european muaythai federation newsletter february 2015 newsletter january... · finnish muaythai...

EMF Newsletter February 2015

European Muaythai Federation

Newsletter

February 2015

Email: [email protected]

Skype: emf_office

Tel: +48 784 975 999

Web: www.euromuaythai.eu

https://www.facebook.com/euromuaythai

mailto:[email protected]

skype:emf_office

http://www.euromuaythai.eu/

https://www.facebook.com/euromuaythai

AGENDA

Cyprus and Netherlands Tournaments 3

Muaythai Day in the Czech Republic 4

Finnish muaythai Championships 2015 6

Muaythai Mania 7, Szentendre, Hungary 9

4th round of International Muaythai league

in Slovenia 11

Muaythai judging and refereeing course in Finland 13



CYPRUS AND NETHERLANDS TOURNAMENTS

On 28th of February in Larnaka in Cyprus

there have been a great and spectacular event

Teen & Adult Tournament hold by Cyprus

Muaythai Federation.

On 14th of March 2015 in Netherlands there

is going to be a big Muaythai and IFMA event

for the qualification of athletes for the World

Cup Bangkok in August!


MUAYTHAI DAY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The Czech Muaythai Association, celebrated

worldwide Muaythai Day by public training of

the children and youth that took place at the

specialized gym for martial arts Pro7Sport in

Prague, which was provided by Prague club

TKBC Prague. A lot of athletes met together in

this large gym which is a proof that there is an

interest for such an event and at the same time

that we are going in the right direction because

children are our future!

In this sports day, The Czech Muaythai

Association also started the social project

"Sport Is Your Gang" - under the patronage of

IFMA. C.M.T.A. connected with the children's

home Duchcov through the member club TKB

Teplice and prepared a pleasant day spent by

healthy motion in style of muaythai for children

in this children's home that cannot grow up in

their own family because of serious matters.

The goal of this project

is to give the

opportunity to learn

basic motional abilities,

get to know new

friends, stay fit and

embrace basic moral

principles based on the

traditional Asian

martial art muaythai

not only to the children

from children's home

but also to all the other

boys and girls.


Present children were gifted for their

great effort with beautiful T-shirts that

have logo "Sport Is Your Gang", by

Czech Muaythai Association.

The organisators want thank to the

coaches: Jaroslav Hodina, Michal

Novák, Martin Žvachta and Radek

Veselý who were taking care for the

children and youth during that day,

and also to everyone else for their huge

participation and Czech Muaythai

Association believe that everyone is

already looking forward to the next

similar great event.

One World One Muaythai


FINNISH MUAYTHAI CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

Finnish muaythai Championships 2015

was fought on the weekend 13.-15.2.2015 in

the City of Lahti. Spectators seemed to find

muaythai interesting, so the three day

competition was fought in front of a big

crowd.

Championships were the biggest in number

of participants in the history of Finnish

muaythai and the level of fighters has

developed year after year.

The championships started out on Friday by

qualification fights, semi-finals were fought

on Saturday and Sunday were the final

bouts.


Final results:

