Muay Thai basics Course at the Malaysian Tigers Gym

We will be organising a 'Kickstart' Course in Muay Thai Basics starting Tuesday September the 29th.



Open to: Beginners or anyone wishing to polish up their Muay Thai techniques.

Venue: Malaysian Tigers Gym, Kelana Jaya, PJ.

Syllabus: Muay Thai Basics-This covers Footwork, Moves, Kicks, Punches, Knees, Elbows
& defensive techniques.

Objective-to provide a grounding so that new starters have the confidence to go on to join a
class, or so that those already with experience can learn the basics properly
before moving on.

Time: 8-10pm every Tuesday

Duration: 6 weeks

Trainers-Ex Lumpini/Rajadamnern Stadium champion based in WMC Lamai

gym Koh Samui with the help of the Malaysian Champions.

To book a place please email malaysiantigers@gmail.com

IFMA World Championship 2009

The IFMA World Championships is coming up soon. This year it will be held in Bangkok in honour of His Majesty the King of Thailand's 82nd birthday.


It has been a year since Hamdan Mokhtar, Mohd Ali Yaakub and Khoo Meng Yang participated in the IFMA World Championships, held in Busan, Korea. Khoo Meng Yang brought back a bronze medal. Mohd Ali and Hamdan only losing to the World Champions their respective categories.

Then we participated in the IFMA Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia. Here our team won the 'Most Improved Team' award. Our fighters did well with Faizal Ramli and Mohd Ali Yaakub winning gold medals, Mohd Noramin ,silver and Ismail Ramli, Mohd Sukri(Ejo) and Mohd Azwan(Bob) with bronze medals.

Yet again we will be sending a team to participate in these the World Championships. The participation criteria and weight categories are as listed below-

Weight Category	Over kg.	To kg.
Pin	42	45
Light Fly	45	48
Fly	48	51
Bantam	51	54
Feather	54	57
Light	57	60
Light Welter	60	63.5
Welter	63.5	67
Light Middle	67	71
Middle	71	75
Light Heavy	75	81
Cruiser	81	86
Heavy	86	91
Super Heavy	91	+

Fighters need to be between 18 and 35 years of age.

Hamdan Mokhtar in Z1

Mohd Hamdan Mokhtar of the Malaysian Tigers will be fighting in Z1

Hamdan will be fighting Abbas in the first round.

Group A

Eikkasit, Thailand / Boxx
Brian Robertson, USA
Leo Monteiro, Brazil
Iddi, Malaysia / Boxx


Group B

Tengku Shahrizal, Malaysia / PRDM
Valdet Gashi, Germany
Abbas Ahmadi, Iran / Boxx
Hamdan, Malaysia / Malaysian Tiger