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MONDAY,
July 27th, 2009, AT 11:50 PM/PST
REDEMPTION of
EXCELLENCE
2009 IKF World Classic Results
*237 Fighters showed up
to "Walk the Walk!"
Of them, 53 went home with
IKF World Classic Title Belts!
(*) Not including the Semi
Contact Point Kickboxing & 1 of these fighters did not make weight.
RESULTS - CLICK HERE
7-27-09: ALL RESULTS ARE NOW POSTED
FRIDAY,
July 24th, 2009, AT 7:25 AM/PST
THIS
WEEKENDS IKF EVENTS
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ESM6 Presents
"BATTLE AT COMICON"
San Diego, California, USA
IKF
AMATEUR CALIFORNIA LIGHT CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE
Dave Nielson Vs
Derrick Galanis
THIS
WEEKEND... The IKF WORLD CLASSIC!
THURSDAY,
July 23rd, 2009, AT 9:45 AM/PST
SECOND NOTICE
ATTENTION
FIGHTERS OF THE
IKF WORLD CLASSIC!
ALL
FIGHTERS
MUST SHOW PROOF OF A ROOM KEY
AT REGISTRATIONS
THAT THEY ARE
REGISTERED
AT THE HOST HOTEL
The ONLY Fighters who are EXEMPT from this rule are fighters living within 50 miles from the hotel. If so, please bring a copy of a mapquest with your address on it for proof of location.
Some may be asking WHY we have this rule. Well, the rule helps us in many ways, as well as you. First, if we need to locate you for a schedule change, bout change, etc. etc, we need to be able to get a message to you easily through our hotel contacts. If you are injured during the bout and we need to contact your parents, who should also be at the hotel, again, we need to be able to get ahold of you easily. Those living outside the 50 mile radius and not registered at the host hotel will not be allowed to register to fight. Simply put, we do not want to deal with the problems we have had in the past with issues that arise from the breaking of this rule. Thank you for your understanding.
The Orlando World Center Marriott Resort
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION INFO
- Number 18 On The Tournament Q & A Page -
NON REGISTERED HOTEL
PENALTY
Although this has been a posted
rule since the 2003 IKF Tournament, we are
sure some will still not be "Registered" at the Host Hotel.
Because of this, there will be a penalty fee for those not abiding by this rule.
The penalty fee for this will be $50 for anyone not able to show proof
of hotel registration which will be a Hotel Recept with the individuals name on
it. Keep in mind, the IKF already has a
hotel manifest with all the names of the Registered Hotel Guests (Whenther
checked-in or yet to check-in with reservations) participating in the
tournament. This fee can be paid at registrations when you are asked for your
hotel room number.
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IKF NEWS...
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Results From Craig Harrison's
"IKF Amateur and
Professional Kickboxing"
July 18th, 2009 - Swadlincote, Derby, England
WEDNESDAY,
July 22nd, 2009, AT 11:40 PM/PST
The
Fight World Says Goodbye To
USKBA
President
PAUL ROSNER
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By Stephen R. Koepfer, President,
American Sambo
Association.
This weekend saw the loss of Paul
Rosner, (At Left, 2 photos we had of him) Founder and President of
USKBA.
Action Sports.
Paul was extremely instrumental, not only for MMA in New Jersey, but many other sports in many states and countries. The guy was a work horse and sacrificed pretty much everything for the USKBA and all the sports he supported - MMA, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Freestyle Sambo, Grappling, etc. Paul was a fixture in the combat sports world. He built the USKBA from the ground up with literally nothing at the start.
In 2004, when the ASA was just a small new group, it was Paul who allowed us to tag along and host our first freestyle sambo tournament. It was at the 2004 USKBA Action Sports World Tournament. I have very fond memories of that event. There were several international teams competing including Russia and Mongolia in the various sports. Many now well known fighters and coaches got their start at Paul's sanctioned events. Furthermore, during the years, Paul had allowed the ASA to present two combat sambo demonstrations at USKBA MMA shows. He certainly contributed greatly to the ASA's growth and subsequent notoriety.