1 FINAL F -57 kg Anette Österberg vs. Riina

Sipovaara

Winner: Riina Sipovaara

2 FINAL M -75 kg Ali Taimouri vs. Simo

Ukkonen

Winner: Ali Taimouri

3 FINAL M -57 kg Kristian Katajamäki vs.

Abdifatah Kahlif,

Winner: Abdifatah Kahlif

4 FINAL M -60 kg Lasse Järvinen vs. Riku

Mikkonen

Winner: Riku Mikkonen

5 FINAL F -45 kg Sanni Nurminen vs. Linda

Rehn

Winner: Sanni Nurminen

6 FINAL F -48 kg Tessa Kakkonen vs. Pia

Urpulahti

Winner: Tessa Kakkonen

7 FINAL M -63,5 kg Timo Venäläinen vs. Kari

Viinikainen

Winner: Kari Viinikainen

8 FINAL F -51 kg Mirka Salonen vs. Mirka

Phetsangkhat

Winner: Mirka Phetsangkhat


9 FINAL M -67 kg Pok Jääskeläinen vs.

Alexander Vartiaynen

Winner: Pok Jääskeläinen

10 FINAL F -54 kg Sari Levänen vs. Henniina

Hulkko

Winner: Henniina Hulkko

11 FINAL M -71 kg Aleksi Matikainen vs. Teemu

Hellevaara

Winner: Teemu Hellevaara

12 FINAL F -71 kg Laressa van Emden vs. Pia

Raita

Winner: Laressa van Emden

13 FINAL M –81 kg Jussi Pirttikangas vs. Daniel

Forsberg

Winner: Daniel Forsberg

14 FINAL M -91 kg Jussi Santalahti, TTBC vs.

Juho Ohtonen

Winner: Jussi Santalahti

15 FINAL M +91 kg Sauli Rantanen vs. Pasi

Kupila

Winner: Pasi Kupila

16 FINAL F -63,5 kg Anniina Ervasti vs. Heidi

Björklund

Winner: Heidi Björklund

17 FINAL F -60 kg Gia Winberg vs. Miina

Sirkeoja

Winner: Gia Winberg


MUAYTHAI MANIA 7, SZENTENDRE, HUNGARY

Muaythai Mania 7. WMC event, 14th February

2015, Szentendre, Hungary

The first event in 2015 of WMC Hungary brought

an interesting evening. St Valentine’s Day saw

intense fights in five weight classes, including the

first female WMC bout in Hungary. Professional

muaythai seems to take over in Hungary, thanks

to the promoters of Muaythai Mania. This was the

third in a raw, and the first for 2015 event under

the WMC umbrella, with a sold out venue, and a

great atmosphere. As the organisators managed to

sign a contract with one of the leading sports

channels of Hungary, Sport Klub, the fights are

recorded, and a highlight programme is

broadcasted trying to popularise muaythai.

Looking forward to the next event in April, when

there will be a Pro-Amateur gala between Hungary

and Lithuania.


The results:

1 Vass János (Érd Tollár Team) & Túróczi Vajk (Perfect Fight

Club) 66,68 kg Winner Túróczi, KO(B) 3rd round

2 Varga Máté (Fight Club Szolnok) & Bereczki Dominik (Perfect Fight

Club) 69.85 kg Winner Bereczki, KO 1st round

3 Hudák Roland (Érd Tollár Team) & Kissfalvi Milán (Szentendre

VSE) 79.38 kg Winner Kisfalvi KO 1st round

4 Földvári Judith (Fight Club Szolnok) & Kovács Alexandra (Tong Thai

Gym) 57.15 Winner Kovács WP 2:1

5 Kontra Csaba (Tasko Fight Debrecen) & Lapusnyik László

(Szentendre VSE) 95+(Pro-Am) Winner Lapusnyik WP 3:0

6 Bodnár Dániel (Majzik Team Szolnok) & Albrecht Péter (Szentendre

VSE) 66,68 kg Winner Albrecht WP 3:0


4TH ROUND OF INTERNATIONAL MUAYTHAI LEAGUE IN SLOVENIA

Another successful IMTL event was staged in the Slovenian

town of Crnomelj. Organizers Muay Thai gym Crnomelj

and Slovenian Muaythai Federation have put together a

solid event with fighters from 4 countries (Austria, Croatia,

Serbia and Slovenia) took part in 10 interesting fights.

Young fighters have yet again proven they are developing

and have shown progress in the same way the IMTL has

done over the past 5 years of existence giving room for

fighters who have become recognized world-wide.

The fight that stood out was the one between Slovenian

Grega Smole and talented Austrian Kristijan Zecevic. It

turned out to be a hard fought technical fight. Smole proved

his role as a favourite through a unanimous decision,

however Zecevic offered stiff resistance all the way till the

final bell. Award for the fighter of the evening went to home

fighter Martin Kobetic, who, despite illness, defeated Serbian

Vuk Jankovic in a high-paced fight.

