FightBah wishes all Muslim brothers & sisters SELAMAT BERBUKA PUASA.

We have come to August & have entered the Holy Ramadhan.

Fighters training: During the holy fasting month of Ramadhan.

The fasting month of Ramadhan is upon us & I was looking through the internet to find some information about training for Muslims during this season. I notice that there isn't much help: most post saying stuff like "the month is purely meant for reflection and thus no training". This does not help. As a Muslim myself, I always believe in the possibilities and effort that as Muslims, WE CAN train, fast, pray & fulfill all our religious duties. We just need to work extra harder.

Sanda Wushu fight videos @ SABAH FULL CONTACT CHALLENGE 2011

I got a private message from the organiser of the SABAH FULL CONTACT CHALLENGE (SFCC) after they saw yesterday's blog & they told me that there are more videos posted online if the readers are interested to see.

The videos below are some of the fights recorded that day. Mainly all have Sanda Wushu fighters (thus the takedown attack style). To me this is interesting as I have always heard about Sanda Kick Boxing but never knew that we had Sanda Wushu fighters around Sabah.

SABAH FULL CONTACT CHALLENGE 2011 Result!

On the 24th July 2011, The Sabah Martial Arts Association (SMART) together with Persatuan Muay Thai Negeri Sabah (PMNS) hosted the SABAH FULL CONTACT CHALLENGE 2011 at the Dewan Sukan & Belia, Sandakan.

This private closed door match featured clubs from: Persatuan Muay Thai (PMT) Labuan, PMT Sabah, PMT Daerah Sandakan, Wushu Sandakan, Silat Gayong, Karate Kobe Osaka, Boxing & Taek Wan Do. The event was free to the public.

57th Mayor's Cup Boxing marred by bad refereeing?

The opinion of this event is solely FightBah blog's own view. Reader's discretion advised.

The 57th Mayor's Cup Boxing competition was held at the Dewan Masyarat Kota Kinabalu from the 21st to the 24th July 2011.

I have seen the Mayor's Cup Boxing event before, and from last year's experience I got to experience 1st hand, certain questionable refereeing & judging by SABA (Sabah Amateur Boxing Association) that resulted in chair throwing and an almost riot in the hall. Read about last year's controversy here.

Having hoped that this year's refereeing and judging would be better, I'm sad to say... this year was no different...

Sabah Full Contact Challenge 2011 @ Sandakan

This news just came in, there will be a closed door tournament held in Sandakan organised by the Sandakan Martial Art Association (SMART) at 24th July, 9:00am in the Kelab Belia dan Sukan hall.

Sabah Judo Association to get veteran coach?

I saw the news posted by 1 of the Sabah Judo members which I figure is worth a share and something we should all pray for.

The Sabah Judo Association is eye-ing to get Sarawak SUKMA Judo coach Anderson Venus to come and coach the team. Negotiation are still in process & that this was on the news in the Sarawak Tribune (2nd July 2011, Sports).

57th Sabah State Wide Boxing Championship (Mayor's Cup)

This coming 21st July to the 24th July will see an exciting event here in K.K. Sabah at the Kota Kinabalu Community Hall.

It is the "57th Sabah State wide Boxing Championship" (also known as the "Mayor's Cup") tournament hosted by the Sabah Amateur Boxing Association (SABA). It is an inter-district competition to find the best boxers within the state to form the Sabah Boxing team who will then fight in SABAH SUKMA 2012.

Wes Jaya Muay Thai seminar at K.K.

Wesley Wayne Jaya (AKA Wes Jaya) is a Muay Thai CMTA Lightweight Canadian 2007 - 2008 Champion ; a CMTA Junior Welterweight North American 2007 Champion; and no stranger in the Malaysian Muay Thai fight scene.

Sabah Martial Art Training Centre

I just found out that there is a new training centre called "The Sabah Martial Art Training Centre" situated at

Lot 9 (Second Floor), Block A, Bundusan Square
Jalan Bundusan,88300 Penampang Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah,Malaysia. Email: smatckk@yahoo.com
TEL: 016-8314253, 016-8171932

I come to understand that this will be KK's first proper Wushu training area. Check out the training area below:

My RED DRAGON Thai Pads & Mongkhon.

I was at the Wes Jaya seminar last Saturday & Sunday and will put the post up soon. In the mean time, I'm happy to receive 2 special gifts on Saturday.