The ASA worked in tandem with Paul on several occasions, most notably, Paul sanctioned the Battle of Brooklyn (Promoted by Mark Negron and myself). The Battle of Brooklyn, for several years was a very well respected and popular event in NYC that offered amateur fighters (Freestyle Sambo, Muay Thai, San Da, Grappling, and Sogo Karate) an opportunity to shine. Without Paul, the show may not have been as successful as it was.
Paul was not always easy to get along with (who is, right?), but in the end, his heart was always in the right place and he always backed multiple sports and events; often to his own financial detriment. He was always willing to fight for the sports we loved by taking risks with new sports, supporting or co-writing legislation, speaking at hearings, etc. The USKBA was the driving force behind many shows and events. And, in particular, it was his efforts with the NJSAC that brought regulated and professionally sanctioned amateur MMA to the public for the first time in NJ. Without a doubt, Paul was at the center of the growth of amateur combat sports in the NY/NJ area and many other regions.
For those of us who knew Paul, he was constantly struggling with health concerns and many of us worried about his health. Despite his health, he would always be seen in the wings at tournaments and shows all over the nation and world. He will be greatly missed.
IKF
Those of
us here at the IKF wish to express our
sincere sadness of Paul's passing. We have known Paul for years
and had discussed fight sports often from the creating of his web site to his
efforts in making the fight sports legal in many states. Paul was a sincere man
with great passion for the fight sports. Our hearts and prayers are with him and
everyone associated with him and the USKBA. He will be remembered with deserving
honors this weekend at the IKF
World Classic.
MORE FIGHT
NEWS...
POSTED AT 6:00 PM/PST
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ARRIVE LIKE A If you're a CHAMPION, you need to arrive like one to this years IKF World Classic!! Ride to the IKF Classic this year like a Star! Stars of the IKF as well as Kickboxing itself such a Special Guest Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Head of Officials Dan Stell and Mike Storm and former Kickboxing World Champion Johnny "Superfoot" Davis and several other IKF Officials and Staff will all arrive in style this year in Limos from Sunshine Limousine - www.orlandoluxurylimo.com. Maybe you will arrive in one too, for a lot less than you might expect... In the past years the IKF tournament has been in Orlando Florida we directed attendees to use a Shuttle Transportation company that we thought offered the best deal and the easiest ride to and from the airport. However, what we didn't realize was that the basic shuttle service was not as pleasant as thought. Leaving every half hour with a full van, what should have been a relaxing ride from the Orlando Airport to the Hotel in maybe 20-30 minutes turned into an uncomfortable and cramped ride of 45 minutes to sometimes over an hour. So much for relaxing after a long flight... Although those attending of course can still book a basic shuttle service with these public shuttle companies as suggested below, we thought it would be better this year to offer those attending an option for their ride to the Orlando World Center Marriott Hotel and this years IKF World Classic Tournament. Enter Sunshine Limousine offers a wide variety of transportation needs but the one we needed most was the help of some relaxing trips for many of you from the Orlando Airport to the Hotel. If you have a team of say 5 people, do the math and a one way ticket in a packed van for you 4 will cost you $165.00. Your other choice for just one of many examples and/or options is to book a Sunshine Limousine Cadillac Esclade which fits up to 7 for only $125.00 Round Trip! Take off another 10% discount that is offered to those booking under IKF Kickboxing and that same trip cost the 4 of you only $110.00 or $22.00 each. Not to mention if you book your ride with Sunshine Limousine you will get picked up when YOU want to, not when the bus leaves, and your ride will be a DIRECT Ride from the Airport straight to the Orlando World Center Marriott without a bunch of stops along the way! You can book your return trip at the same time and save even more. Here are some comparison rates for you;
As you can clearly see, if you have a Team coming to this years IKF World Classic it would be a lot less expensive and a lot more comfortable riding to and from the airport in Style! If you like this idea, you need to call the staff at Sunshine Limousine who will be waiting to assist you at: (877) 472-5466. Tell them you are with IKF Kickboxing and they will give you another If You're A CHAMPION, You Need To
Arrive like One In A Limo From GENERAL SHUTTLE
ARRIVAL Mears Shuttle runs 24 hours a day between the airport and the hotel. Shuttles depart from the airport approximately every 30 minutes. To arrange your shuttle travel to your hotel, go to the nearest Mears Transportation counter on Level 1 of Orlando International Airport when you arrive. All transportation will depart from Level 1. The counter personnel will direct you to your vehicle. Arrival reservations are encouraged but not required. Return Reservations Are Required. One day prior to your return to the airport at the end of your stay at the Orlando World Center Marriott, make a return reservation by calling Mears Transportation at 407-423-5566. Please plan to allow three hours prior to your flight time for your transfer to the airport. |
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IKF WORLD CLASSIC NEWS...