The last, 5th round of 2014/15 season will be held on April

11th in Novo mesto Slovenia, where notable fighting names

will appear on the fight card: such as Franci Grajs, Mirko

Vorkapic, Tadej Toplak and Grega Smole. Fighters from 22

gyms and 12 European countries are expected in Novo

mesto, which will guarantee a fighting feast for all muaythai

supporters in the region.


Results:

-67kg SANDI BABIC (Khun kao Slo) vs ROK

ROP (KTB Velenje Slo) 0:3

-71kg KLEMEN KOKOVIC (Fight klub Senovo

Slo) vs JOSEF YE (Wien gym AUT) 3:0

-71kg TIMI SPASOJEVIC (Legija MB

SLO) vs GREGOR KEK (TBK Brezice SLo) 3: 0

-71kg PAN KLADNIK (Khun kao SLO) vs MLADEN

STEFANOVIC (Zoray gym CRO) 1:2

-75kg JOSIP BANIC (Zoray gym CRO) vs MILOS

JAKSIC (Victory gym SER ) 1:2

-86kg BENJAMIN JOVIC (Zoray GYM

Cro) vs BORUT CEHTL (Legija MB SLo) 1:2

-81kg NEMANJA NANDIC (Warror gym

SER) vs ALESANDER SUCUROVIC ( KTB

Velenje SLO) 1:2 KO

-75kg CLAUS GUTLEDERER (Wien Gym

AUT) vs STRAHINJA PERANOVIC (Warrior gym

SER)

-75kg CRISTIAN ZECEVIC (Wien gym

Aut) vs GREGA SMOLE (Yaksha combat

gym SLo) 0:3

-75kg VUK JANKOVIC (Warrior gym

SER) vs MARTIN KOBETIC (Gladiator gym SLO) 0:3


Muaythai judging and refereeing course in the

city of northern lights

Muaythai association of Finland organized a

one day judge and referee course in the city of

Oulu, northern Finland on 28th of February. 35

eager new judges and refs took part in the

course, which was held by the Finland’s only

EMF-IFMA international female judge/referee

Katarina Perkkiö.

In the very beginning of the course the edukator

MUAYTHI JUDGING AND REFEREEING COURSE IN FINLAND

Perkkiö, held a very important speech to all the

students. She emphasized the importance

unbiased and fair spirit in all the judging.

The speech highlighted the importance of

judging each athlete by the same unbiased

standards. The judging is solely based of the

rules and standards of the sport, and no such

things as the age, size, gender, religion, ethnic

background, or the club athlete represents

should influence the actions and decisions of

the referee/judge.

The first training session started out by going

through the obligations of the judge, the

principals of scoring points, and how to use

the scoring sheet properly. After this, the

educator went through the significant

principals in judging the fight properly. The

forbidden and incorrect techniques, which

should not be taken into consideration when

judging a fight, were live demonstrated to the

students.


In the refereeing part the educator introduced

the fundamental etiquette rules and the

principals of refereeing. The movement of the

referee and the progression of the fight was also

live demonstrated to the students. Perkkiö

emphasized the role and the responsibility of

the referee before, during and after the fight.

At the end of the education day the student

gathered to watch and judge several fights. The

peak of the day was the gym competitions

organized by the Finland’s northest muaythai

club; Oulun Kamppailuklubi. The new judges

got to judge all the fights and two new referees

successfully refereed the fights.

All the new judges and referees are now

qualified to performance in all the events held

under the Muaythai association of Finland.

European Muaythai Federation

www.euromuaythai.eu/

www.facebook.com/euromuaythai

vk.com/euromuaythai


european muaythai federation newsletter february 2015 newsletter january... · finnish muaythai...

Documents