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25.03.2016
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Muaythai is one of the fastest growing sports in Poland and has been recognized by the Polish Sports Ministry and National Olympic Committee for years. The President of the Polish Muaythai Federation, Rafal Szlachta, has done some outstanding work helping to develop the sport from the grassroots. Rafal Simonies and so many others like Joana Jedzejczyk have […]
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24.03.2016
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A historic meeting took place between the former and current IFMA sport director. Both of them have played an important part in the IFMA and muaythai success story. Niah Griffin was the IFMA sport director from 2001 to 2008 and Charissa Tynan who started as the executive secretary of IFMA in 2006 took over the […]
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22.03.2016
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It was a night of glamour and fame for all the recognised martial arts in Sweden where many athletes were nominated for prestigious awards. Muaythai was honoured by three awards showing again the popularity of the sport and hype muaythai brings to Sweden on the eve of the World Muaythai Championships in the city of […]
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21.03.2016
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This important event takes place every year on March 17, in the old capital city of Thailand, Ayudthaya. It also includes the important Wai Kru ceremony. Many high ranked Muaythai practitioners of the IFMA participate in this event which is organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and fully supported by World Muaythai Council under […]
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18.03.2016
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Swiss Muay Thai is growing from strength to strength and rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with in Europe.The Swiss Muay Thai Verband (SMTV) has been participating at every important IFMA event of late from the European Championships to the World Championships, FISU to the World Cup and so on. The federation is focusing […]
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17.03.2016
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Lausanne, 16 March 2016 – This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomed a record number of over 500 delegates from around the world to its 12th Anti-Doping Organization (ADO) Symposium, at Palais de Beaulieu, to discuss the way forward for protecting the clean athlete. The event, which ran from 14-16 March, attracted anti-doping experts […]
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16.03.2016
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Thomas Bach made the announcement at the beginning of March: a team of refugees will participate in the Rio Games in August 2016, made up of between 5 and 10 athletes. They will compete under the Olympic flag, be housed in the village, and the IOC will provide them with a technical team. Five months […]
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15.03.2016
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The Singapore Muaythai Inter-Varsity Invitational 2016 was jointly organised by the Singapore Management University (SMU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) Muaythai Clubs, and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) under the sanctioning of the Amateur Muaythai association of Singapore and IFMA . The organizing committee comprised Aleem Siddiq, Hans Kong, and Rizvan Jacob from NTU, […]
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14.03.2016
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Many opportunities coming up for the IFMA athletes around the word with over 400 events in the planning until the year end. This will include national championships, university championships and youth championships in all five continents. Major events on the IFMA calendar will be the official World Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden from […]
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11.03.2016
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Stephan Fox, the IFMA General Secretary who needs no introduction in the world of sport has played a part on every level of the sporting family. He has been an athlete, an official, a national coach, an administrator and today holds the position of the President of 23 world recognised sports grouped together under AIMS. […]
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