The Alps-Adriatic Working Community was founded in Venice on the 20th of November 1978. The founder members were: Bavaria, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Carinthia, Croatia, Upper Austria, Salzburg (active observer), Slovenia, Styria, Veneto.
VIDEO presentation of Alps Adriatic Working Community shows us that 26 milion people in this region is good opportunity for developing savate sport on University level (FISU, EUSA - center in Slovenia). There are also Alps - Adriatic sports games which counts as an event in Regional Olympic Comittees of (Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Italy) highest sport classification.
On Slovenian national championships on 10-12th October 2008 in Ljubljana there were judges from - Austria (2), Italy (1), Slovenia (1).
Slovenian NATO army supports boxing in Slovenia very well. But unfortunately there is not enough boxers since 1991 when Slovenia became independent European country.
Gerard Bonio and Savate boxing club Sarcelles organized in Val d'Oisiennes - two European Championship Finals and a Chauss'fight
Eloise Touroude (Dynamic Sèvre (92)) vs. Paola Massagrande (Italy). French Eloise Touroude is declared winner by unanimous judges decision. There are victories that deserve a big hat off, as this is one! (Photo below Touroude vs Massagrande left and right with her coach "Richard")
In the evening, it was a Chauss'fight - an international meeting between French Sarcelles Pecquery Xavier and a Kick-Boxing specialist Italian Alexandro Elicio. Seven rounds were dominated throughout by the French.
Last battle was reserved for the best boxer of night Joshua Solmonte, the Champion of France Elite title. He met with Croatian Mario Bukal on a regular finals of Savate. At the beginning of the third round, the corner of Bukal throw in the towel. This was yet another successful evening of French fencers who collect both titles.
The best open championship of savate assaut in Europe (outside France) held on 22th November 2008 in the center of Milano, Lombardia, Italy. We hope that this tournament in MILAN would become one of the strongest club open events. Alfredo Lallo, Giorgio Castoldi - thank you.
Vittorio (Ecole De Combat - ROME) vs. Caggiero (Doria - GENOVA)
Stefano (Ecole De Combat - ROME) vs. Ignoto
Team - MAMELI SAVATE CLUB dates from 1908 - (GENOVA)
Assaut GALA: (20:30 - saturday) Parisian Karim Guillard and Roman Mirko Bezziccheri in category (- 75kg). Both athletes showed beautiful combinations, spectacular and very balanced fight
Combat GALA between Ivan Sforza (Switzerland) and Fabio Defeldilta (Italy) and the victory was decreed to the Swiss Ivan Sforza.
Chauss fight: International challenge between the Luca Sacco (Italy - Piemont) and Laurent Clermont (Switzerland). For the first time in Italy was presented Chauss Fight - the new version of Pro SAVATE. The athletes wear long trousers to bare torso, shoes and shin-protectors and fighters can hit as well with shoes as with tibia (and are allowed to neutralize opponents low kicks with leg blocks). Luca Sacco won.
Carla Roncarà (Italy) vs. Giacoma Cordio (Sicily - Italy).
Who is who? You can always find out when the director decides for his choice. Sympathy and empathy - two snakes in our spine. And this is the only indicator you can have as a weapon.
Kick-Boxing World Championship version W.B.K.F in Rusia
Mohamed Diaby become Kick-Boxing World Champion version W.B.K.F
In the ring of "Fight Club-Casino" to "Arbrat" in Moscow in Russia. Mohamed Diaby became World Champion in WBKF Kickboxing -71 Kg in order to win this belt and reach his goals, Mohamed Diaby participated in a tournament with four boxers in 3 rounds of 3 minutes. Russian Maxime Shalnevym, Ukrainian Ruslan Kushnienko and Kyrgyzstan Zhaliev Kumar were fighters. For his first fight Mohamed fought Russian Maxime Shalnevym and he blithely dominated by working remotely, without taking the slightest risk and this in anticipation of the final fight. In this struggle, Russian fighter was counted in the third and final round twice. For the final fight, Mohamed met a left-handed Kyrgyz Zhaliev Kumar. Mohamed was consistent and more efficient in all rounds. The president of the Federation WBKF, Bert Popov said after the meeting that the victory of Mohamed Diaby was sensational and unique. It was the first time that a Western fighter dominates in the Russian ring confronted boxers of the former Soviet Union. (Photo below Diaby- Zhaliev fight and when Mohamed wore the belt)
Diaby vs Shalnevym (vidéo)
Before he competed in France: Tounkara Bakari vs. Mohamad Diaby 5th trophy of "Younger fighters - éphèbe" kick boxing in Agde, France on 8th March 2008.
32-years old Mirko Borkovićem, coach of Martial Arts - suspected that from January to November this year, committed armed robberies in 25 betting stores in Zagreb, reported the deputy chief of city Zagreb Police crime department Mr. Damir Deak.
It is all about money - 240.000 kuna (from robberies). Mirko Borković addicted of cocaine is now target of "naive" 25 betting stores which allowed him 25 times crime delict. Robbed: Sports betting company Fortuna - three times , twice in the Super Sport, Stanleybet, Germanium and Croatian lottery. After completing criminal processing, where Mirko Borković admitted that he committed the robbery, on 19th November he was brought to the central investigative County Court in Zagreb. Similar to African story about oil and pirates who are well trained and invisible to satelites.
