11 April, 2008

Alhassan Deen Kamara

First National Kick Boxing Championship This Month

The first National Kick Boxing championship will take place at the National Stadium on April 26, this year, the President of the Sierra Leone Association of Martial Arts, Mr. Idriss Massaquoi disclosed to Sierra Express.

Mr. Idriss Massaquoi went on to state that his association was embarking on this competition to feature out new talents they can be able to tap for the national team, whilst further intimating that kick boxing is a very strange game in the country.

Therefore, he said that it was good to allow the competitors to get used to the game together with the spectators, adding that apart from kick boxing, the association also comprises other disciplines including Karate, Judo, Taekwondo, to name but a few.

The above named sporting disciplines are not unusually popularly widely practiced in this country as a result of the negligence of the previous regime, which had less interest in them.

Idriss Massaquoi also disclosed that the competition is open for all the teams and from it they will determine the national team coach, who should be an indigene of this country but trained by Mr. Johnny from Iceland.

A stock of teaching equipment meant for the Martial Arts Association is still perishing at the Queen Elizabeth Quay waiting to be cleared.  The Martial Arts Association president is appealing to the Sports Council to facilitate clearing them.

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