World Muaythai Council

The beautiful island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean is staging the Indian Ocean Muaythai Championships and the qualifier for the World Games 2022 this weekend. The 3-day event will feature the region's best talent in this special event.  The Mauritius Muaythai Federation is fully recognised by the Sports Ministry and the National Olympic Committee and has been growing under the dynamic leadership of Sham Seetaram. His Excellency Mr Stephan Toussaint the Minister of Youth Empowerment and Sports & Recreation will be there ...

March 17 is Nai Khanom Tom day. This auspicious event usually takes place in the old capital city of Thailand, Ayutthaya. This day pays homage to the late Nai Khanom Tom, a legendary Thai warrior who competed against 10 opponents and won all of them using the art of the eight limbs. His strength and power of will became motivation for many current champions who are inspired by this legendary warrior.March 17 is Nai Khanom Tom ...

Last weekend the Korean Muaythai Association hosted a Super 4 World Games qualifier for the upcoming games in Birmingham, USA in July. The Association which is fully recognised by the National Olympic Committee of South Korea, under the presidency of Mr Lim Changjin hosted a muaythai gala with the Super 4 as the main event.The Super 4 featured the best 4 fighters from the Korean federation in the 63.5 KG division who battled it out ...

The World is getting ready for The World Games 2022 held in Birmingham, USA. Thirty-four sports will participate in this important multi-sport games event under the patronage of the IOC. Muaythai is a full medal sport and is proud to have full gender equality with equal numbers of male and female divisions participating. Over the last two years, over 140 national federations participated in qualification events around the globe to determine who will be representing their ...

This year the special Hanuman Guardian exercise at Fort Erawan in Lopburi between the Royal Thai Army and the US Army had a special attraction as muaythai was included in the training programme. Who would be a better Khru than the multiple WMC world champion and IFMA ambassador Buakaw Banchamek who took the top soldiers of this special op through a traditional muaythai workout. The muaythai legend taught the important traditional Wai Khru before taking them for a ...

History has been made at the World Expo, as for the first time, Muaythai was officially part of the World Expo. The International Federation of Muaythai Associations, the world governing body of the art and sport of muaythai recognized by the International Olympic Committee, in conjunction with the World Muaythai Council and the UAE Muaythai Federation under the presidency of HE Abdullah Al Neyadi, organized this mega event where the world was one. The event featured two ...

The South American executive board had an important meeting to discuss important events in 2022-23. The topics were the upcoming World Games in Birmingham, the Senior World Championships in Abu Dhabi and Junior World Championships in Malaysia. The Exec which is made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, all which are fully recognized muaythai federations under IFMA and their highest sport authorities will continue to ensure close cooperation for the individual members but also ...

The Moroccan Muaythai Federation which is the sole federation for IFMA and recognised by the Moroccan National Federation and Sports Ministry is back as the host of the Muaythai Champions League event. Fnidek will be the host city where the best of the best will meet at this two-day event to have the final qualification for the national team of Morocco for the IFMA World Championships in Abu Dhabi. President of the Moroccan Muaythai Federation, Mr. Abdelkarim El Hilali stated that Morocco is proud to ...

A special meeting took place in Dubai between the Executive Board of the Arab Muaythai Federation under the presidency of His Excellency Abudullah Al Neyadi and represented by IFMA General Secretary, Stephan Fox. The meeting discussed all the important upcoming events, the world championships in Abu Dhabi and Youth World Championships in Malaysia. Representation of the Arab countries in The World Games and the cooperation of the Arab countries to enhance and promote Muaythai as a ...

Saturday the 12th of March is the set date for the Sao Paul Federation National finals where the best of the best athletes from the region will head to the city to try and finalise a spot on the team and represent their country at the highest level. The Skull Boxing Stadium Arena will be the host of the event which is organised by the Federation of Traditional Muaythai of São Paulo under the national federation, ...

In addition to the earlier statement released, IFMA wishes to issue the following statement: All Russian & Belarussian athletes that have qualified for the World Games 2022 with immediate effect will not be allowed to compete in Birmingham. This also includes until further notice, participation at IFMA’s international competitions. In order to preserve the safety of all athletes and the integrity and fairness of all our competitions, IFMA has decided to align itself with the event protective measures recommended ...

The Korean Muaythai Association, recognised by the National Olympic Committee of Korea, is making an international gala with athletes from the region for the World games qualifier 2022 this weekend and will be live telecast around the world. The president of Korean muaythai stated that the Korean athletes have prepared hard for this event to ensure that Korea will be presented at the World Games and they are ready to make their country proud to ensure that the ...