Mirko Borković
Photo PUZ
He was multiple amateur champion in Kick Boxing. He was sentenced to one year and three months imprisonment for possession of 14 grams of cocaine, intended for resale in 2003. During the trial, Borković as an excuse for possession cocaine said that the drugs were for personal use, to be exact, it is used as a doping at the competitions.
Aressted: Since 14 grams of cocaine was packed in 17 small bags of PVC - he was sentenced to one year and three months imprisonment for possession of 14 grams of cocaine, intended for resale. Borkovic was also known to public as a sparing partner of Mirko Cro Copu Filipovic on his preparations for the K-1 tournament in 2001 in Japan. Borkovic was very successful fighter and in one of the Filipovic's old interviews i he said that he will put Borkovic to K-1 tournament.
My name is Serge Bulanov. I was born in Feodosia, Crimea, USSR. Now I live in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. I have been educated to the highest level in two areas: technical and sportive. I am a doctor of pedagogy (the science of being a teacher).
How did you get involved in Savate?
From my childhood I was fond of Martial Arts. At first, I practiced contact karate, and then I practiced English boxing. In 1986, a delegation of the French Federation of Savate Boxe Francaise (Gilles Le Duigou and Patrice Beaux) visited Russia. I saw Savate and I was really surprised, because it was the best combat sport, I had ever seen. I have practiced Savate since 1986. In 1990, I organized my own club and became a coach. For popularizing Savate in Saint-Petersburg, at first I was organizing Savate competitions in a little boxing-bar 1 or 2 times every month. It attracted a lot of fighters of different combat sports. Nowadays we are organizing all-Russian and international Savate competitions in the biggest Palace of Sport in Saint-Petersburg. The Saint-Petersburg Savate Federation (which I am the president of) now has 12 member clubs. Over all these years the biggest help, support and encouragement for me has been from my wife Tatiana, who believes Savate is a perfect combat sport. During this time, we have popularized Savate widely in Russia and now our regional Savate departments are working in many different regions of Russia. We have achieved official recognition of Savate by the Ministry of Sport of our country. Russian fighters are in the world elite of Savate, both in combat and assaut, not only due to their strong character but also to their perfect technique and tactics.
What do you think you have achieved in Savate?
During my job as a coach, I have prepared 2 World champions, 2 European champions and a winner of the 1st World University Cup. A lot of my fighters have become silver and bronze medalists in European and World Championships. I have analyzed all this long experience of practical work and written the first dissertation about Savate in Russia on the theme: Methods of technical, tactical, physical and psychological preparation in Savate.
What is your role in Savate today?
I’m the Professor of Saint-Petersburg Lesgaft Physical Culture University. I prepare coaches and judges for Savate. Also I am vice-president and chief coach of Russian Savate Federation and a member of the CDI, chief of the Chauss’fight commission and a member of the commission of arbitrage.
What do you think about the international development in Savate?
Thinking about the international development of Savate we must take several steps: 1. We must really popularize Savate in Europe by organizing a lot of national and international competitions both in assaut and combat in many European countries. 2. We need Savate to be shown much more often on TV. 3. It is important to begin to organize World and European Championships for cadets. 4. We need professional Savate combat to make Savate more well-known all over the world and more attractive for all martial arts fighters and fans.
Seven months after having become President of the interim committee of the Mauritius Savate Federation, how do you assess progress?
It is positive. First, about twenty clubs have been revived in eight regions of the island. Each club has been organised so that it can structure and manage itself. Secondly, the discipline is very lively in Rodrigues and is much appreciated. It is part of the Games of Rodrigues.
With regard to the associated disciplines, clubs practicing canne de combat and Savate have been revived. We managed to send a representative (Géraldo Thomasso) and a coach (Jean-François Roussety) to the World championship. The goals were to settle the conflicts, to revive the practice of Savate in Mauritius and Rodrigues and to re-affiliate the FMBFS with the International Savate Federation (FIS). These goals were reached.
Tell us about the upcoming activities.
A team composed of four athletes, supervised by a coach will participate in a competition at Port (Reunion) from 14th to 16th of this month. Riley Rose will act as a ‘sparring partner’ with an athlete of Réunion who is preparing for an important event. Jiovani Dubillon will attend a refresher training course for officials from 22nd to 29th November. A club of St-Pierre also invited four Mauritian athletes for a friendly competition. All costs concerning these trips are borne by the Savate League of Reunion. From 9th to 14th December, there will also be the Games of Rodrigues. We are invited to participate in the Indian Ocean tournament in canne de combat. Concerning these cases, we are waiting for the Ministry of Sports and Youth’s answer.
So the FMBFS is back on track. Does that mean that the quarrels which used to shake up this combat discipline are over?
Well if any, they are not apparent. These people are volunteers. There are bound to be differences in opinion.
The first official University Savate Championship in Serbia took place on the 2nd November, in Novi Sad. Recognized by the University Sports Federation of Serbia, the championship was organised by the University Sports Federation of Novi Sad, in association with the Serbia Savate Federation and the Vojvodina Savate club. For the Serbian Savate Federation, it was a good opportunity to review potential team members for the World University Championships which will be held in Nantes, France, in 2010.
