Many Thanks to the great team Eddie , Beybulat , Iman , Jerson , Igor and Simon representing WMC lamai Muaythai Camp , fantastic fights showing true spirit , Thanks from the Lamai WMC Muaythai Camp for all the great efforts from the fighters !
Tum “Mardsua” wins his fight in Malaysia against our good friend Mostafa Abdolli from Iran, Tum ensured all 5 rounds were won on points to take the win, a strong effort from Mosi but Tum showing once again why he was The Challenger Champion. Fantastic support from Malaysia and thanks to Toli and his team at Elite boxing for the great hospitality. Tum now back in training for his fight in Sweden at Rumble Of The Kings on 16th November.
Zidov Akuma also on tour in Malaysia throughout October working with the ELite Team showing how MuayThai changed his life working on Tv interviews and Seminars, a great job by Zidov giving people an insight into Muaythai and helping children understand the loyalty and respect the sport is famous for.
World Games in Russia providing another spectacular show in St Petersburg Russia, representing the camp Ralph Beale supporting fighters who trained at the camp from around the world .. next year the World Combat Games in Russia followed by the 2014 world games in Malaysia http://www.ifmamuaythai.org.
Domination 9 in Perth always attracts our camp fighters … P.Nong taking Simon from Sweden and Artur from Russia to Perth Australia for fights on 15th September … great show and thanks to the promotors for looking after our fighters !! Artur winning KO first round and Simon losing 4th round TKO … until the next time Australia !
TV film crew moved in to the WMC Samui Camp making a fly on the wall documentry on two female students being pushed through the ranks from beginner to fighter, watch this space 8 weeks of weight loss, technique and fitness training to fight live on TV in Samui!!
Welcome back Frank Paredes Vilchez to WMC after a brief spell abroad also Marcin Łepkowski back from Poland in preparation for the World Games in Russia. Uwe Tritschler bringing his gym fighters from Germany preparing for some international fights. Mardsua has been taking his skills and teaching methods training royalty and business executives in the thrieving country of Monaco. Full house for the Queens Birthday at Phetchbuncha Stadium on the 11th showing some great new talents from WMC, now planning our next event on 29th August 2012.
Fun and hard training for all with Stephan Fox Vice President WMC this month, showing some great ladies talent ranging from fighters and those who just wanted to shred a few kilos for fitness !
Thousands of years ago when MuayThai was a purely martial means of attrack and defense, women known as Khunying Mae Yamo fought alongside their men using MuayThai to repel invaders. In the intervening time, the sport became very male-dominated. MuayThai in the 1920s. Over the years since then, there were incidences of women fighting, especailly outside of Bangkok, but never on a fully organised basis. In the 1960s and 70s – as gender-changes swept the world, things began to change. There were women’s fights in Rajadamnern and Lumpinee Stadium also ran a series of women’s fights. Unfortunately, until the WMC fights in 1998 at Rangsit Stadium (MuayThai Institute), this was a limited affair.
The resistance to women fighting in Thailand is based on Buddhist beliefs, which have been interpreted to mean that the presence of females is an affront to the spiritual forces, which look over the ring. To give an example, boxers are blessed by monks in a moving ceremony involving the monk walking over the boxer’s limbs. However, female fighters cannot partake in this as Buddhist monks are forbidden to touch women.
An incident involving a female TV producer at Rajadamnern Stadium in the late 1970s added fuel to this belief. After she stood in the ring, every fight ended with serious cuts – this seemed to prove the point. The near- total ban, witch followed this incident, was often circumvented. Often promoters had the women fight last so that none would be upset. To this day, female fighters go under or though the middle of the ropes intead of over as the men do.
As the 1990s wore on, more and more women were being seen in the larger stadiums. As the standard of women’s fight improved, interest spiraled. Televised WMC fight were a great incentive for trainers to take women fighters more seriously. Responding to Thai women’s interest in the sport, they are taking steps to regularize the sport and hold it to the same standard as their male counterparts.
Today women fight in Thailand on the same level as the men -5 * 3 minute rounds with elbows. The fighters do not yet earn the same purses as the men. This mean that most of the women continue at work or school as they compete – not yet having the security of living in a gym and training full time as Thai do. The majority of the female fighters in Thailand train with a family member – who will make sure they are looked after at fights and shows. There are 60,000 registered profesional mal fighters in Thailand. Because, the women aren’t actually professional in the sense of earning all their income from MuayThai, they aren’t registered, but an estimate of between 8-10 professional female fighters were featured recently in the Thai press. These women are the real pioneers of Female MuayThai. In a country where women have traditionally shied away from all sports, to take up the toughest ring sport there is, meaning breaking moulds in a way Western women can’t imagine. Many of fighters are very young, often still at school. They are the new generation. Due to their age we haven’t seen many of them fighting aboard yet, this is hopefully something that will change over time. Promotor Mr.Amnuay Kesbumrung took women’s fighters to fight aboard many time. Such as Japan, Holland, USA, Canada,…. http://www.muaythai-institute.net
Read all about womens muaythai on the Ifma Facebook Site ,,, fantastic stories, achievements and goals of all the women in Muaythai!! http://www.facebook.com/IFMA.Female.Commission
Resident fighter Thiago who lives on camp in Samui WMC showed his great talents of in the Princes Cup, Bangkok this week, proving to many training in Lamai Muaythai Camp WMC that we can still produce some of the the best fighters in the world ! Outstanding first fight win against Mostafa from Iran and a great 5 round war with the thai superstar Ekpacha, supporting him was Zidov from Samui and Leo from Brazil.
http://www.wmcmuaythai.org/2012/07/31/aekpracha-wins-the-prince-cup
A full stadium at Phetchbuncha Stadium by Samui Muaythai camp WMC on Saturday night having a great atmosphere to some excellent fights . Clarence stopped in round 3 with a smashing elbow to the face, Lucky drawing on a bare knuckle 3 rounder, Rungsiam powering through with some strong punching, Charity Main Match was for Autistic Children on Samui – Zidov and Thiago battling against vetran Salatan. Slatan winning the match with Zidov taking some serious low leg kicks and Thiago just not being able to break Salatans defense …
Our onsite gym has full fitness facilities and personnal instructors to help improve your muaythai training in Samui. Teaching correct gym form, technique, balance and weightlifting is key to using the gym effectively. Diet and supplement plan’s are available, nutritional advice and general wellbeing is always at hand.
CHINA FIGHTS 7TH JULY 2012 Jerson lost on TKO, Imam lost on split decision very close fight and Berbuto winning 1st round KO. MALAYSIA FIGHTS 7TH JULY 2012 Lucky winning 4th Round Ko and Fillipo losing 2 round Stoppage. CHAWENG STADIUM HOLDING WMC CHARITY EVENT ON 14TH JULY 2012
BANGKOK JULY MAIN EVENT . PRINCES CUP 27TH JULY – LAMAI MUAYTHAI CAMP SPONSORED FIGHTER THIAGO TEIXEIRA IN THE 4 MAN COMPETITION
Lamai Muaythai WMC Camp Koh Samui trainer and ex Lumpini champion Nokweed Davey shows his style and threat still in training putting the fighters through various muaythai drills everyday, Nokweed a influential character on camp is available for class’s and private training will to teach his amazing skills that made him unbeatable and still talked about in Thailand for many years.