WORLD CLASSIC
PKB
REGISTRATION FEES
WEDNESDAY,
July 22nd, 2009, AT 11:40 PM/PST
THIS
WEEKENDS IKF EVENTS
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Warriors Fight Night Promotions Presents
"IKF Pro &
Amateur Kickboxing
Swadlincote, Derby, England
THIS
WEEKENDS IKF EVENTS
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Absolute Adrenaline (New Blood Series) - Rough &
Ready Presents
"IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing
Bournemouth, England
WEDNESDAY,
July 15th, 2009, AT 11:25 PM/PST
NEED PHOTO?
If you are a registered Fighter or Trainer for the 2009 IKF World Classic and you have a RED tag with your info box that says "NEED PHOTO", you will now have to pay LATE PHOTO FEE. To see what this photo fee is, all you had to do was "CLICK" the "NEED PHOTO" tag and it would have taken you to this page HERE. For Trainers, Click HERE.
Once at these linked pages you would have found that the PHOTO DEADLINE was TODAY, WEDNESDAY at 12 NOON, July 15th, 2009. So, if you still have this link with your name, you will be paying a $35 Photo Fee at Registrations Friday, July 24th, even if you bring your own photo. The reason for these fees is a deterrent to avoid the delays of those needing a photo. However several will now need to pay this fee.
PLEASE DO NOT e-mail us your photo tomorrow because all the passes have been made and our pass equipment has already been packed up.
CHECK TO SEE IF YOU ARE
MISSING ANYTHING
BY GOING TO THESE LINKS
REGISTRATION LINES
For
those who have been to the IKF Tournaments
in the past, lines are nothing new. Usually we have one central "Check-In"
line that eventually breaks into several stations. Well, this year will be
different. If you have NO RED MARKS by
your name on the Registered Fighters or Registered Trainers pages, you will be
rewarded for your excellence of "Taking Care
of Business!" For you, there will be "FOUR"
Lines that we promise will move QUICKLY! These lines will be for;
Before you get in these lines, you will be required to fill out your AMATEUR CONFIRMATION FORM. You can save even MORE time now by going to the web page that has this form on it which is located by clicking HERE. Fill this form out and when you arrive at registrations, you can walk right to your line and get your pass.
NEXT...
Your next move
will be to confirm your visit and clearance to 3 other check points. These other
stations are;
AGAIN...CHECK TO SEE IF
YOU ARE MISSING ANYTHING
BY GOING TO THESE LINKS
RED MARKS
As you
can see on the Fighter Registration or Registered Trainers pages, some of you
have RED NOTES by your info. If so, you
are directed to go directly to the PHOTO STATION and take care of what you are
missing with your registration. Some of these notes say;
UNREGISTERED TRAINERS
Your
Registration fee at Registrations is $50.00. $55 if paying by Credit Card. To
save time, download your form located HERE and bring it with you to the PHOTO
STATION to register.