The results of the finals were as follows:
Men: under 60kg: Sinisa Zeljkovic University Novi Sad beat Darko Knezevic University Novi Sad, 3:0 under 70kg: Marko Nenadic University Beograd beat Dragoljub Djurin University Zrenjanin, 3:0 under 76kg: Dejan Mitrovic University Novi Sad beat Dusan Popovic University Beograd, 3:0 under 82kg: Lekic Jovan University Novi Sad beat Ajredin Aljeti University Novi Sad, 3:0 over 82kg: Ivo Debelic University Beograd beat Filip Vasiljevic University Beograd, 3:0
Women:: under 60kg: Ivana Popadic University Novi Sad beat Aleksandra Tomin University Novi Sad 3:0
French university championship will be in Cherbourg - Octevile, France from 31th March till 2nd April 2008 (more days on a program than World savate championship 2008).
AGFIS is faster with news than IFMA muay thai - internet website.
Source: AGFIS
The South American Muaythai Confederation under the umbrella of the WMC and IFMA incorporating 12 South American countries will once again stage the South American Muaythai Championships. This year the championships will be held on the 22nd of November in Brazil. Muaythai in South America has grown stronger through the years under the Confederation's leadership and the guidance of both the world amateur body (IFMA) and the world body (WMC). All South American countries will travel to Brazil and the event has received huge media interest. We wish all our South American friends the best for this exciting event.
As part of its ceaseless efforts to make takewondo more action-packed and exciting, the World Taekwondo Federation held a Joint Technical Meeting for the amendment to the WTF Competition Rules in Seoul, Korea on Nov. 14, 2008. The meeting, which was held at the Ramada Seoul Hotel, drew more than 60 taekwondo experts from over 30 countries, including Mr. Dai Won Moon of Mexico, who was recently appointed as chairperson of the WTF Technical Committee. Also attending the meeting were Mr. Philippe Bouedo of France, new chairperson of the WTF Games Committee, and Mr. Herbert Perez of the United States, new chairperson of the WTF Education Committee. It marked the first time in WTF history that the WTF Joint Technical Meeting was held in an open-discussion format, with the attendance of both taewkondo experts and representatives from the WTF’s 188 member national associations. “This is an important meeting, which will shape the future of taekwondo as an Olympic sport. It is time to put our best effort and special attention to placing taekwondo permanently in the Olympic program,” said WTF President Chungwon Choue in his speech for the participants. “As I emphasized before, we need the overall amendment of the Competition Rules for more fun, transparent and fair games,” Dr. Choue said. “We have now commenced a process of revising the Competition Rules to make taekwondo matches more enjoyable and exciting to both athletes and spectators alike.” New Technical Committee Chairperson Moon explained about the Competition Rules amendment proposals, and the participants went through the amendment proposals item by item. The WTF prepared the amendment proposals after receiving suggestions from taekwondo experts from at home and abroad and its 188 member national associations. Shortly after the Joint Technical Meeting, key officials of the WTF Technical, Games, Referee and Education Committees met to finalize a list of amendment proposals. The final proposal will be presented to the WTF Council meeting for approval in Ankara, Turkey on Dec. 15, 2008 on the occasion of the 3rd WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.
Sounds provocative? Not at all. If you need a book that helps you destroying savate teams all around your country I can give you some advice.
Step 1: Where you are... First you should have technological (fighting) advantage - better training conditions than others, more material and financial sources, and of course - agressive promotion.
Step 2: Fear of better one... If you are afraid of assaut savate team from other country which is technically very close to your team and which is progressing with results very quickly you should stop them in their focused activity. You have to divide it at least on two pieces.
Step 3: Find a Cuckoo trainer... You should try to find a trainer in your enemy team who is prepared to work on two sides: WAKO kickboxing side and also FIS savate side - showing that savate is his No.1 and he shouldn't mention his connection with kickboxing at all. His true story shouldn't be revealed.
Step 4: Divide and rule... With this trainer activities (you support) your enemy assaut team should feel uncomfortable. He starts (for you) to force your enemy assaut team to feel inferior to his newly established combat team (without experience). And you have two groups - who starts competing one against the other.
Step 5: Brave young believers... This new team is ussualy consisted of young believers who don't know that they can face much stronger enemies in savate rings who have 50 maybe 100 fights in their fight record for the first fight. Usually trainer hide this data.
Step 6: Make war not love... Now you should only wait for war. Inferior assaut savate technical fighters (on which your enemy trainers worked for years) will start to turn from savate and escape from your enemy savate clubs because of new standards (their trainers expect: aggression and not tactics).
IF they survived read special step 7
Step 7: Kickboxer as a pure savate fighter... Find a trainer in your enemy team that actually doesn't accept savate technique and cannot perform basic and maybe necessary savate techniques - sweeping, turning, jumping leg kicks, fluid and fast moving.. He should be also active in WAKO kickboxing (most of his training and competition time). He should teach and fight savate with kickboxing knowledge and techniques. Actually he is kickboxer under savate cover.
Step 8: Isolation... Don't forget that you should be well connected with kickboxing. You should call your kickboxing friends in other (your enemy team neighbour) countries who refuse all communication with your enemy team. In this way you make isolation around them. You should not expect - that they will travel to Madagascar to have a sparring or two in savate, don't you?
Step 9: Make your ALIEN alive... In a perfect isolation of your enemy team (when there are only one or two competitions in each year) you can easily start your perfidious game. Your chosen trainer should start again with ideas about combat activities forcing his team not to work on "assaut for pussies" but to compete in a combat "fight for a real man". He should also turn mainly all activities (90%)in kickboxing and only 10% of them he has to do in savate. And all of the neighbour countries "aka savate" but actually kickboxing teams would support his ideas and actions.
