea.

Source: India Today