Muhammad Rashid, a Martial Art Expert from Karachi, Pakistan made the whole country proud in a recent event. In an Italian TV Show named, La Noti Dai Records, Rashid breaks 254 hard walnuts with his forehead under one minute. After this record, he placed his name in the Guinness Book of World Record-breaking the record of his Indian counterpart Naveen Kumar. India’s Naveen successfully cracked 239 during the attempt. “I had only seven days to prepare for the attempt,” said Rashid.
Pakistanis are talented. Pakistanis are winners!!!! An amazing display of strength and skills by Muhammad Rashid to make a world record. Pakistan is 💚💚💚🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰#AmazingPakistani #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/WrqOu1ZyoQ
— Ovais Mangalwala (@ovaismangalwala) September 27, 2020
Victories of Muhammad Rashid:
This is not the first victory of the Martial Artist. You will be surprised to know that Rashid already has 45 records in his account. The records he made till now includes:
- A Record of Most Walnuts Crushed By Hand in one Minute (284)
- He made another record of Most Watermelon Crushed By Head In 30 Seconds (49)
- A record of Most Drink Cans Crushed By Elbow In One Minute (77)
- He is best at spinning as well as crushing as he made a record of Most Spin Of A ‘Fire Staff’ In One Minute (188) –
- Apart from crushing using hands, elbow, and head, Rashid also pinnacled several records using Nunchakus and Bo Staff as well.
In 2013 Rashid’s successful journey begun when he broke the record for the Most Bottles Caps Removed with the Head in One Minute (40). He made this record at the Punjab Youth Sports Festival in Lahore. The very next year, Rashid appeared on an Italian TV Game Show and break his record. The new record was 61 bottle caps in a minute. Incredible! In 2020, he already broke 14 records so far including the fastest time to unscrew bottle caps with a Nunchaku, in 17.82 seconds.
Daughter’s Journey:
Not only Mohammad Rashid, but the expert trained his young daughter, Fatima Naseem to break the record as well. On 16th August 2020, the seven-year-old kid broke a record for the most full contact elbow strikes in one minute using alternate elbows with an incredible win of 242 strikes. Fatima also broke an Indian counterpart record.
Muhammad Rashid, a Record-Breaking Trainer:
Being the founder and president of the Pakistan Martial Art Academy (PMAA), not only his daughter but several other kids who trained under him have gone to become record holders. Rashid says that he wants his students to view him as a role model due to his Guinness World Records. His mentees included Syed Taj Muhammad (Pakistan) who holds the record for most knuckle pushups in an hour (2,175). Another mentee Mujtaba Hasan Mughal who holds the record for most walnuts crushed with nunchaku in One minute. Looking at such achievement by his students, it is fair to say that Muhammad Rashid is one record-breaking trainee and a trainer.
Mohammad Rashid’s aim is to secure 100 records in his account and with such enthusiasm. After winning, Rashid said, “I want to say that do what you can under your capacity to make country proud. It doesn’t matter what sport or field you are representing, just do you best for Pakistan.” Congratulations champ!