Grandmaster Shifuji Shaurya Bhardwaj is an actor, stunt choreographer, stunt designer, motivational speaker and freelance commando mentor.
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Shaurya Bhardwaj was born on 23 March 1973 (age 50; in 2023) in Gurdaspur, Punjab. He belongs to a family with a military background. Shifuji studied at Gurukulam Kerala, Ernakulam under the guidance of the Chief Brahmin Sabha, Shastri Rewa Prasad Tripathi, Param Gurrukal M Krishna Ayer, and Gurrukkal KC Paniker. He also attended Kendriya Vidyalaya and DR Senior High School. Later, he enrolled at DAV College of Science to further his studies. Reportedly, he also has a PhD degree.
Childhood photo of Grandmaster Shifuji
Shifuji started learning the basics of Kushti and Yoga when he was only two and a half years old. He has received training in various forms of Martial Arts including Indian Akhara Kushti, Indian Hatha Yog, traditional Indian weapons, Boxing, Ashtanga yoga, Karate, Judo, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Kalaripayattu, Gymnastics, athletics, and Mallakhamb. He holds the title of “Guruswamy” in the oldest martial art of “Kalaripayattu.”
Shifuji practiced Yoga in childhood
Physical appearance
Height: 5′ 9”
Weight: 70 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Body Measurements: Chest 42″, Waist 30″, Biceps 15.5″
Family & Wife
Shifuji belongs to the Hindu Family. His father, Rudra Bhan K. Bhardwaj, was a famous Pehalwan and Ustaad from Kushti Akhara who worked in a railway factory. His mother, Nitambara Devi Joodhev Bhardwaj, was a teacher. His mother works for underprivileged children and gives them free education. Shifu has a brother, Major General SK Bhardwaj, and a sister, Ritambhara Thakur.
Grandmaster Shifuji’s father
Shifuji with his father
His grandfather was part of the legendary “Hindustan Socialist Republican Association” and was also known to be involved in the “Kakori Train Robbery.”
Shifuji is married to Swarnim Aarti Shaurya Bhardwaj, a former bureaucrat and now chief managing director of 2 companies. The couple has a son, Veerbhan Pratap Shaurya Bhardwaj and a daughter, Atiksha Shaurya Bhardwaj.
Daughter of Grandmaster Shifuji, Atiksha Shaurya Bhardwaj
Career
In 1999, Shifuji founded “Mission Prahar” with a vision to educate, train and empower women across the country. He created many “anti-rape tactics,” “self-defense programs,” and “extreme survival tactics” for women. Shifuji also created the Commando Training System as a freelancer, which includes “Shatru Vinashak Killing Skills” (S2KS), “Extreme Urban Warfare Mechanism” (EUWM) and “Special Command VIP CQB Protection Skills.”
Grandmaster Shifuji’s Prahar Mission
He is the founder and managing director of SASS (SHIFUJI’S ADVANCED SECURITY SOLUTIONS) which includes missions such as “Mission Bhagat Singh,” “Mission Meri Mitti,” “Mission Military & Mission Compulsory Disaster Management Training,” “Mission Bharat Vishwaguru,” “Mission Prachand Bharat ,” “Mission Indian Patriots,” and “Mission Revolutionaries Pride.”
Shifuji has trained several Bollywood actors for their action scenes in films. He has trained Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Vidyut Jammwal, Kajol, Tiger Shroff, Ahan Shetty, Shraddha Kapoor, and Athiya Shetty.
Shifuji trained Shraddha Kapoor for Baaghi
Bhardwaj has also created a YouTube channel where he shares his patriotic videos. He is invited as a motivational speaker at many educational institutions.
According to a video shared by Grandmaster Shifuji on YouTube, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh announced Shifuji as the Brand Ambassador of Madhya Pradesh.
Controversy
- In 2016, an FIR was filed against Shifuji by Abhishek Shukla with the Ahmedabad Crime Branch to investigate the real identity of Grandmaster Shifuji, who claimed to be a trainer for the Indian army. Abhishek also registered the same complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner. He also filed RTIs in various defense sectors to inquire about Shifuji’s military appointment. The report Abhishek received from the Indian Navy stated that there was no person named Grandmaster Shifuji Shourya Bhardwaj in their department as a marine commander or as a marine commander trainer. Later, Grandmaster Shifuji made several videos saying that he never claimed to be in the army as a commander. Shifuji also added that you cannot expect correct answers in RTI if the questions you ask are wrong.
RTI response by Indian Navy
- Abhishek Shukla, along with Major Ashish Chaturvedi, filed an FIR against him for wearing high-ranking insignia including the maroon beret, the Marcos insignia and the Balidan Indian Defense insignia. However, Shifuji got a clean chit from the investigative team after a long investigation.
Case Final Report
Final case report
- Grandmaster Shifuji has named himself the Brand Ambassador of Madhya Pradesh. An RTI has been filed to investigate the same, in response to the Madhya Pradesh Publicity Department General Manager clearly mentioning that the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department has never appointed any Brand Ambassador between the period of 1955 to 2016. The cyber investigation proved that the Facebook page was managed by a fan club. and not by Grandmaster Shifuji. However, there is a video on YouTube where the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh announced Grandmaster Shifuji as the Brand Ambassador of Madhya Pradesh on 23 January 2012 at TT Nagar Stadium Bhopal.
RTI response by Madhya Pradesh Government
Facts
- His hobbies include poetry, martial arts and the gym.
- He likes to participate in long-distance marathons.
- Shifuji is fluent in several Indian and International languages including Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, Haryanavi, Bengali, Marathi, English, Hebrew, Awadhi, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Russian, Chinese, Arabic and Kashmiri.
- Shifuji considered freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Uddham Singh, Ram Prasad Bismil, Rani of Jhansi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Ashfaqulla Khan, Raja Kunwar Singh, Mangal Pandey, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as his inspiration.
- Shifuji has trained 39 lakh women for free in rural India in self-defense techniques through his Mission Prahar.
Prahar Mission
- Chandra Shekar Azad was Shifuji’s maternal uncle.
- He is often referred to as Master Shifuji, and Master Ji.
- Shifuji is also known as Deepak Dubey.
- Grandmaster Shifuji had a desire to include one year of compulsory disaster management, military training, and Vedic education in the Indian education system.
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