World Muaythai Council

United Muaythai Association India, the official IFMA recognised umbrella organisation in India once again sanctioned the WMC India ranking fight organised by Star Martial Arts and Fitness Club alongside Indian promoter Balkrishna Shetty. Balkrishna stated that this event series is very important to ensure the continued development of Indian athletes together with the national federation to ensure that Indian athletes gain more experience and ring craft towards the overall development of Indian muaythai. UMAI President Prasenjit Singha stated that Indian muaythai is more unified than ever to ensure the ...

Muaythai is built on 5 ancient pillars: respect, honour, tradition, excellence and fair play. IFMA believes fair play is a fundamental value which is integral to sport and everyday life. IFMA believes in muaythai without doping, fair competition, and all the written and unwritten rules on and off the field of play. Tolerance, solidarity, integrity, and above all joy is consistent with the belief of play true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7vyH4WUoV8&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d7t4nN0UdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgo6H_c-0rU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RufIciVDFZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjmgf98xiY4&t=10s

The Colombian Muaythai Federation, under President, David Gonzalez, is one of the most active IFMA national federations in the IFMA SIYG campaign in using muaythai as a tool towards positive change. The pandemic has cancelled many events but this event was held to bring together youth and athletes from the region to promote a message of hope, peace, solidarity and unity. National federations from the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru sent ...

It is with great sadness that the WMC and IFMA family have heard about the passing of Namkabuan Nongkeephahuyut. He was a true champion on and off the field of play, inspired so many and his legacy will live on. He took on his final battle and delivered once again a great fight but we all know a true warrior knows when to retreat. We send our condolences to the loved ones he left behind and in ...

April6, the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), is the day when the #WhiteCard campaign provides an opportunity for the global sports community to mobilise in solidarity and unity towards the promotion of peace through sport. “The spirit behind the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) took on its full meaning in 2020. As the world started to face the ongoing health crisis, April6 sent a strong global message of ...

Yesterday, April 1st saw the IFMA Executive Committee convene via Zoom conference for an important meeting to discuss important agenda points such as the event landscape for the remainder of 2021 and IFMA’s cautious optimism and planning of post-pandemic activities whilst maintaining a responsible system of planning and scheduling sport events. Discussions also centred around positive health, social and financial impacts of sport as well as taking decisions on actions to be taken to address interference ...

After more than a year since Yokkao's last official event, the date is now confirmed for the next major show which is set to make its return to the UK on 31st July.  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed 21st June as the deadline when all aspects of normal living can resume including the removal of social distancing rules. This will allow the resumption of sporting events with full audience capacity. As such, they have decided ...