World Muaythai Council

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 Karate as part of the ...

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 gyms participating than the year ...

Saturday March 10th saw the 4th installment of the Challenger Fight Series - 'Devastation'. The event was hosted at the beautiful Deerfoot Inn and Casino. The event was historic as it was the first time in North American history that there were PAMU (Pan American MuayThai Union) title at stake. The event was supported by IFMA, sanctioned by PAMU, MuayThai Alberta and the Canadian MuayThai Council - Amateur. The show was sold out the day before ...

Sunday 11th of March saw the conclusion of another Polish Open Muaythai Championships organised by IFMA Member NF the Polish Muaythai Federation under the Presidency of Rafal Szlachta, IFMA Executive Committee member. It was the biggest event in amateur Muaythai in Poland for 2012. The Polish Open Muaythai Championship was held during three days 9th, 10th and 11th of March in Kalisz. Over 120 fighters from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Ireland participated in these ...

Following the resolve to gain full Government recognition (the Muaythai Federation of Nigeria currently have a provisional recognition status), the federation took great initiatives and took their lobbying exploit to their National Parliament - House of Representative Committee on sports on a 2 - day meeting session from the 21st to 22nd of February 2012. The Sports Committee is headed by Hon. GodfreyAli Gaiya. The federation’s request received very favourable attention and programmes have already been ...

1st - 5th March 2012 saw the 35th International Tourism Exhibition and Fair in Budapest. A separate Olympic pavilion was opened to promote sports and the sporty way of life, where, besides the Olympic sports, IFMA member National Federation for Hungary took great initiative to promote the sport and art of muaythai from a specially designated stand at which demonstrations were performed, and visitors to the expo were informed about muaythai. The stand was a hit, ...

  Another great event organised by Muaythai gym Crnomelj and the South-Eastern European Muay Thai federation. The sports hall in the town of Crnomelj was packed to the last seat. The third season of the South-Eastern European regional Muaythai League kicked off  with 18 participating gyms from 8 countries of South-eastern Europe, becoming the strongest competition in this part of Europe. On Saturday we witnessed 12 great fights by young talents with two additional professional fights to ...

Peace, Sport and Friendship through Muaythai Sport, of any kind, has the power to unite and bring together cultures and people from all parts of the globe. Sport thrives in the spirit of fair play, ethical behaviour and brings out grace in both winning and losing. It is also a valuable opportunity to exchange cultures between all participating countries. Muaythai is a sport with a proud history built on ancient traditions in which respect, honour, and friendship ...

Many diplomatic staff from embassies in Thailand try to understand more about the culture of the country they are in. Most of them do a 2 or 3 year spell in their respective countries. Martina Baues from the German Embassy in Thailand really used her time in Thailand to deeply study the art of muaythai. From May 2009 to February 2012, Martina trained an average of 4 hours a week in all aspects of muaythai, as a ...