Step 10: You are not afraid anymore... Your enemy team turn to WAKO kickboxing as all of your past enemies, and savate is just a cover once a year when this kickboxers wear integral dress on a competition. So the goal is reached. Savate is practiced just and only in France on a high level, impossible to be reached ever in his technical advantage. In other countries ... now you have rivals who are not dangerous anymore.
And don't forget my friend - MONEY can buy anyone. So be careful with your friends in sport.
Muaythai was again invited to the world Sport for All Congress under patronage of the IOC and in collaboration with GAISF. This year’s organiser was the Malaysian Olympic Council and the event was held at beautiful Genting highlands. IFMA was represented by General Secretary Stephan Fox and the Malaysian Muaythai representative Mr. Muhd Shahnaz Azmi. Many important personalities from the world were present especially from IOC and GAISF. The Vice President of the IOC Mr. Nikolaou opened the event together with the IOC Chairman of the Sport for All Commission, Mr. Walter Troger and the President of the Olympic Committee of Malaysia HRH Prince Tunku Imran. A wide range of topics was covered from physical activity of young people, the role of Sport for All in the world of Information Technology, Sport for All’s responses to the challenges of aging populations, Sport for All and Social Justice and Focus on the Olympic and Sport Movements for all Initiatives. It was an important gathering and a great opportunity to discuss future activities of the muaythai world. Compliments must go to the Olympic Committee of Malayisa, HRH Prince Tunku Imran and the General Secretary of the Olympic Committee of Malaysia Mr. Sie Kok Chi for a fantastic organisation.
Damien Mimouni (Chevigny St. Sauveur) VS Dejan Mitrovic (Serbia)
James Southwood (Great Britain) - assaut match
Manuella Massari (Italia) right
Saturday 15th november 2008 20:00 in Chevigny Saint Sauveur, Hall of martial art sports (L'OGIVE), International gala of Savate Boxe Française (Combats and assauts of the highest rank) 8 fights - 5 local fighters (Mélanie Bony,Damien Mimouni, Geoffrey Lamia, Fromion Thibaud and Alice Derobillard) versus fighters from countries: Serbia, Great Britain, Belgium ,Italy and Canada.
Mélanie Bony (Chevigny St. Sauveur)(Champion of Europe 2006) VS. Tatiana Vassilieff Canada (World Champion 2007) Fromion Thibaud (Chevigny St. Sauveur) VS James Antill GB (Vice Champion of Europe 2007) Geoffrey Lamia (Chevigny St. Sauveur) VS James Southwood GB (Vice Champion of Europe 2007) Alice Derobillard (Chevigny St. Sauveur) VS Manuella Massari Italia (University World Champion 2005) Damien Mimouni (Chevigny St. Sauveur) VS Dejan Mitrovic Serbia (Junior World Vice Champion 2007) Julien Pasquier Cluses (Junior Vice Champion of France 2007) VS. Geoffrey Delhez (Belgium Champion 2007) Aurelien Devooght (team Vartanian) VS. Carruso Italie (European and World Vice Champion 2007) Sydney Makouza (team Vartanian) (Junior Champion of France 2007) VS. not determined yet
The 12th European Wushu Championships was held from October 13th to October 20th 2008 in Warsaw, capital of Poland. The entire championship and all training sessions took place at the Sport Center “KOLO” in Warsaw, Obozowa street no. 60.
Something new in Hellemmes, France on 22th November 2008. French Man Combat Championship 2008.
Sport Hall Duquesnoy: Mike Lambret, world champion assaut 2008 (Wignehies) vs. Franck Kanon (Noble Art Institut). Stanislas Martin (SBF Wattrelosienne) vs. Innocent Widens (AC Bobigny), demi-finalist 2008. Saber Zairi (SBF Wattrelosienne) vs. Sliman Sissoko (US Créteil), finalist 2008. Youssef Diaby (CSM Ile Saint Denis) vs. Ibrahim Konate (Sarcelles) Raymond Gimenez (Montalbanais) vs. Fabrice Cassilde (Orly).
On November 8 at the Salle Japy in Paris was the first tournament Savate French Boxing Women - "The Night of Champions".
For the first quarter-final this evening, Louisa Derriche from Levallois and Cécile Boisbineuf from Lyon opened the event. In this fight of good technical level, both fighters were in close combat until the end of the game and Louisa Derriche more technical and more combative in this meeting.
In the second quarter finals, Cyrielle Girodias from Levallois met Elodie Chaumont from Vandoeuvre. This is a young fighter who has done an excellent job last year in France on a "Championship of young hopes". She did perfect hand technique.
In this confrontation, Elodie Chaumont tried to work half-distance, using her hands but Cyrielle Girodias more accurate continued to work on a distance until the end of combat. This was a victory for points, by unanimous judges decision.
In this tournament, Anissa Meksen was the most experienced fighter. She fought against Maive Hamadouche in one of the toughest match of the tournament. Maive Hamadouche fought like a lioness, but not enough for the tactical and intelligent Anissa Meksen.
Finally, in the last quarter-final, Valerie Oudoul Issoire has failed to pass the barrier Beroud Jacqueline Lyon. The battle was strong and accurate and efficient work of Jacqueline Beroud made the impression.
Second part of the evening: the first semi-final between two women - (club Levallois), Louisa Derriche and Cyrielle Girodias. Louisa Derriche was better during the second round and made troubles to her opponent with effective hand techniques. In the third round, Girodias Cyrielle has increased its work on legs techniques and scored points necessary to enter the next fight. She reached finals with unanimous decision of judges.
