IFMA campaign to end violence against women and girls has truly gained momentum around the world and Thailand's female superstar Chommanee, who lost her world title in August in IFMA world championship was defending her trophy again in the Super 4 female. The arena was packed with over 30 million viewers on TV and the girls received a standing ovation when entering the ring. It wasChommanee taking on Gia Winberg, from Finland in the first semi-final fight. A fantastic display which again showed that female Muaythai is as popular as male Muaythai. Both girls showing why they are the best in the...
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Do Good, Feel Good
Giving back and using the power of sport to do something larger than you and to create a positive impact to society is an important element in Muaythai.
Muaythai is involved in many charity projects: Muaythai Against Drugs is going from strong to stronger after 17 years, Sport Is Your Gang which is winner of the Spirit of Sport award is now established in over 50 countries while the involvement with UN Women has gone far beyond muaythai as last month 23 recognised AIMS member federation signed the pledge.
But it’s the small events which contribute direct to the local communi...
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iMAES Launched in IFMA Royal World Cup 2015
iMAES System; The standard WMC/IFMA Muaythai Curriculum, launched at IFMA Royal World Cup 2015 in Bangkok during 13-23 August 2015.
Having been developed for over 3 years, iMAES (iGLA Muaythai Animation Education System) was launched officially at IFMA Royal World Cup 2015 during 13-23 August 2015. There were 3 parts of launching programs. The first one, conducted on 17 August, was the presentation of iMAES curriculum including curriculum guideline, e-leaning via portal, subscribing method, and animated showcase of master techniques to the participants. The seminar room was full of interested...
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WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Extreme 2015
The WMC I-1 World Muaythai Grand Prix 2015 was held in Hong Kong, at the International Trande & Exhibition Center on May 4th, 2015. The two Main Events were the World Title Super-4 Championships in the 67kg and 61kg categories.
The four champions from 4 different countries competing for the 67 kg Super-4 were: Maycon Oller (Brazil), current Muaythai Champion of Brazil; Tony Sor. KeawSuek (Bulgaria), IFMA World Champion and 2-time IFMA European Champion; Sam “The Shank” Hill (New Zealand), a.k.a. “The Shank”, WMC New Zealand Champion; and Marcin Lepkowski (Poland), 4-time Poland Cha...
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MAX Muaythai 4 Man Tournament Set for May 3
The second super 4 tournament has been set for May 3rd, this Sunday at the MAX Muaythai Stadium in Pattaya, Thailand.
Four top Muaythai athletes from their respective countries will face off in a super 4 tournament for the 62kg Silver Belt. The winner of this upcoming tournament will face off against the winners of 3 other super four 4 tournaments for a grand prize of 1 million baht and the Gold MAX Muaythai Championship belt. The winner of the first tournament was WMC Champion Mathias Gallo Cassarina (Muay Farang Gym) from Italy.
This upcoming round of the MAX Muaythai super 4 tournam...
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Buakaw to Defend WMC World Title
Thai superstar and WMC World Champion, Buakaw Banchamek will defend his word title against Chinese champion Yuan Bing.
Buakaw, will be defending his title for the sixth time, having defended it before from Sweden to France, USA to Thailand, and now in China. Buakaw stated that this is an honour to be fighting at this event and that it is an honour to represent Thailand against China’s representative in this special event celebrating 40 years of close ties between Thailand and China.
The main undercard will be Asian Champion Vahid Shahbazi from Iran against Zhang Jinglei from China.
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