Wednesday, August 3, 2016

The Tough Trainer - Dr.Seema Rao

#ashokasays Did you know 300:

For the post number 300, I thought there cannot be a better one than this.

There are lots of Indian Army Men who have given up their lives for the country and lakhs of them serving the country. And today we have women who are serving in the army. Each one in the Army is doing a splendid job and every soul is a hero.
But to get there they need to be thought and trained to the highest levels.
Many of these army Men who are in the Indian Special Forces are trained by a Woman. Yes its true. And she has been doing this from almost 20 years, without any compensation.
Get to know about this INCREDIBLE LADY Dr. Seema Rao. Its a long post but I don't have a choice as the content to know her is that much. And the read is worth it.

Dr. Seema Rao is India's first woman and the only woman commando trainer,having trained Indian Special forces for 20 years and without any compensation. She is a pioneer in close quarter battle (CQB) —the art of proximity combat that focuses on physical prowess, skill, and protocol— and is involved in training various Indian forces.
CQB involves techniques like reflex shooting with rifles, quick shooting with pistols, and bare-handed combat. It also entails the precise use of knives, bayonets, and other appropriate combat weapons. Room combat and confined space combat such as anti- hijack operations also come under the purview of CQB.

Born to a freedom fighter of India, Professor Ramakant Sinari who fought  and helped in liberation of Goa from the Portuguese, Seema grew up committed to the cause of serving her country.

Its just mind boggling and you just cannot imagine the capability of this lady and the kind of qualification she holds. Its just out of the world, amazing and incredible.

Pursuing an education in medicine, she certified as a doctor in conventional medicine. Rao also has an MBA in crisis management. Teaming up with her husband, Major Deepak Rao, she contributed to training 15,000 soldiers in modern close quarter battle. A 7th-degree black belt holder in military martial arts, Seema Rao is also a combat shooting instructor, a firefighter, a scuba diver, an HMI medalist in rock climbing, and a Mrs India World pageant finalist.
This incredibly multifaceted lady  is also one of the only 10 women in the world certified in "Jeet Kune Do", a unique martial art form created by Bruce Lee in 1960s.

She has co-authored the first Encyclopedia of Close Combat Ops training in the world, produced solely for Indian forces as well as the first Indian book on world terrorism — A Comprehensive Analysis of World Terrorism and the first book on Commando Manual of Unarmed Combat. Her books have found a place in the libraries of FBI, INTERPOL, UN, and SWAT Police the world over. She is a prolific author and has eight titles thus far.
Seema and her husband have also developed a unique and modern method of CQB exclusively for the use of Indian forces. The Advanced Commando Combat System, or Bison System is different from the conventional CQB where in the unarmed methods can quickly handicap or cripple the enemy with least effort.

Rao has been instrumental in modernizing combat shooting, having researched combat shooting methods and invented a new method of shooting called "The Rao System of Reflex Fire" an innovative method of shooting at close quarters. This method is patented (PP) and via trials has been found better than conventional shooting.

The Rao couple has also established the Unarmed Commando Combat Academy (UCCA), an elite military martial arts academy, to help train the Indian forces and also to publish training books for the Forces. The Academy also offers training in Jeet Kune Do and a variety of other exotic martial arts to civilians.

Dr.Seema has also designed a program specially tailored for women to help them deal with harassment, molestation, sexual assault, and rape. Called DARE (Defence Against Rape and Eve Teasing), the program equips women, both mentally and physically, to face adverse situations posed by potential eve teasers, molesters, and other sexual assaults.

Seema has been bestowed with several awards during her amazing and inspiring journey. They include the World Peace Award at World Peace Congress in Malaysia and the US President’s Volunteer Service Award. But the greatest award, according to her, is the deep satisfaction she gets from training the Indian armed forces.
You can watch her train the commandos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsAmiEHNgTk

INCREDIBLE BHARATHIYA






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