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This weekend will mark one of the most cultural events which WMC and IFMA have ever been part of. IFMA, WMC and the Uzbekistan Muaythai Federation are traveling back in history, to the ancient times when tradesmen and merchants from China and India began to make their way to Southeast Asia, traveling through deserts and mountains to Persia, Arabia, Central Asia, and eventually reaching ancient Greece and Rome. The history of ...
Featuring a stellar line up with local stars taking on international and interstate opponents. Kim Olsen, Wes Capper, , Harald Olsen, Jak 300 (Thai) vs Flip Street (Boonchu), Ruan DuPlessis WMC Aussie Title, Beau St Quentin vs Macca REMATCH, Tim Morrison vs Roy Wills plus many others! Caley Reece will be fighting for a WMC World Title. Caley is also set to feature on the coveted Prime Minister's Cup on the Muaythai ...
April 3rd was one of the most glorious occasions in the history of muaythai for so many reasons. His Majesty the King donated the Royal Trophy in his own name towards the ultimate fighter for this event, and it was a truly incredible event ceremony. The opening began with a traditional drum celebration, followed by a Royal Parade by Royal Cadets, walking in His Majesty’s trophy. In the middle of this ...
Muaythai is a martial art that gives back as much as it takes. This is why the World Muaythai Council (WMC) and the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) are involved in so many community projects. Edmund Burke once said “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”. In muaythai we say “the time is always the right to do what is right”. When ...
Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra graciously donated the female trophy for the April 3rd, “Muaythai Towards the Highest Recognition” event organized by the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) and the World Muaythai Council (WMC). After a spectacular opening, Australia’s Caley Reece, WMC World Champion, faced off against the Polish champion Magdalena Rak. Stepping into the ring, they proved once again that female fighting can be just as popular as male fighting. ...
Bangkok Convention Centre was filled to the last seat for what was probably one of the most beautiful muaythai events ever held. Thailand’s who’s who turned up to be a part of the official muaythai application to become recognized by the International Olympic Committee, to be included in the World Games, and to launch the “Sport Is Your Gang” campaign. The Prime Minister assigned His Excellency General Yuthasak Sasiprapha, who is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