MISSING NAME
FOR
THIS PHOTO
If you happen to know who this person is, PLEASE
e-mail us so that we can place his photo with his fighter or trainer pass for
the 2009 IKF World
Classic. Please send us his name by e-mail by clicking
HERE.
TUESDAY,
July 15th, 2009, AT 12:45 AM/PST
SUNDAY,
July 12th, 2009, AT 5:00 PM/PST
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Results From Phantom Promotions'
"Fight Night At The Fox II"
July 11th, 2009 - Redwood
City, California, USA
MORE
IKF RESULTS...
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Results From Muay Thai Thaiboxing of Sacramento's
"IKF Point
Kickboxing & Muay Thai"
July 11th, 2009 - Sacramento,
California, USA
WHO: Muay Thai
Thaiboxing of SacramentoIKFPKB POINT STANDINGS & SUMMARY CHART FOR 7-11-09
FRIDAY,
July 10th, 2009, AT 10:10 PM/PST
IKF
WORLD CLASSIC
SETS "8"
NEW
PRE EVENT
REGISTRATION RECORDS!
As of tonight, we still have a few fighters coming in who are on the "Pending" list and some others who we missed today by phone to finalize their registrations. However, even without counting them, this years IKF World Classic broke the record for total number of fighters registered and 7 other pre event records and possibly even more. Some other records have been broken too. Check them out below...
Friday, July 10th, 2009
POSTED AT 11:50
AM/PST
THIS
WEEKENDS IKF EVENTS
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Lee Barden Presents
"Clash At The Coliseum"
Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
MORE
IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND...
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Phantom Promotions Presents
"Fight Night At The Fox II"
Redwood City, California, USA
MORE
IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND...
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Muay Thai Thaiboxing of Sacramento Presents
"IKF Point
Kickboxing & Muay Thai"
Sacramento, California, USA
WHEN: Saturday, Junly
11th, 2009
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IKF NEWS
POSTED AT 8:30 AM/PST
ARE YOU REGISTERED?
Make Sure You Are LISTED For The 2009
IKF World Classic!
We have had some calls
from people asking why they are not listed in the fighter rankings, only to find
out, they never paid for their registration. We ask fighters and trainers to
check the following pages ASAP since today
is the LAST DAY of fighter registrations.
We "May" have some European fighters register as late as next week due
to Visa problems, but as for everyone else, today at 5:00 PM is the FINAL DEADLINE! Please make sure you are listed
on one of the following pages...
A FAXED IN
FORM Does NOT Mean you are Registered!
You must be PAID IN FULL TODAY!
POINT KICKBOXING
Point
Kickboxing Fighters, TODAY is the last day you can register at the $70
Fee. After today, you can only register "AT THE EVENT"
and the fee is $90.00. For thew record, MANY have said they are going to
register "AT THE EVENT" so there are not a lot of Point Kickboxers (PKB) listed on the PKB Registration page found
HERE.
TRAINERS
Today is also
your last day to register at the $25 fee. After 5:00 PM Today "ALL
TRAINERS" not listed on the "Registered Trainers Page"
located HERE
will be charged a flat fee of $50 at the event. We know that a lot of trainers "Listed"
with their fighters on the fighter pages are NOT REGISTERED YET so PLEASE
take care of this to avoid the "WAIT" at Registrations for your event
pass.
OFFICE HOURS TODAY
Due
to some meetings today, the IKF Office
will be closed from 9:45 AM/PST
until 2:00 PM/PST. If you have left a
message for us on our answering machine, please don't wait for us to call you
back. Once we return in the office, as it has been the last 2 weeks, we have had
VERY LITTLE time to return phone calls so we suggest you keep trying to call us
if you want to get registered for the 2009 IKF World Classic
Tournament!
THURSDAY,
July 9th, 2009, AT 11:45 AM/PST
MORE
IKF WORLD CLASSIC BELTS
HAVE BEEN ORDERED!
