Shamima Akhter Tulee

Shamima Akhtar Tulee, after winning her medal at the Ozawa Cup, Las Vegas, USA. 16 Apr 2022 Shamima Akhtar Tulee is a Bangladeshi martial artist who is the first woman in Bangladesh to hold a Shotokan Karate Black Belt, from the Bangladesh Karate Federation, in 1989. She has been the winner of the National Karate Championship five times from 1989 through 1993. and along with her son, Tahseen Shaan Leon, they formed the first 'mother-son' duo from Bangladesh to win medals at the same International Karate Championship at the same time in 2022. In 2022 She presented her Research Paper on Youth Martial Arts Education-Theory, in South Korea at ICM’s 2022 International Martial Arts Academic Seminar as part of the MARIE program (Martial Arts Research Initiative for Experts). She has won many other important awards for self-defense and martial arts. Her notable awards include the Shadhinota Padak, 2022, Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Memorial Medal, 2018, and Lifetime Karate Achievement Award, 2018 .

She served as a karate referee at the SKIS'S International Karate Championship in India in 2017 and the 29th Busan Mayor's Cup Karatedo Championship in South Korea that same year. Vice-President, Bangladesh Savate Association Women Secretary, Shotokan Karate Bangladesh Women's Self Defense Award by JCI. Honorary Award for “Girls’ Entrepreneur Bootcamp” from BdOSN, 2020 & 2019. Honorary Award for ‘Women’s Self Defence’, 2018 from Rotaract Club, East West University.

Works

Beyam Chere Dile Ki Mota Hoe Jabo ?! ব্যায়াম ছেড়ে দিলে কি মোটা হয়ে যাব?! [Will I gain weight if I stop exercising?!] (In Bengali), Shikhha Prakashani, 2021,