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Formally established in Tokyo (Japan) 5 December 2009 at the initiative of Swiss national, Carl Emery, the Pantheon of Sports and Martial Arts has development of sports and martial arts in the spirit of chivalry, directly inspired by the Olympic movement and code of honour of the martial arts in general and, in particular, that of Bushido.
Bodies
The Pantheon is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). The Pantheon and its various committees are actively involved in promoting sports and martial arts, defending ethics and fair play, particularly by implementing the various regulations under the Code of Conduct and Ethics for the Arts Martial drafted in Geneva (Switzerland) 3 May 1995.
The composition of the Executive Committee and various committees will be announced at the next general assembly of the Pantheon to be held 20 September 2010 in Las Vegas (USA).
Activities
Active departments of the Pantheon on 1 January 2010 are the Executive Council, the General Secretariat, the Committee of events analysis and sports results, the Committee for nominating candidates to the Pantheon, the Charities Commission, the Commission for Sport for All, the World Kickboxing Forum.
Carl EMERY : “…when I was competing. There were only 2 Worldwide federations.. “
November 8, 2010 8:04 pm
by fightmag.net in Headlines, Interview, fightmag.net
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INTERVIEW with the founder of the WORLD KICKBOXING FORUM which will be held in GENEVA, Switzerland – November 20 .
Fightmag.net : Historical meeting . How many federation have signed up so far , less than 2 weeks left before the FORUM ?
Carl EMERY : Fifteen international federations have confirmed their participation so far. The main federations will take part. This is the first time in the history of kickboxing that all the World sanctioning bodies will sit around the same table. I agree with you this will be a historical event and I am really proud of the tremendous work that my team of the Pantheon of Sports and Martial Arts have done to bring all these people together.
Believe me! It has not been a pleasure cruise! I would like to congratulate all the presidents of the different federations who have accepted to take part in this forum. In doing so, they have shown their good will and their determination of making kickboxing become a stronger and more credible sport.
Fightmag.net : Who can join and participate in FORUM ? Any restrictions ?
Carl EMERY : Absolutely no restriction. All executives (presidents, directors) of all kickboxing sanctioning bodies that are internationally represented can take part. The size of the organization does not matter. This was the only way to bring all organizations together.
I perfectly know that some of the organizations that are taking part to the forum are very small and are not very active. We have to welcome them though. We do not want to segregate anyone.
Fightmag.net : How the idea of the FORUM was created and when have you started organizing it ?
Carl EMERY : When I was competing. There were only 2 Worldwide federations. And I even thought it was stupid to have 2 world champions, for the same sport, in the same weight divisions. Today it has become easier to be World champion than National champion in many countries. This is simply ridiculous. We are killing the sport like federations and managers have killed boxing. I thought that we had to do something.
Fightmag.net : What will be the major topics to discuss ?
Carl EMERY : I especially have chosen very reachable goals for this first forum. It has to be successful. First of all, we will decide for a common medical form for the competitors. Of course, some countries already ask higher requirements for their competitors and we will encourage them to continue. But in some other countries, there is nothing at all and this can endanger the health of the fighters. We will discuss about creating a website with World data of the results and records of kickboxing matches.
Fightmag.net : Any will of finding a conclusion of uniting “ All under ONE “ ?
Carl EMERY : Of course, this is my dream! I hope that it will come true one day but I am perfectly aware that it will take time, but a thousand miles journey starts with a small step. And this is what will happen in Geneva on November 20th 2010!
Fightmag.net : Most of federations carry Thai Boxing / Muaythai , MMA under their umbrellas . Will the attention fall on these types of fighting sport ?
Carl EMERY : Do you read in my mind? This is exactly what I will announce at the end of this first World Kickboxing Forum. The next forum will certainly be called World Combat Sports Forum and will include Muaythai and MMA.
