Pak expat ‘punches’ into Guinness hall of fame

Ahmad Amin Bodla, a 20-year-old Pakistani taekwondo black belt holder in the Kingdom, set a new Guinness World of Books Records for the most number of martial arts kicks in three minutes and the most martial arts punches in one minute.
Bodla, who attempted the record on Wednesday at Fitness Time Club in Riyadh, achieved 783 kicks in three minutes. He broke the previous record of 620 kicks held by Indian martial artist Sidhu Kshetri.
He also achieved a new record of 313 punches in one minute using his right hand. He broke the previous record of 301 punches held by Australian master Mick Faber.
Bodla said, “I began training in 2008 when I was 15 years old. I trained daily and exhaustingly. I learned all the moves in taekwondo and earned the Black Dan.”
He added that his first record attempts were in Pakistan in September 2011 when “I executed 255 kicks per minute, while the official record stood at 168 kicks per minute.”
He said that his teachers in the Kingdom encouraged him to break the record. “King Saud University provided me with excellent training facilities, which played a key role in my achieving the record,” he said.
Bodla outperformed American martial artist David Brown by striking 187 side kicks in one minute to become triple world record holder in March 2013.
He has previously achieved a World Record of 616 martial arts kicks in three minutes. He also holds the record of kicking 6,370 times in one hour by breaking a previous record of 2,982 kicks held by Indian Jayanth Reddy in 21 minutes and 46 seconds.
Bodla already holds 18 world records in various categories of martial arts from most kicks in one hour to most side kicks in one minute.

He now has his sight set on the toughest record in martial arts. He aims to kick 12 hours continuously to set a Guinness world record in a few months.
Bodla will send the video of his record to the Guinness Book of World Records, which can take up to six to seven months to verify a record.