The second semi-final fight was one of the best fights of the evening! Anissa Meksen champion of France, Europe and the World, repeated attacks against Jacqueline Beroud, "new champion of France 2008 "Young hopes". She won her fight by unanimous decision of judges.
For the end of the show, the ultimate confrontation has opposed Anissa Meksen and Cyrielle Girodias. Two young women both wanted the final victory. During this struggle, Anissa Meksen showed all her explosiveness, but careful against Cyrielle Girod. The battle was very tight during the first two rounds with a slight advantage for Anissa Meksen who was more precise. For the final-third round of the evening, fighters saved their last strength but they spent it also very quickly. Anissa Meksen finally won the final tournament and the first by a majority decision of the judges.
1/2 finals - Anissa Meksen vs. Jacqueline Berroud
Participants on EVENT(-60kg) :
Maeva Hamadouche, vice champion of France "Young hopes" 2008
Anissa Meksen, champion of France "Young hopes" 2007, champion of Europe and World - assaut
Jacqueline Beroud, champion of France "Young hopes" 2008
Louisa Derriche, champion of France "Young hopes" 2005
Cyrielle Girodias, vice champion of France "Young hopes" 2006
Elodie Chaumont, champion of France "Young hopes" 2008
Valérie Oudoul, vice-champion of France Elite 2007 and 2008
Cécile Boisbineuf, champion of France "Young hopes" 2004, vice champion of France - Technical championship 2007
Hopes: Blandine Jouard and Estelle Blanchard.
1/4 final: DERRICHE/BOISBINEUF DERRICHE majority decision of judges
1/4 finale: CHAUMONT/GIRODIAS GIRODIAS à unanimous decision of judges
1/4 final: MEKSEN/HAMADOUCHE MEKSEN à unanimous decision of judges
1/4 final: OUDOUL/BEROUD BEROUD à unanimous decision of judges
assaut n°1: ADOUI/SCHAEFFER ADOUI majority decision of judges
1/2 final: DERRICHE/GIRODIAS GIRODIAS unanimous decision of judges
1/2 final: MEKSEN/BERROUD MEKSEN unanimous decision of judges
assaut n°2: POURCELOT/PETIT PETIT unanimous decision of judges
Final fight: MEKSEN/GIRODIAS MEKSEN majority decision of judges
This doamin is owned by ROOSIT - company from Netherland, Europe. Netherland is not FIS savate member (it was, but not anymore, is this its new attempt? Who knows.)
Norwegian Cecilla Braekhus, right, hits Croatian Ksenija Koprek, left, during a women's Light Welterweight fight, at the international professional boxing gala in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)
She is savateur girl, amateur and proffesional boxer and kickboxer, competing also on WAKO national Croatian kickboxing tournaments - low kick -65 kg Viskovo (1st April 2007)
Finalist of savate combat 2008: Final fight should be in Eaubone - Paris, France on 15th November 2008 against (Serbia - woman fighter) Marija Pejakovic, also WAKO kickboxing competitor. Marija competed on Balcan WAKO kickboxing championship in Ohrid, Macedonia against Croatian woman fighter - Nives Radnic. On EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS WAKO - K1 style in Portugal on 26th - 30th November 2008 she took 3rd place and bronze medal. All in all - some savate finals could be seen without shoes also in WAKO.
The World Union of Karate-do Organizations was orginally founded in 1970. The name of 'WUKO' was abandoned in the early 1990's when WUKO and the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) were to amalgamate as the World Karate Federation (WKF). The unification did not occur and the WKF was essentially the former WUKO group. The existing international karate organizations are either pure style federations or multi-style groups which accept only one federation per country. Therefore many federations and associations are left outside of the international karate world. The World Karate Confederation (WKC) was founded by a small group of karate enthusiasts on 4th May 1996 in Frankfurt/M, Germany. Originally the WKC offered an important option for such groups in which all the different styles and federations can join a World body and fraternity, without having to compromise their style or size. In order that there are opportunities for all, the WKC accepted more than one federation or association per country. "The purpose of WKC is to regulate, spread and foster Karate in the world from an educational, cultural and sports point of view by promoting Karate ethics, technical seminars, championships and all that is necessary to encourage the spreading of Karate-Do all over the world and to promote friendly and beneficial relations between its members." (WKC Statutes, Article 1.4) The WKC grew from strength to strength. More than 1500 karate-ka from around the world attended the Junior World Championships and Children's World Cup in Germany in October 2004. Sadly, a small faction of the WKC attempted to hijack the organization in April 2005. They held an illegal election and, in their eyes, replaced the legal executive committee. This resulted in the WKC separating into two factions. At the 5th WKC World Karate Championships, in Fortaleza, Brazil in July 2005, the legal and rightful WKC voted to change their name to the World Union of Karate-do Organizations (WUKO), thus giving new life to the organization abandoned in the nineties.
After the successful TAFISA World Sport for All Games under patronage of the IOC in which muaythai was the main sport and received the highest praises from the IOC for the cultural exchange program, the muaythai world is preparing for the next multisport games under patronage of the IOC. The 2009 Arafura Games are the biggest games in the Asia Pacific region and is a vessel through which friendship, goodwill and cultural understanding is fostered and strengthened. All Asia-Pacific federations are in full preparation for these games in which muaythai once again will be one of the main sports.
With so called "suggestive" judging Slovenia savate made progress in the last 6 years. This is the only way of influencing and teaching fighters to accept the mentality of savate fighting. Like it or not ... it is an effective trick.
