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Muaythai Gala VIP Cocktail Reception

April 5th, 2012

To celebrate the launch of Muaythai towards the Highest Sporting Recognition, to be recognised by the International Olympic Committee and to be included in the World Games and also the launch of IFMA/WMC’s latest charity project “Sport Is Your Gang”, a gala reception was held in the luxurious 5-star Centara Grand hotel adjacent to the Bangkok Convention Centre in Thailand. Many VIPs and Executives from the world sporting community traveled to Bangkok and made inspired speeches ...

Muaythai Xplosion at the O2 in London

March 8th, 2012

The famous London O2 arena which was the venue for last year’s SportAccord Convention opening ceremony will come alive again on Sunday 31st of March with a world calss muaythai event for world class venue. The Main Event is for the WMC World Title fight between English Super Star Michael Dicks, the WMC European Champion and Silver Medallist at the 2010 SportAccord World Combat Games in Beijing against the WMC World Champion and definitely pound for ...

It has begun: The official press release for muaythai towards the highest recognition

March 30th, 2012

A press conference was held at the Emerald Hotel for the upcoming muaythai gala event which has three objectives: The official application for muaythai to be recognised by the International Olympic Committee, the official application for muaythai to be included in the International World Games, and the launch of the muaythai campaign “Sport Is Your Gang”, in cooperation with Peace and Sport, partner of the IOC. His Royal Majesty the King of Thailand has donated the ...

Muaythai in Malaysia Becomes Part of Official School Curriculum

March 26th, 2012

Students in Malaysia at all government and private schools now have the chance to learn Muaythai as part of the official  school curriculum. Dato Muhd Shahnaz Azmi, President of the Malaysian Muaythai Federation and IFMA executive board member stated that this was owing to the hard work over a long developing process and cooperation with the education department of the Malaysian Government. Muaythai now joins other martial arts such as Taekwondo and Karate as part of the ...

Czech Amateur Championships Series

February 23rd, 2012

February 25th will see the kick off of the Czech Republic Amateur Championships series in Olomuc.This championship series will run over a series of events through out the year and is organised by the Czech Muay-Thai Association (CMTA) a member federation of IFMA. The next event in the series will take place in the beautiful city of Prague on March 26th, followed by one in May 13th, June 10th and finals on the 28th of June. The ...

The Danish Muaythai Championship – the success continues!

March 24th, 2012

After the Danish Championship being a huge success in 2011, with an extreme boom in number of fights, it was exciting to see if the success would continue at their 2012 Championship. The championship was held over 2 days for the first time, 1 day dedicated to the preliminary fights and 1 day for the finals. It turned out to be 2 days with a lot of fights, with even more gyms participating than the year ...

Devastation Muaythai Gala in Calgary

March 19th, 2012

Saturday March 10th saw the 4th installment of the Challenger Fight Series - 'Devastation'. The event was hosted at the beautiful Deerfoot Inn and Casino. The event was historic as it was the first time in North American history that there were PAMU (Pan American MuayThai Union) title at stake. The event was supported by IFMA, sanctioned by PAMU, MuayThai Alberta and the Canadian MuayThai Council - Amateur. The show was sold out the day before ...

Spain Pays Respect to Nai Kanom Tom

February 20th, 2012

March 18th will see a Nai Kanom Tom Tribute gala in Catalan Spain. The event is aimed at giving a chance to both amateurs and professionals in to pay homage to one of the most revered historical muaythai figures.   Nai Khanom Tom, a warrior from Thailand's ancient capital, was captured after the Burmese sacked the city in 1767. His fighting style intrigued the Burmese king, who demanded a tournament pitting his own country's combatants against the Thai ...

Press Release

March 16th, 2012

  A special meeting was held at the Four Wings Hotel in Bangkok for the upcoming ‘Muaythai Towards IOC’ event. The meeting was chaired by H.E. General Pichitr Kullavanijaya, Privy Councillor to His Majesty the King, and at the main table, there were dignitaries such as Dr. Nat Indrapana, IOC Member for Thailand, General Chetta Thanajaro, President of the WMC, Dr. Sakchye Tapsuwan, President of IFMA, Admiral Surawut Maharom, Advisor to Educational Funds for the Sports ...

The Polish Open Muaythai Championships – A Smashing Success!!

March 14th, 2012

Sunday 11th of March saw the conclusion of another Polish Open Muaythai Championships organised by IFMA Member NF the Polish Muaythai Federation under the Presidency of Rafal Szlachta, IFMA Executive Committee member. It was the biggest event in amateur Muaythai in Poland for 2012. The Polish Open Muaythai Championship was held during three days 9th, 10th and 11th of March in Kalisz. Over 120 fighters from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ireland participated in these ...

Muaythai Federation of Nigeria Makes Moves towards Government Recognition

March 12th, 2012

Following the resolve to gain full Government recognition (the Muaythai Federation of Nigeria currently have a provisional recognition status), the federation took great initiatives and took their lobbying exploit to their National Parliament - House of Representative Committee on sports on a 2 - day meeting session from the 21st to 22nd of February 2012. The Sports Committee is headed by Hon. GodfreyAli Gaiya. The federation’s request received very favourable attention and programmes have already been ...

Muaythai Featured at the Olympic Pavilion in Hungary

March 12th, 2012

1st - 5th March 2012 saw the 35th International Tourism Exhibition and Fair in Budapest. A separate Olympic pavilion was opened to promote sports and the sporty way of life, where, besides the Olympic sports, IFMA member National Federation for Hungary took great initiative to promote the sport and art of muaythai from a specially designated stand at which demonstrations were performed, and visitors to the expo were informed about muaythai. The stand was a hit, ...

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