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Kishore Kumar is a National Wushu medalist, Kung Fu black belt, sports psychologist, Wushu coach and State-level Wushu judge based in Perambur, Chennai. He founded Spartacus Martial Arts Academy to train martial arts skill and mental performance together — for children, adults, women and competing athletes.
People usually meet me in one of three ways. Some meet the competitor — the boy from Chennai who kept showing up until he stood on a national Wushu podium. Some meet the coach — the person shouting "reset your stance" across a training floor in Perambur. And some meet the sports psychologist — the one asking an athlete why their hands go cold the night before a final.
They are the same person. This page is the honest version of that story, and of why Spartacus Martial Arts Academy exists in Chennai.
Who is Kishore Kumar?
I am Kishore Kumar, founder and head coach of Spartacus Martial Arts Academy, based in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I am a National Wushu medalist, a Kung Fu black belt, a certified sports psychologist, a Wushu coach, and a State-level Wushu judge.
Those four things sound like a list. In practice they are one job: I teach people how to move well and how to think well at the same time — because in a real fight, a real competition, or a real exam hall, the body and the mind arrive together.
Where did it start?
It started the way it starts for most Indian kids — with a film, a hero, and a living-room kick that broke something. Bruce Lee did the recruiting. What kept me was different: the first time a coach corrected my stance and the technique suddenly worked, I understood that effort could be converted into ability. That is an addictive discovery for a young person.
I was not the most talented student in the hall. I was the one who came back. Attendance, honestly, is the most underrated martial arts skill there is — I have written a whole guide on why your first goal should be attendance, because it is the one thing that separates the people who progress from the people who talk about progressing.
What did the National medal actually cost?
People see the medal photo. They do not see the ordinary parts, which is where the whole thing was really built:
- Training on days when nothing hurt more than the idea of going
- Repeating one form until the coach stopped correcting it
- Losing — publicly, in front of people — and coming back the next week
- Sleep, food and school schedules bent around training
Competing at national level taught me something no textbook did: at the top, everyone is technically good. What separates them on the day is who can hold their breathing, their focus and their nerve when the score is close. That realisation sent me straight into sports psychology.
Why did I study sports psychology after the medals?
Because I had watched extremely well-trained athletes lose to their own nervous systems — and I had been one of them. A fighter who is brilliant in training and frozen in competition does not have a technique problem. They have a pressure problem, and pressure is trainable.
So I trained it. Today I coach athletes on attention control, arousal regulation, self-talk, pre-performance routines and recovery from mistakes mid-bout — the same territory covered in how sports psychology helps athletes perform under pressure. It is the missing half of Indian sports coaching, and it is the half I care most about.
What does a State-level Wushu judge do — and why should you care?
As a State-level Wushu judge, I sit on the officiating side of competitions and score performances against the rulebook. That matters to you as a student or a parent for one simple reason: I know exactly what earns points and what loses them. When I correct a stance depth or a landing, it is not an opinion — it is the score sheet.
It also means I can tell you honestly whether a child is competition-ready or needs another season of base work. Not every student should compete. Every student deserves a straight answer.
Why did I build Spartacus Martial Arts Academy?
Because I kept meeting two kinds of unhappy people. Athletes with good technique and no mental training. And parents who had enrolled a child somewhere that taught kicks but not character — or worse, taught neither safely.
Spartacus was built to close both gaps. Our motto is "We Born to Win", and it is deliberately not about medals. Winning here means becoming stronger, calmer and braver than you were last month. That version of winning is available to a shy eight-year-old and to a 40-year-old starting from zero — a path I have mapped out in starting martial arts after 35.
What do I teach?
At Spartacus, students train across:
- Wushu — my competitive specialty: speed, flexibility, precision
- Kung Fu — body control, focus and self-mastery
- Karate — structured, belt-based discipline
- Boxing and Kickboxing — footwork, timing, conditioning
- Judo — throws, grips, balance and safe falling
- Self-defense — awareness first, technique second
- Kids martial arts — discipline, confidence and focus, age-grouped
- Athlete mindset coaching — the Warrior Mind Method: Focus, Fire, Flow, Forge, Fight
You can see the full breakdown on the programs at Spartacus page.
Who do I coach?
Children who are too shy. Children who are too restless. Teenagers carrying exam pressure. Working adults who sit for nine hours and want their body back. Women who want practical safety skills, not theory. And competitive athletes — from any sport — who need the mental side sharpened before a season.
Beginners are not tolerated at Spartacus; they are expected. Everybody in that hall started on day one, me included.
Credentials at a glance
- Name: Kishore Kumar
- Role: Founder and Head Coach, Spartacus Martial Arts Academy
- Competitive honour: National Wushu medalist
- Rank: Kung Fu black belt
- Specialisation: Sports psychology and athlete mental performance
- Official role: State-level Wushu judge
- Coaching role: Wushu coach
- Base: Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Serves: Perambur, Ayanavaram, Kolathur, Villivakkam, Purasaiwakkam, Kilpauk, Anna Nagar, Otteri, Sembiam, Vyasarpadi, Royapuram, Madhavaram and the wider Chennai metro — plus online mindset coaching beyond Chennai
What I actually believe
Three things, and I will not pretend they are complicated.
One: martial arts is not violence. It is controlled strength, and control is the entire syllabus.
Two: the mind is trainable equipment. Most people never service it, then wonder why it fails under load.
Three: character is coached, not lectured. A child learns respect by bowing, waiting their turn, helping a junior and losing gracefully — not by being told to be respectful.
How do you train with me?
Come and see a class. That is genuinely the best filter — watch how the coach speaks to the smallest child in the room, and you will know everything you need to know about the academy.
You can book a free trial class at Spartacus Martial Arts Academy in Chennai, message Coach Kishore on WhatsApp on +91 98845 99939, or read more about Coach Kishore Kumar. If you are still deciding which art suits you, start with how to choose the right martial art.
We Born to Win. Come and write your chapter.
