Kottayam: Abheesh P. Dominic, 32, has a ‘fist of fury,’ but he uses it only to break coconut shells and create records. Coconut shells crack like eggs before him and he wants to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by breaking 140 coconuts in one minute. Mr Abheesh, a native of Kaipally near Poonjar, and a mechanic at the Erattupetta KSRTC depot, had secured a place in the Limca Books of Records by breaking 136 coconut shells in a minute in 2015. He now wants to create another record by ripping open three coconut shells in a second in Thrissur on March 18.
Mr Abheesh practised his ‘art’ while he was just 15 by punching at stones and gradually gained the skill to crack the tough shells. “I wanted to do things differently which prompted me to attempt to break the ‘unbreakable’ nuts,” he told DC. He has gained physical fitness and mental power through the discipline he has practised. “I have never touched liquor, cigarettes or other intoxicants and take only natural food and vegetables mostly,” he added. Abheesh begins the day with breathing exercise and later does other items like push-ups and chin-ups. The state is yet to recognise his accomplishments, said Abheesh, the father of a four-year-old daughter. He has been a temporary employee with the KSRTC for the last 10 years.