Kalaripayattu - Founder is belived to be Sage Parasurama- the master of martial art forms and credited to be the re-claimer of Kerala from the Indian Ocean. Kalaripayattu originated in ancient South India. Kung- fu, popularized by the monks of the Shoaling Temple traces its ancestry to Bodhi Dharma - an Indian Buddhist monk and Kalaripayattu master. Kalari, Ghatka, Silambam, Marma - these are words you will not hear in Indian schools. The martial art techniques developed by Hindus over 1000s of years do survive in east asia in places like China. Not many are aware that the first teachers at China's shaolin school were Indians. Among other subjects like Buddhism, ancient Hindus taught martial arts techniques to chinese.
Ljupco Nedelkovski, President of National Kickboxing Federation of Macedonia, promoted the National Championships of Macedonia that took place in Kocani town on the 1st and 2nd November 2008 under the patronage of Macedonian Olympic Committee, Agency of Youth and Sport and the major of the city. The event was a success, also because it was held in front of a big audience; 2500 were the spectators. Through the Makedonian National Championships they also selected fighters who will participate to the next European Championships in Portugal at the end of the month.
In Stara Pazova there is Kickboxing club Fanatic (from 2003) and Sasa Cirovic also Savate competitor. But mainly as it is seen from the pictures he promotes kickboxing. Savate is in Serbia well supported from Ministry of Sport and Sport Federation of Serbia.
Nenad Pagonis: Nickname: "Greek"' Birthdate: 28.07.1987 Team: Ronin Gym Location:Serbia Style: Muay Thai Height:194 cm Weight:83 Kg Record: PRO K-1 rules: 4 fight's – 4 W – 2 KO AMATEUR : 49 fight's – 46 W – 31 KO World WAKO Champion 2007 Europe WAKO Champion 2006
Senior championship Serbia 1st April 2008 in Niš - K1 style. Club: Ronin gym Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. http://www.roningym-serbia.com/
Club is promoted as IFMA muay thai club and it cooperates with Slovenian Muay Thai Federation, and on the other hand we see them on National Serbian championship in K1 - style WAKO kickboxing. Nenad Pagonis is their best fighter. This cooperation is nothing unusual, it just means that relations between martial art sports are good in Serbia. And of course good relations between IFMA and WAKO - and this is the most important friendship.
I ask you - is it time for Stick fighting now...at this moment for its fast development in the World of Martial arts. Will we still try to stop this beautiful stick fighting arts and pulling the breaks instead of promoting it?
Enoch Effach at Mr. Karmaoui Abdelhak founder of savate in Morroco (also taekwondo practitioner).
Founder and National Technical Director of Boxe Savate Judge on a World championship (Paris-France 1993 / Belgium 1997 / France 2000) African Boxe Savate Champion on African Championship in Cameroun Délégué Officiel(B) in FIS - Fédération Internationale de Boxe Savate Member of Technical Commision in FIS - Fédération Internationale de Boxe Savate Responsable for Boxe Savate in Morocco in F.R.M.F.C.K.T.S
Master in: Black belt 5th dan Taekwondo (W.T.F) Black belt 2nd dan Hapkido Black belt 1st dan Karate Gant d'argent Boxe française savate Black belt Full contact
But oops - there is very strange thing - on ITKF site - 2008 European Traditional Karate Championship was canceled in the same year of World championship.
ITKF letter to Mr. Jacques Roggee - president of IOC - for traditional karate to become again AGFIS recognised.
The 2008 European Capital of Culture is all set for Europe's biggest boxing event with Liverpool playing host to the 37th European Senior Boxing Championships for the first time starting on Thursday. Europe's best boxers, including Beijing Olympians, have all arrived in Liverpool to land the prize as European Champion. The city is to stage the 10 day tournament culminating with a finals day at the Echo Arena on November 15 - the first major senior post-Beijing Olympics tournament after the 1st AIBA Youth World Championships which was held at Guadalajara last week. The European Boxing Championships, which were first staged in 1925, will be hosted by the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE), in partnership with Liverpool City Council and the European Amateur Boxing Association (EABA), supported by UK Sport and the NorthWest Development Agency. As the first major senior boxing tournament in the 2012 London Olympics cycle, the 2008 European Boxing Championships is expected to the biggest boxing tournament ever staged in the United Kingdom. More than 240 boxers, exactly 249, from 40 European countries including half a dozen Olympic medallists and champions, as well as numerous London 2012 hopefuls, will be seeking to capture glory next week. The host nation has also set a target of two medals, which no England team has managed before. It will be the first time the prestigious annual championships, now in its 40th year, are staged in the UK and further cements Liverpool's position as the nation's No 1 boxing city. Paul King, Chief Executive of ABA England, said: ''This is a landmark tournament for British boxing and in many ways will lay down valuable markers for London 2012. The Europeans are just as difficult to win as the Olympics, as competitors face national champions in almost every round, so the quality of sport should be of the highest order. And I'm sure Liverpool will put on a show to make everyone proud - the faculties are top class and the boxing fans are among the best.'' Clare Hartley, UK Sport's Events Consultant, said: "This is the first time that the UK has staged the European Senior Boxing Championships and it will be the largest sporting event in Liverpool this year, with over 200 athletes from 40 countries competing to be crowned champion over ten days of competition. We are delighted to be investing up to £201,000 of National Lottery funds in this event through our World Class Events Programme which works to being strategically important sporting competitions to the UK." The English squad, which is expected to form the core of the 2012 Olympic squad, will definitely be strong in its home ring, despite some of their best boxers either relaxing after the Beijing Olympics or having turned professional. Darren Langley, 21, (48kg) is the most experienced team member having been a member of the national team since 2001. Langley surpised all by beating Japan's Harunobu Monzen in the 48kg final at the 2008 Tammer Tournament in Tampere, Finland last month. 2008 National Senior Champion Adam Whitfield, 20, (51kg) is one of the new members in the English squad while 2007 and 2008 national senior champion Luke Campbell (54kg) also claimed the a Tammer Tournament title. Beijing Olympian Joseph Murray, 21, (57kg) is the headline act in the English squad having won bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Chicago, where he qualified for Beijing while 23-year-old Daniel Price (91kg) is one the tallest participants in the Championships at 198cms. Having just missed out on qualifiyng for Beijing and collecting a bronze medal in the 2004 Junior World Championships, big things of the Scarborough resident.