Fightmag.net : Towards OLYMPICS . It is being discussed and hear-said for many years the facility of joining the Olympic program with Kickboxing . Will be any commissioners from the OLYMPIC head structure presented on the FORUM to assist ?
Carl EMERY : All I can tell you is that the contacts I have in the highest spheres of international sports organizations are very pleased that this forum will finally be held. They have a lot of hopes that this initiative to bring people together will continue and will be fruitful. Kickboxing has NO chance to become an Olympic sport if the main organizations do not find a way to merge. This is not a supposition. This is a fact.
Fightmag.net : Thank you .
Carl EMERY : Thank you for your interest. I will keep you and your readers informed!
1st WORLD KICKBOXING FORUM
THEY MADE IT !!!
Carlo Di Blasi
World Kickboxing Forum 2010
co-director
Date of birth : 20th May 1960
Citizenship : Italy
STUDIES:
SPORT:
Silver globe 2 degree in 1982 in Lyon at the National University of Sport (INSEP)
MEDIA :
Fred Royers
World Kickboxing Forum 2010
co-director
Date of birth : 15th March 1955
Citizenship : Netherlands
Karate record (individual)
5 x Middleweight champion of Netherlands
4 x Open-weight champion of Netherlands
European Champion, Helsinki Finland, 1979
Bronze medal : World Championships, Madrid Spain, 1980
Silver medal : World Games, Santa Clara USA, 1981
Bronze medal : World Championships, Taipeh Taiwan, 1982
Bronze medal : European Championships Paris France, 1984
Karate record (team)
World Champion, Tokyo Japan, 1977
European Champion, Geneva Switzerland 1978
European Champion, Helsinki Finland,
Silver medal : World Championships, Madrid Spain, 1980
Full Contact Kickboxing (all styles)
Boxing (traditional English boxing) : Oost district champion, 1983
Savate (french boxing) : European Champion (TKO 4 on Robert Paturel)
Kickboxing (low-kicks) : WKA World Champion (dec. on Yasuo Tabata), 1985
Others
Karate instructor, 1974 to 2002
Muaythai and Kickboxing instructor since 1979
TV commentator and consultant since 1986 for Eurosport, Veronica, SBS 6, RTL5
Consultant for many magazines
Owner of the Fight & Power Center gym in Arnhem (NL)
Trainer and manager of many amateur and professional champions
Combat sports events promoter
Carl Emery
World Kickboxing Forum 2010
founder
Date of birth : 25th March 1968
Citizenship : Swiss
Carl Emery
World Kickboxing Forum 2010
founder
Date of birth : 25th March 1968
Citizenship : Swiss
Director of 11 Martial Arts Schools in Switzerland and Japan
Instructor of : aerobics, cardio kickboxing, muaythaï, kickboxing, self-defense, police defensive tactics, tactical shooting, ju-jitsu, mixed martial arts.
6th Degree black belt certified by Bill Wallace, Jeff Smith and Jean-Yves Thériault
1993 ISKA European champion – professional full contact kickboxing
1994 ISKA European champion – professional full contact kickboxing
1994 ISKA & WKN World champion – professional full contact kickboxing
48 kickboxing amateur and pro fights – undefeated – 33 by knock out (pro 22 – 22 – 14 by KO)
Amateur sports: Boxing, judo, ju-jitsu, mixed martial arts, more than 50 tournaments and titles won from 1987 to 2004.
1995-2010 Promoter of sports events (more than 30 international events with mega stars Le Banner, Thériault, Kaman, Rutten, Hoost, Hagler, etc.)
