The Lebanese muaythai federation held qualifiers for the IFMA Youth World Championships, which will take place from 28th September to 6th October in Antalya, Turkey. More than 300 young athletes and aspiring future IFMA champions took part in the youth national championships, marking their place on the youth national team for the upcoming youth world championships. Lebanese young […]
With the echo of the World Muaythai Championships just fading IFMA athletes are looking forward to new challenges and two weeks from now the world of martial arts will be concentrated in Korea at 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Mastership. 20 sports will be featured at the event and muaythai will be represented by athletes […]
The World Muaythai Championships 2019 have been a great event for many reasons. Many sensational results at the field of play and events which have become an integral part of IFMA like youth conference, athletes’ meetings, charity events, and of course award night where the outstanding are honoured for their achievements. One of the brightest […]
Konstantinos Sarkiris is one of the athletes who is building the future of the Greek muaythai as being only 19 years he took the central stage in the 57 kg division of U23 division in Bangkok. Konstantinos won the gold medal but also showed amazing spirit towards his victories. It was a true test for Konstantinos […]
The International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA), the Muaythai international body, which couple of days ago united under one organisation amateurs and professionals took the next step in drive to the gender equality and safeguarding of the Muaythai family members. IFMA believes that everyone has a role to play in championing gender equality and in […]
The 2019 IFMA Muaythai Awards Ceremony gathered all delegates of the World Championships to celebrate the virtues of Olympism in its various forms and philosophies; honour the Spirit of Sport; and pay tribute to the outstanding sport personalities, from the legends of the past, to today’s heroes and tomorrow’s champions. The event welcomed many delegates […]
Born in Bac Giang, Vietnam and only 24 years old, the hard working and ever talented Bui Yen Ly took her division by storm in this year’s IFMA World Championships. Bui Yen graciously thanked IFMA for the opportunities that have been made for her to compete and prestigious accolades and win medals not only in […]
Twice a year, the IFMA Medical Commission meets to discuss important topics on the well-being of the athletes and this year it was co-chaired by Dr Chaturaporn, former Vice Governor of the Sport Authority of Thailand and Chair of IFMA Medical Commission Dr Erdogan Aydin. Many key issues were on the agenda, including protocols about […]
Representatives from over 100 countries convened for the 2019 General Assembly at which in IFMA tradition, the first half was dedicated to various speakers. The Governor of the Sport Authority of Thailand Dr Kongsak Yodmanee welcomed all delegates informing the floor about the continued close cooperation between the Royal Thai Government and IFMA where he […]
Jimmy Vienot is the perfect example of why IFMA and WMC have unified as one world body. Jimmy has already the European IFMA World Champion and WMC World Champion. This year, he became part of the French National Team and winning the IFMA World championship in the middleweight division and also being voted by the […]