Today the IKF just ordered more Championship Belts for the IKF World Classic. What this means is the "2" Fighter Divisions where the fighters have ABSOLUTELY no other choice to move to and attain a 3rd fighter for their bracket, these divisions will ALL be awarded IKF World Classic Championship Belts. ALL 2 fighter brackets where fighters have a clear suggested choice by IKF matchmaking though MUST move to a larger division to be in a BELT DIVISION. If your division still has the heading over it that says TROPHY DIVISION, you still need to move to a larger division as suggested by IKF Matchmaking.
MATCHMAKING
Speaking
of these suggestions, we DO NOT have time to call each and every fighter to
discuss matchmaking suggestions. For this reason we need EVERYONE to
look at their fighter listing. If you have a matchmaking suggestion listed with
your division, you NEED TO REPLY at the e-mail link provided.
RED COLORED NOTES
If
you have any RED listed in your listing, (Need
photo, fight record, height, phone numbers, birth certificate, etc. etc.)
you must get ALL RED items cleared BY WEDNESDAY, 12 NOON - July 15th! If not, you will
be dropped from the Tournament! Birth Certificate copies can be faxed to
916-663-4510. Thank You.
Also to clear something up...In regards to this statement;
"And
YES, EVERY CHAMPION in the Full Rules Kickboxing
divisions will receive one of these beautiful Championship belts, even in the
Junior division! "
Some mistakenly thought we meant only "Full Contact RULES" in this statement. What we meant was the 3 Kickboxing rule divisions will receive BELTS, but Not the Point Kickboxing divisions. We hope this clears things up in that area. See you all at "The SHOW!"
TUESDAY,
July 7th, 2009, AT 1:43 PM/PST
ATTENTION
FIGHTERS OF THE
IKF WORLD CLASSIC!
ALL
FIGHTERS
MUST SHOW PROOF OF A ROOM KEY
AT REGISTRATIONS
THAT THEY ARE
REGISTERED
AT THE HOST HOTEL
The ONLY Fighters who are EXEMPT from this rule are fighters living within 50 miles from the hotel. If so, please bring a copy of a mapquest with your address on it for proof of location. Some may be asking WHY we have this rule. Well, the rule helps us in many ways, as well as you. First, if we need to locate you for a schedule change, bout change, etc. etc, we need to be able to get a message to you easily through our hotel contacts. If you are injured during the bout and we need to contact your parents, who should also be at the hotel, again, we need to be able to get ahold of you easily. Those living outside the 50 mile radius and not registered at the host hotel will not be allowed to register to fight. Simply put, we do not want to deal with the problems we have had in the past with issues that arise from the breaking of this rule. Thank you for your understanding.
The Orlando World Center Marriott Resort
CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION INFO
MORE
IKF WORLD CLASSIC NEWS...
SATURDAY WORLD CLASSIC
SCHEDULE
KICKBOXING (AM)
& POINT KICKBOXING (Evening)
IKF POINT KICKBOXING TOURNAMENT
All
POINT KICKBOXING Will Be Completed On Saturday Evening
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IKF WORLD CLASSIC NEWS...
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WEDNESDAY,
July 1st, 2009, AT 5:15 PM/PST
WEB & E-MAIL DOWN
ATTENTION
If you sent an e-mail the IKF, ISCF,
IBL or any of the
International
Fight Sport Companies between the hours of 6:30 AM PST and 4:30
PM/PST, you need to know that we did NOT Receive it.
During this time, our web host company faced an unexpected problem that
closed down all of our websites and hundreds of others. Along with this, the
server problem also dumped any and all incoming e-mails. This unexpected issue
was beyond our control and also beyond the control of our server company. This
being said, if you sent us an e-mail throughout today, we ask that you please
send it again so that we can assist you as needed. Thank you,
International
Fight Sport Companies
WEDNESDAY
NIGHT - 8:15 PM/PST: UPDATE
We are STILL NOT receiving e-mails,
please call us instead... Sorry.
(916) 663-2467
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