The 1st being a pair of "RED DRAGON" Thai pads given to me by Master Khoo Meng Yang of TNT Kickboxing gym. Mr. Alvin who came from Labuan to accompany Wes Jaya brought and presented them to me on behalf of Master Khoo.

Technique of the Month: Judo - Osoto Gari

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For the month of July, Fightbah went to cover a take down move at the Sabah Judo Dojo in Likas.

Sensei Bart show us a simple take down move that can be used on someone not in a gi (kimono).

Enter: Osoto Gari

What to train?

We added a new page called: "What to train". The page is a list of some martial arts around the world and is linked to Wikipedia for your easy reference. This is to make it easier for our readers in case you read something about a particular martial art and have no idea what's the difference or worst what is it at all.

We were at Borneo Post!

A quick update on a few matters:

1stly thank you, to some of the martial artist around Malaysia for responding to my call of compiling a "martial art directory" in this blog!

The GOOD news is: I got alot of info in my database.

The BAD news however is: The page "Where to train" actually crashed a few times as I typed in all the address & link out. I do not know why this happen but for now you can see I had to cut out the images & basically need to rewrite everything in simpler fashion. Until  found another way around this technical problem / bug... I will do it in a proper format.

FightBah new look & facebook page.

Today was the 1st training day we did in Kinabalu Fighters gym using some new ISKA format, I applied the "speed & saturation" drill to our gym today & I think the members are getting a hell of a work out, some felt dizzy but all said they were happy. Adrenaline pump!!!

If you been following the blog for thus far then you'd notice the new header title picture & that we have a "Fightbah" facebook button on the right. This will be the new logo for this blog (the header being a variant of the logo I guess).
 

"Where to train?"

In FightBah blog, we would like to create a small directory for fighters / fans to find the right club / gym for them to train. If you check the buttons section near this blog you will find a "Where to train?" section.

While this blog will try its best to compile the correct information and cover as many places to train, we would really appreciate it if our readers can share with us some information on where else to train. Providing us with as many information about the gym would do. This blog does not limit itself to any discipline and art, so just share away what you know.

Wes Jaya seminar in KK. July 9th -10th 2011

A great event is coming to KK this Saturday & Sunday! Wes Jaya a professional Muay Thai & MMA fighter will be coming down to Kota Kinabalu and share his experience & knowledge to any interested fight enthusiast! The seminar is at an affordable RM100 for 2 days!  

LIMITED TO 20 PERSON ( Full house as of July 6th update!!!)

Recap: 2nd day during ISKA Level 1 Exam.

On the 2nd day of the ISKA instructor course, you could feel it in the air the slight tension & nervousness of all the participants. It's the exam day & you could see from some of our eyes the "burning the midnight oil" effect.

Day 2 saw Master Khoo asking us to take over class as he watched silently & reviewed each of our teaching methods. Each of us were given a shot at taking over the warm up class, bag work session & kicking drills.

Kinabalu Fighters & Furious Style Kick Boxing Instructors getting their ISKA Level 1 cert!

The Kinabalu Fighters & Furious Style Kick Boxing team: (from left) Mr. Ronny Sham, Mr. Nazim, our examiner Mr. Khoo Meng Yang & me have passed the ISKA Level 1 Instructor course!!! A shout out to my gym mates! Also a big THANK YOU to Master Khoo Meng Yang for teaching us so many things, our host Mr. Alvin Chong of Borneo Combat Gym & to all the friends we made during our seminar! 

Will post more stories on a later date! For now, I'm just so happy that we got this cert & that will take this as a challenge to improve to be a better instructor!!!

Day 1 ISKA course @ Borneo Combat Gym with The Red Dragon.

Nazim, Ronny & I got to KKIA airport as early as 6:30am today. Our flight to Labuan was a short 30 minutes & Master Alvin Chong; owner of Borneo Combat Gym was already waiting for us by the gates of the airport. We decided to go straight to the seminar and check in to the hotel later.

(Mr. Alvin Chong of Borneo Combat Gym - picture from his FB profile)

It was my 1st time being inside the Borneo Combat Gym.

ISKA Level 1 certification course by The Red Dragon.

I will be traveling with my friend Nazim tomorrow to Labuan to visit our affiliated partner: The Borneo Combat Gym . We will be heading there for a 2 days seminar to get our Level 1 International Sports Kick Boxing Association (ISKA) cert.