IFMA saw an overwhelming support from its athletes worldwide in the celebration of this year’s ‘PlayTrue Day’. IFMA’s social media tags on Instagram lit up with posts from athletes from around the globe in support of this important pillar of Fair Play. ‘Play True Day’ is dedicated to clean sport and is intended to raise […]
Muaythai is booming in China with 1,000’s of muaythai gyms opening around the country over the last few years. Many fitness enthusiasts have also started muaythai as part of the cross fit muaythai crossover and many established fitness centres are now offering muaythai in personal training. The World Muaythai Council and IFMA many years ago […]
A special meeting took place between Karim Massimov, the President of IFMA’s Continental Arm, FAMA, and also Vice President of IFMA. The important meeting discussed many issues in the upcoming event calendar in Asia Pacific including the upcoming Arafura Games in Australia, the World Championships in Thailand, the World Masterships in Korea, the Asian Championships […]
Sport Is Your Gang is an initiative which started many years ago providing safe playgrounds especially for children from challenged backgrounds. The Bangkok Sport Accord Convention 2018 was hailed as one of the most successful, especially with the UN initiative born by AIMS, one of the five IOC and GAISF recognized umbrella bodies. The initiative […]
Less than 30 days separate IFMA athletes from the entire world to open the muaythai competition of the Arafura Games where 18 sports will be featured in Darwin with 13 sports making the Olympic Games programme. Muaythai will be represented by 20 international teams and will compete for the medals and qualification for the World […]
The Lebanese Muaythai Federation under the leadership of Sami Kiblawi, together with Team Shogun Beirut in full cooperation with Mrs. Lana Bacha el-Khalil united efforts for the ones in need. The Shatilla Refugee Camp has many children with very little opportunity to watch sport. This is why the President of the Lebanese Muaythai Federation invited […]
Muaythai also referred to as Muay in some of the South East Asian countries has once again been included in the 30th edition of the SEA Games. The biennial multisport event will be held in the beautiful Philippines this year. Muaythai was one of the most outstanding sports at the 29th edition held in Kuala […]
The city of Chungju, Korea has been making a tremendous effort in preparation for the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships where Korea will host 22 martial arts with Muaythai represented by IFMA athletes from around the world. The highest sport authorities of Korea have given patronage to the event with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
At the Executive Meeting in Bangkok, IFMA announced the weight divisions for the World Games 2021, Birmingham where world top muaythai athletes will be featured at the second biggest multisports event after the Olympic Games. Men 57 kg, 63.5 kg, 67 kg, 71 kg, 81 kg, 91 kg Women 48 kg, 51 kg, 54 kg, […]
Immediately following the announcement of the World Championships 2019 registration going live, the IFMA President Dr. Sakchye Tapsuwan gathered a meeting between the local organising committee and IFMA international office to develop a strategy for the preparation for an event which will bring the best muaythai athletes in the world to Bangkok. It will be the […]
