It was a true victory of sport with the Palestinian National Muaythai Championships 2020 taking place in the Palestinian Olympic Center. Athletes from all the regions in Palestine registered for the event to contest the right to go to Thailand for the Youth World Championships 2020 and for winners in the senior category Abu Dhabi is […]
An important site visit took place ahead of the IFMA World Championships hosted by the Chairman of the UAE Muaythai Federation and FAMA Vice President, H.E. Abdullah Al Neyadi, and Director of the UAE Muaythai Federation and IFMA Executive Board member, Mr. Tareq Al Mehairi.
One of the most promising young athletes in Iraq, Ali Kinanah, was selected by open vote as the Best Muaythai Athlete in Iraq. Ali has been part of the Asian Muaythai Championships 2018 and the World Muaythai Championships 2019 demonstrating great skills against the world’s best athletes. The Iraqi team has truly grown in numbers in recent […]
Tehran was the location for the 2020 General Assembly of the Muaythai Association of Iran, at which Javad Nasiri was elected for another four-year term as President. The federation under Nasiri’s leadership has undergone many important steps, achieving impressive leaps in the area of gender equality resulting in a 50-50 male to female national team […]
On December 17th, the 2019 Asian Muaythai Championship was held in the Middle East for the first time in Abu Dhabi, where over 300 amateur and youth athletes from 26 Asian Countries. The athletes of Asia competed over a 5-day period at the impressive Corniche Flag Pole Arena, which was purposefully built to promote Muaythai […]
The Grand Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel was packed to the bursting point for the United Through Muaythai Conference in co-operation with United Through Sports. The event was co-organized by the International Federations of Muaythai Associations, the IOC recognized umbrella body of Muaythai, the Amateur Muaythai Association under Royal Patronage, the Sport Authority of Thailand, […]
February 6th marks an important and auspicious day on the muaythai calendar when the international muaythai community pays homage to Prachao Sua, or Tiger King. As every year, IFMA joins in the celebrations in cooperation with the Royal Thai Government and the 137 IFMA member federations and a special celebration was held this year chaired by […]
The IFMA Executive Board Members gather in Bangkok for a three-day meeting to discuss IFMA’s strategy for 2020. IFMA President welcomed all the EB members in the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel which has become the hub of many Muaythai world championships for many years and home of the IFMA social gym. IFMA President, Dr. […]
One of the strongest IFMA social campaigns Sport Is Your Gang has truly become an instrument for changing lives in the lives of youth around the world. The campaign impacted each of 130 member federation in IFMA and today the youth who were involved in the programme are coming back to IFMA events as accomplished […]
Zoe Putorak is one of the athletes storming the 63.5 kg division. Her appearance in her home Arafura Games 2019 marked the rising of the young Australian straight to the top of IFMA hierarchy in the elite division. With Arafura Games being the opportunity to qualify to the World Games 2021 Zoe complemented her gold medal with […]
