IFMA is excited on the announcement of WADA’s new and improved Anti-Doping Education and Learning (ADEL) platform. Yesterday, January 21st, WADA hosted their first webinar of the year on ADEL lead by Amanda Hudson, Director of Education, Kangeun Lee, Senior Manager of Digital Learning and Gracie-Hongyang Li Manager, LMS who introduced the new courses and […]
An important meeting took place at the Thai parliament between the two recognised national federations governing the sport of muaythai in Thailand, the AMTAT and the PAT. Also present at this landmark meeting was the IOC recognised International Federation, the IFMA. The meeting was chaired by Parliament Sports Commission Chairman Dr Boonlue Prasertsopa and was […]
The Olympic Council of Asia last week has announced that the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to be held in Bangkok and Chonburi Province in Thailand from 21st to 30th of May 2021 have been postponed. The OCA stated in its release that the postponement was forth in light of the situation regarding […]
Over 100 National Federations joined the 2021 New Year Briefing discussing the pandemic and post-pandemic plans. The session included information on the 2021-2022 IFMA Event Calendar, a briefing on the updated Anti-Doping Rules and Prohibited List and the IFMA Education Program in the form of the One Standard Muaythai (OSM) Virtual academy platform. IFMA […]
The 31st SEA Games will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 21st November to December 2nd 2021 and Muaythai is one of the included sports. Muaythai has achieved great success in the last SEA Games editions in the Philippines, Malaysia and is committed to repeating that success in the forthcoming edition in Vietnam. This success can be attributed […]
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched its Anti-Doping Education and Learning platform (ADEL), which is a new and improved version of the current Anti-Doping e-Learning platform (ADeL) that was launched in January 2018. Via the new ADEL platform, WADA will provide education and learning opportunities for the anti-doping community worldwide; including: athletes, coaches, parents, medical […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reminds athletes and all other stakeholders that its 2021 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List) entered into force since (1 January). The 2021 List, which has been redesigned in order to improve navigation and usability for athletes and their support personnel, was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during […]
Multiple champions at The World Games, World Record breakers or holders, true heroes of their sport: the 24 candidates for The World Games Greatest Athlete of All Time vote have been published! There are candidates from all editions of The World Games’ 40-year long history, and they represent 24 different sports, as nominated by their International Federations. […]
For International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, the Olympic community has managed to turn what has been a unique and challenging 2020 into lessons and opportunities. In his New Year’s video message sent to the Olympic community today, President Bach recalls how the role of sport in different aspects of society has been strengthened […]
Dear IFMA Family, On behalf of the IFMA Executive, I would like to wish you health and happiness for the year to come. We all had to face many challenges in 2020 but with IFMA’s solidarity we have grown closer together and have turned many of the challenges into opportunities and most importantly, we kept […]