Co- founder of The Peace Fighters
Founder of the Law Enforcement Training Council
Found of the Pantheon of Sports and Martial Arts
Dr med Souheil Sayegh
Specialist in General Practice,
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
17th october 1972,
Citizenship : Swiss
Assistant Medical Director
Sports Medicine Department
Hôpital de La Tour – Geneva – 2002
International, National and local sports Federations
- International Federation of Basketball – FIBA
Vice-President of the Medical Commission
Member of the Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee (TUE)
Anti-doping supervisory docotr
- Union of European Football Association – UEFA
In charge of the referees evaluation of the Center of Referee Excellence (CORE)
- Swiss Basketball Federation
President of the Medical Commission
Supervision of the national teams
- Swiss Rugby Federation
In charge of the national team
- Geneva Basketball Association
Medical advisor for the youth movement
Special activity
- Teams and federations medical advisor for prevention and fight against doping.
- Member of the Committee of the Swiss french part Sports Medicine network.
References
Patrick Baumann- FIBA Secretary General and Member of the IOC Committee
Dr Halfdan Mahler - Past President of the WHO (World Health Organisation)
Spoken languages
Fluent- Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Basic - German, Italian
On a meeting:
BAKER Roy (WAKO), BAKIR Habib (WKN), CALLIERE Jean-Roger (ITBA), CINTURA Denis-Marie (WPMF), PAYNE Colin (IKF), DI BLASI Carlo (World Kickboxing Forum), EMERY Carl (World Kickboxing Forum), GUTMANN Klaus (WKF), RADICCHI Cristiano (WTKA), LUND Espen (WAKO), MARCHTALER Ken (WMAG), MORRISSON John (ISKA), MULLER Olivier (WKN),NONNEMACHER Klaus (WKA), PANFIETTI Michele (WTKA), ROYERS Fred (World Kickboxing Forum), STRAZZERI Angelo (WFKB), THOKTARIDIS George (WPKA), VALUCHOVA Zuzana (WKA), VAZQUEZ Jesus (ITBA). Excused : ISHII Kazuyoshi (K-1) and LOPEZ Rafa (WKL)
Palestra De Scalzi Polacco - ex Mameli Savatehttp://www.ikmo.it/cms/it/chi-siamo-ikmo/chief-instructor.html
Diploma Istruttore Boxe Francese Savate AICS
Diploma Istruttore Boxe Francese Savate CSEN
Diploma Istruttore Boxe Francese Savate UIBFS
On the opening day of its Congress at the Rixos Hotel today, the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the world governing body for the sport of boxing recognized by the International Olympic Committee, announced a relocation of its planned international boxing academy to the host city of the Congress, Almaty.
On the opening day of its Congress at the Rixos Hotel today, the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the world governing body for the sport of boxing recognized by the International Olympic Committee, announced a relocation of its planned international boxing academy to the host city of the Congress, Almaty.
The AIBA Academy was first presented to the AIBA Congress on October 22, 2007 in Chicago, USA as a special development vehicle to promote the sport of boxing and offer development opportunities to all stakeholders in the sport in one place. The aim of the AIBA Academy is to offer development and training programs along with education programs to help boxers with their post-boxing careers. It will also offer sport management courses for boxers, coaches, referees and judges and administrative personnel of national governing bodies.
On August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China, the AIBA Executive Committee had selected the city of Bécancour in Canada as a site for the AIBA Boxing Academy. Since this announcement, AIBA started several projects under the umbrella of the AIBA Academy in Bécancour with the partnership of the University of Québec, in Trois-Rivières, including development of the AIBA Referee and Judge Manual, a referee and judge instructor course and the development of the first part of the AIBA Coaches Manual. The construction project for the Academy has since experienced delays due to a lack of financial support from the Canadian government.
AIBA therefore decided to move its Boxing Academy to another location, the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan. The Kazakhstan Boxing Federation showed great interest in hosting this Academy and has been supported by the Kazakhstan government, which has approved a total of US$ 33 million in funding for the project.
AIBA is preparing the host city agreement to be signed with Kazakhstan Boxing Federation and the City of Almaty. Until the new building is completed, AIBA plans to implement training programs for its new scoring system, for all "Road to London" selected boxers, as well as for referees, judges and coaches. These programs will be held from March 2011 until July 2012, with the new Academy building scheduled to open in July 2012.