Tom Stalker, 23, (60kg), who started boxing at 19, is also a hot prospect despite his late start in the sport having finished second in the Tammer Tournament when he was defeated by Rachid Azzedine from France (5:3). His target is the 2010 Commonwealth Games and certainly 2012 London Olympic Games. Junior World Championships and Cadet World Championships bronze medallist Obed Mbwakongo (81kg) won the English national title in 2007 at the age of 19. Mbwakongo finished second place in the Tammer Tournament two weeks ago after being defeated by Babacar Kamara from Sweden in the final. Craig Dixon (64kg), Stuart Buckley (69kg), 2007 and 2008 national champion George Groves (75kg) and Damien Campbell (+91kg) round out the English team all looking for more experience at international level. The official weigh in and medical takes place at 6am (local time) on Thursday before the offical draw takes place at the Adelphi Hotel at 10am. The 2008 European Senior Championships will start at 13.00 at the Greenbank Sports Academy.
Jasmin (ex - Slovenia Muay Thai Federation) partly professional fighter and partly amateur competed this year on WAKO european championship in Portugal in discipline low kick (7 fighters in pool) and lost first fight against Yauhen Anhalevich (Belarus) in category (-91kg) with 3:0 judges decision.
Carlo Di Blasi says it will be first Woodstock of Martial arts in Milano from 31.5.2008 - 1.6.2008.
PROGRAMMA Sabato 31 maggio 2008 Luogo: Parco Sempione, presso ring centrale nel villaggio dello sport nel contesto della manifestazione SPORT & FITNESS PARK 2008 Gara: Torneo savate assalto maschile e femminile a cura della commissione tecnica Nazionale Assalto FIKB M° Giorgio Castoldi e M° Marco Biroli Iscrizioni: 5 € cada atleta pagamento in loco Categoria di peso: tutte Peso h 12.00 Inizio gara h 14:00 Ore: 21:00 cena sociale con le rappresentative internazionali al ristorante del centro sportivo Tonic Via Mestre 7 Milano a cura M° Luca Temperini Domenica 1° giugno 2008 Luogo: Parco Sempione Ore: 10:00 stage gratuito di canne de combat con i maestri francesi e con il commissario tecnico nazionale Canne de combat FIKB Daniele Parrilli. CANNE DE COMBAT ISMAEL AYAD: moniteur savate BF, moniteur de canne de combat, combattant canne de combat régulièrement classe en championnat de France et de la coupe de France. ARNAUD GIGOUX: Brevet d'état de savate BF et de Canne de combat, GAT de savate BF et de Canne de Combat. Plusieurs fois classé 6ème du championnat de France et de la coupe de France de Canne de combat Ore 12:00 peso atleti Ore 14:30 sfida internazionale ITALIA vs FRANCIA di assalto, II serie, I serie durante la manifestazione si svolgeranno esibizioni di atleti e maestri internazionali di savate defense savate forme e savate de combat, a cura M° Marco Nacci. SAVATE FORME Katia OLEJNICZAK Professeur BEES 1° fitness responsable de la Savate Forme (démostration et initiation) SAVATE DEFENSE Saphir JARRY: GAT. moniteur de savate Boxe Francaise et de savate défense. Démonstration de savate défense. Jerome DUTUEL: Initiateur savate BF et savate défense. Demostration savate défense et savate Forme
Per aderire e iscriversi prego compilare moduli allegati da inviare a diblasi@oktagon.it
Two days of non-stop sports initiatives in Milano's city centre. 200 events in the Coni (Italian Olympic Comitee) Village, from tournaments to free lessons.
Milano turned into an outdoor sports hall thanks to the second edition of 'Muv: Mi - Sport no Stop', over 200 events dedicated to all sports lovers. From volleyball to basketball, from canoeing to pitch and putt, everybody's preferences was be satisfied. The initiative's vibrant core iwas the Coni Village, between central Castello square and Cannone square.
The two-day event has been organized by the municipal committee for Sports and Leisure in collaboration with Coni (Italian Olympic Committee) and CSI (Italian Sports Committee). The village was opened to amateur athletes of all ages, who had the chance to take part for free in several tournaments and practice the different activities. On the 31.5., from 9 pm until dawn, the matches of the 'Coppa Milano' alternated with the musical entertainment managed by DJ Claudio Coccoluto.
