Speaking to Newskarnataka, Deia Urs said “I am very excited to participate in an international event. The competition is going to be tough and intensity will be high as participants from all over the world are expected to pose different challenges to me. I am glad that I have got my father Srinath Urs as my coach, who knows my strength and weaknesses. At the moment, I am training hard to win at the global event.”

Deia who is going all out in effort for the event is specifically concentrating on enhancing her stamina to excel at the Juniors Kickboxing Championship, “Participants from USA, Europe and Africa, will be way ahead of us because of the immense stamina they possess. They will be having an edge in the competition, because they start taking kickboxing very early in their career, which is not the case in India. Having said that, I believe hard work and perseverance are the two things which can help me to emerge victorious”. The selection of Deia was based on her performance at the WAKO India National Junior Kickboxing Championship held recently in New Delhi, where she won a Gold Medal in the girls 15-18 years (- 48 kg) K-1 category.

It can also brought to light that Deia S Urs, the girl who need to be protected at this age, came forward to protect girls by imparting free karate training to school going girls especially those who are studying in primary and higher primary school through her mind-blowing martial arts skills. Deia who is now black belt in Karate, was just six years old when she entered the Limca book of records by breaking 31 clay tiles (Mangalore tiles) through her forehead in just 60 seconds.

After establishing herself as a karate champion at a young age by winning various awards at international, national and state competitions, the tenth standard student of Vidya Vardhaka BM Sri Educational Institutions, Kuvempunagar, Mysuru also gave free training to girls.

On December 31, 2006, when she was just six years old, she broke 31 clay tiles (Mangalore tiles) in just 60 seconds with her forehead. From then on she didn’t look back and started to gain name and fame in Karate by winning various medals and awards. After the Delhi Rape incident (Nirbhaya), to pay tribute to the rape victim, she performed dance on the theme ‘atrocity on women’ at a TV reality show recently. The performance was well appreciated by people across the state. Now, after a first standard girl was raped at a Bengaluru school, she came forward to impart free karate training for young girls.

She has also won many awards like Balashree award, Prathibha Puraskar award and D Devaraj Urs award.

                                         Deia seen imparting basic karate techniques to school going children