Last
year,
when
Akshay
Kumar
introduced
his
National
Karate
Tournament,
it
met
with
an
overwhelming
response,
and
this
year
too
the
entries
have
been
pouring
in
from
all
over.
The
overload
has
been
so
unexpected
that
the
organisers
are
apparently
flooded
with
contestants.
Thanks
to
such
unprecedented
response
and
taking
into
consideration
the
fact
that
last
year's
tournament
winners
went
on
to
win
a
silver
and
three
bronze
medals
at
the
Japan
Karate
tournament,
Akshay
has
now
decided
on
expanding.
Akshay,
who
is
pleased
with
the
response,
has
since
decided
to
take
the
tournament
to
the
next
level
by
inviting
participants
from
across
the
seven
seas,
thus
providing
a
bigger
field
of
techniques.
For
this
aspect,
logistically
the
organizers
are
planning
on
getting
international
talent
from
the
US
and
other
European
countries
as
well
as
from
most
South
Asian
countries
to
participate
in
the
tournament.
Whatever
be
the
case,
with
Akshay's
international
project
Breakaway
already
on
the
anvil,
this
tournament
just
adds
another
feather
in
his
already
impressive
hat.
Story first published: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 15:08 [IST]