Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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

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