IFMA Director Charissa Tynan welcomed everyone extending warm regards from the IFMA President Dr. Sakchye Tapsuwan and Vice President General Udomdej. She gave a detailed presentation on IFMA’s upcoming events from the 2021 World Championships in Bangkok, 2022 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Chonburi, World Games in the United States, World Combat Games in Riyadh and certainly Arafura Games in Australia.
IFMA Secretary General Stephan Fox gave an in-depth presentation on IFMA’s mission towards highest recognition and our responsibilities as an IOC recognised federation.
IFMA’s Anti-Doping Administrator, Azadeh Kamyabi gave a presentation on IFMA’s fair play policies, in and out of competition testing and educational tools that were available to athletes and coaches. She reminded all stakeholders on the importance of a unified effort and responsibility to protect the clean athletes.
Chair of IFMA’s athlete commission Janice Lyn presented IFMA’s athlete career programmes and the IFMA policies to ensure health and wellbeing of the athletes. She also presented IFMA’s one standard muaythai education programme which will be launched in the later part of the year to ensure that all national level education is standardised.