2019 has been one of the busiest years in IFMA calendar with so many events letting the senior athletes excel in the ring and gain qualification points for the World Games 2021, Birmingham. For the youth there have been many bright moments with Turkey Youth World Muaythai Championships 2019 being the main highlight of […]
It is half way until IFMA athletes will again experience emotions of one of the world biggest multi-sports events – The World Games. Two years ago the Muaythai world was given an amazing opportunity to be an official part of the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland. It was a debut for Muaythai athletes in […]
World renowned sports personality Stephan Fox needs no introduction in the world of sport. A former World Champion who transitioned through various roles including administration and where today, he is the President of AIMS the IOC recognised umbrella organisation for Non-Olympic recognised sports. Mr Fox is also Vice-President of GAISF, the world umbrella organisation for […]
It was a truly remarkable time in Antalya for the entire IFMA Family and especially its younger members who spent memorable competition week in one of the jewels of Turkey. It was a truly special event for many reasons and the record number of participants counting more than 1300 is the best evidence that Turkey […]
It was a full weekend of Muaythai in the UAE as Abu Dhabi held the Arab Muaythai Championships a month before Asian countries will arrive for the IFMA Asian Muaythai Championships 2019. Delegations from 16 countries with a total of 100 athletes participated in the event setting a great standard for the upcoming World Games 2020 […]
The Muaythai events under IFMA have gone much further than holding a sports competition. IFMA tournaments are a combination of competition, education, social inclusion, conferences and much more. The Kervansaray amphitheater turned into the venue of the important conference for all participants of the Youth World Muaythai Championships 2019 with speakers from the International Testing […]
The Youth Muaythai World Championships concluded with an award night which revealed new names in the youth elite. The event truly showed that Muaythai is now a universal sport with medals travelling to each continent. The personal awards traveled to Ukraine, USA, Australia, Moldova, Malaysia, Netherlands and many other countries. Youth athletes demonstrated a very […]
Muay Talay tournament truly becomes an integral part of each Youth World Muaythai Championships and medals for the Muaythai On Water are treated with the importance of the main competition. This year the amazing swimming pool of the Kervansaray hotel turned into the field of play for the 5th Muay Talay competition and saw more than 100 […]
It was the decisive day for the four best athletes of each category at the Youth World Muaythai Championships 2019 as the competition entered in its semifinal stage. The bouts have truly been full of skills and focus as every point gained was worth a victory. Representatives of the motherland got to action with Jantakarn Manoban (THA […]
The final day of the Youth World Muaythai Championships 2019 could be easily compared to the IFMA Elite events as the two best IFMA youth athletes got to the final to clash over the title of the 2019 Youth World Champion. The atmosphere at the stadium was charged to the bursting point every time finalists […]