Both on Saturday and on Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm, the Sports & Fitness Park enlivened the Sempione Park with the best international presenters of aerobics, spinning and rowing. Besides, within the Festival of oriental disciplines Chinese and Japanese masters of martial arts were the protagonists of exhibitions and offered free lessons. On the 1.6. at 2.30 pm, the main ring hosted the savate (French boxing) match between Italy and France. This year's edition is a sort of final rehearsal for Milano, which in 2009 will be the 'European Sports Capital'.
Aminta vs Carole 1°round
Cat. -72 Kg assaut Choukri Slama (FRA) won Adriano Fabbris (ITA) • Cat. -55.800 Kg assaut Mangiardi Elena (ITA) won Nina Pellettier (FRA) • Cat. -79.00 Kg I serie Alessio Morabito (ITA) won Ahmed Akrouche (FRA) • Cat. -72.00 Kg II serie Sebastian Doumerc (FRA) won Carlo Olimpio (ITA) per KOT 2° ripresa • Cat. -70.00 Kg assaut Pierre Pauze (FRA) won Adriano Fabbris (ITA) • Cat. -95 Kg assaut Anovar Loughari (FRA) won Thomas Ardissone (ITA) • Cat. -58.5 Kg II serie Audrey Pellettier (F) batte Francesca Moles (ITA) • Cat. 70.00 Kg I serie Alessandra Elicio (ITA) batte Florian Mattiazzo (F) • Cat. -63 Kg assalto Carole Bellanger (F) vs Aminta Ariano (ITA), match pari
In the early 1920's, Superintendent of Police in India H.G. Lang introduced the Walking Stick Method of Self Defense based upon the instruction of Swiss la canne Professor Pierre Vigny. He published this historic manual documenting his cane fighting system. This manual, faithfully transcribed by Kirk Lawson from the original (copyright held on text formatting and images), Lang included 116 pages of text in his orginal manual including 66 pages of specific instruction and 60 images illustrating his techniques. Special thanks to Ralph Grasso for preserving this historic text in his library. Additional thanks to Joseph P. Sullivan for providing a copy to me. Finally, special thanks to The Exiles (http://www.the-exiles.org) for hosting the original PDF transciptions.
Although 40 milion people in Poland we measure small savate activity in Poland. Savate came very early in Poland, before WW2, and I found some interesting pics here: http://www.superkick.pl/ Presenting Cezary PODRAZA also WKN representative for Poland.
Palazzetto Palamarco, Vadino, Campolau di Albenga (SV) on 27th of November 2008 from 19.30 to 22.30. Price: 15 Euro. Info: 338-4243908; e-mail: luis.g@alice.it Savate: Master F.I.K.B Luigi Alessandri (still not on the list of Trainers savate FIKB), champion of Italia 1994 Federcombat and UIBFS in Savate.
CV: Luigi Alessandri, class 1964, Main F.I.KB, is a veteran of the Savate and practical martial limbs give approximately 30 years. For the Savate, he has been formed in the school of B. Berrino and G. Puppo and always has been considered an optimal sniper and a good connoisseur of the boxing techniques: anyone who has been trained with him knows very well that with Luigi Alessandri the guard shouldn't be lowered. In 1994 he won Champion of Italy Federcombat and UIBFS, both the Federations that operated on the Italianl territory. To that it has carried it result in those years to being classified to 2nd the place in Italy of its category, between the most characterised technical and combatants professionals, when to 1st place there was the famous international pluri-champion Franz Haller. Currently, collaborates with the M° Corradi Angel, curing, like technical responsible, the course of savate of centers F.I.KB of Imperia, Andora, Bordighera (for info, phone: 338-6312388).
Reppucci Massimiliano - diploma FENASCO (Unione Italiana Boxe Francese Savate) - Yellow glove
Master: Reppucci Massimiliano
Competitions: 22/4/2001 - savate assaut (italian championship): won Sivieri in Monza 20/11/1999 - savate assaut (international title bout): won Schirker 18/6/1999 - savate assaut (italian championship): won Sala in Rimini 8/5/1999 - savate assaut (titolo Lombardia): won Fiorentino 13/6/1998 - savate assaut (italian championship): won Ponticelli in Veron
During the The 8th Junior and 3rd Veteran ITF Taekwon-Do World Championship held in Uzbekistan , His Excellency Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan was awarded the ITF Honorary 7th Dan Certificate. And Mr. Ahad Nasirov , Uzbekistan Martial Arts Chairman and Mr. Rustam Kurbanov, Uzbekistan Sports Minister were awarded the ITF Honorary 5th Dan Certificates for their great support and assistance rendered to International Taekwon-Do Federation.
MSP/Multisports 29 Oct 2008 The first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China, from the 3rd to the 19th October 2008. Organised by the International Mind Sports Association in association with the Administrative Center Of Boards And Card Games Of The General Administration Of Sport, the Games attracted 2,736 players from 143 countries and regions for the five Mind Sports concerned: Bridge, Chess, Draughts, Go and Xiangqi (Chinese Chess), under the banner: Civilisation varied Wisdom unbounded. The Games were held in the Olympic district and benefitted from excellent international media coverage on television with Beijing TV, CCTV and Phoenix TV, as well as many national channels which broadcast short programmes via satellite. In addition to the television coverage, hundreds of websites covering all five Mind Sports reported the matches live for millions of interested spectators. Many national and international newspapers were represented at, and reported from, the various press conferences held during the event, and several thousand specialist columns and magazines published the results, news and articles from the games. According to both participants and observers these Games were extremely successful, giving victory to Beijing as the host city and also to China who topped the medal table with a total of 26 including 12 gold medals.
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