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It seems to be owned and sponsored by Thai people. Who knows what goes on behind the scenes though. The Japanese model for success in most combat sports, which Korea is now imitating, is to bring over a foreign fighter by giving them high pay and the chance to go abroad. That way you ensure that the crowd will be behind who you want to make a star. There are a lot of Thai coaches and trainers in Japan, which is probably why there always seems to be a Japanese girl somewhere in the rankings. Little Tiger, Erika Kamimura, Shoot Boxing, Rika are all somehow connected to either a Thai gym or Thai trainer.

I have noticed that it seems like the WPMF likes to have all these Interim Titles so that they could market a bunch of champions. I imagine what is going on in this situation is a money one. Haru is a pretty popular fighter, she was selected by Erika Kamimura to be in her retirement exhibition. The problem is she lives in Okinawa. As a result, not a lot of promotions are willing to fly her to the main island for fights. Before her, Pancrase was attempting to get into the Okinawa market and invested in Kikuyo Ishikawa, a mma fighter from the same gym as Haru. Ishikawa became pretty popular in Okinawa but then after she was injured badly in a fight, she started a family and retired. So what I think is happening, is this new promotion is picking up where Pancrase left off and is wanting to turn Haru into more of a star. So they are willing to fly a champion over, hoping that Haru will beat her. With the exchange rates, I imagine it is hard for Duwandawnoy to turn down the offer. And I imagine that the WPMF is ok with it since Haru is the Japanese WPMF Champion. I agree that it does seem like they are getting more organized. I can remember attempting to track who the champion was and who they had fought for it or if the person listed on the site was actually still the champion. Thanks for the compliment, I've enjoyed reading your posts on Sylvie's blog as well. I cannot imagine the amazing stuff you two see on a daily basis.

Is this not common in Thailand?

It is for the title

WPMF Mini Flyweight Champ, 47.7kg, Duwandawnoy LukKlongtan will be facing number 4 ranked Haru Tajima on 5/31 in Okinawa, Japan. Haru Tajima is 17-3. She holds two wins over Chiharu who has 3 wins over Little Tiger. She's also 1-1 against Saya Ito. It should be a good fight, plus its always nice to keep track of what is happening with the titles ect.

Shoot Boxing will become a class at a high school in Japan. The class will be taught be Champion Hiroaki Suzuki. From what I have read, it seems that the school reached out to him to teach the class. The school reached out to him because of the positive effect he has had on children in the community. The Japanese school system is a lot different from that in the US. Children, in general are tracked from a very young age. Most high schools have entrance exams, with some junior high schools having them as well. As a result, my experience, has been that there are kids for smart kids and schools for troubled/kids who are not performing well. This leads to a lot of depressed and troubled kids. In addition a lot of bullying goes on in Japanese schools. So a lot of kids just don't go to school. They wander around during school hours or sit in the nurses office all day, then they come home. (Japanese schools will not fail kids, they just move the empty desk to the next grade ect.) Noticing that a lot of children that came to his gym were no longer going to school, Suzuki became concerned. However, he noticed that while a lot of these kids had low self esteem and poor social skills that training helped them. He urged the children to go back to school and some of them did. As a result, the school has asked him to teach Shoot Boxing as a class at the school. The aim of the class is to help the children develop, teach them social skills, and to let kids work out their aggression. I think this is awesome and that more schools should offer martial arts. When I was a teacher, I taught at a under performing school, I noticed its affect first hand. Girls were outgoing and did very well in my classes until 7th grade. Once they reached 7th grade they all become shy, refused to partake in class, and performed poorly. They also seemed to hate being at school. The girls who seemed to be unaffected by the transition into middle school were the girls who were part of the Judo club. They all seemed confident, did well in class, and didn't seem to hate being at school.

Here is a schedule of Japanese Events for the year. It is dated Month/Date. Thought I would put this on here in case anyone wanted to see some fights while they were in Japan or if they wanted to fight in Japan, this could give them an idea of potential events ect. NJKF & NJKF West 4/29 (Wed), NJKF Dual 1 at Shinjunku Face (Amateur) 5/10 (Sun), NJKF 3rd at Kourakuen Hall 7/5 (Sun), NJKF Dual 2 at Shinjuku Face (Amateur) 7/5 (Sun), NJKF 4th 7/20 (Sun), NJKF 5th at Kourakuen Hall 9/27 (Sun), NJKF & Innovation at Kourakuen Hall 11/1 (Sun), NJKF 6th 11/15 (Sun), NJKF 7th at Kourakuen Hall 12/13 (Sun), Krush 5/4 (Mon), at Kourakuen Hall 6/12 (Fri), at Kourakuen Hall J-Network 4/19 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Shinjuku Face 5/6 (Wed) J-Kick at Kourakuen Hall 5/24 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Grow, Night --> J-Girls at Shinkuku Face 6/21 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Shinjuku Face 7/12 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Shinjuku Face 7/26 (Sun) J-Grow at Omori Gold's Gym 8/9 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Shinjuku Face 8/23 (Sun) J-Kick at Kourakuen Hall 9/6 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Omori Gold's Gym 10/10 (Sat) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls and J-Fight at Shinjuku Face 11/22 (Sun) Afternoon --> J-Fight, Night --> J-Girls at Omori Gold's Gym 12/20 (Sun) Pro at Shinjuku Face Shoot Boxing 5/(undecided) Young Caesar Osaka 2015 Vol. 1 at Osaka Azeria 6/21 (Sun), Shoot Boxing 2015 act. 3 at Kourakuen Hall 8/21(Fri), Girl's S-Cup at Ota City Gym 8/22 (Sat), Shoot Boxing's 30th Anniversary Part 1 at Ota City Gym 9/19 (Sat), Shoot Boxing 2015 act. 4 at Kourakuen Hall 10/10, Hong Kong Event at Some location in Hong Kong 11-12?, Shoot Boxing's 30th Anniversary Part 2 New Japan Kick 4/19 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall 5/17 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall 7/12 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall 8/30 (Sun), at Differ Ariake 9/20 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall 10/25 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall 11/15 (Sun), at Differ Ariake 12/13 (Sun), at Kourakuen Hall BOM "Battle of Muay Thai" 4/29 (Wed), at Differ Ariake 7/19 (Sun), at Yokohama Osanbashi Hall 9/27 (Sun), at Gold's Gym South Tokyo Annex 10/18 (Sun), at Yokohama Osanbashi Hall 12/27 (Sun), at Yokohama Osanbashi Hall Rise 5/31 (Sun), Rise 105 at Kourakuen Hall 6/7 (Sun), Rise Zero and Kaminarimon at Omori Gold's Gym 7/24 (Fri), Rise 106 at Kourakuen Hall 8/9 (Sun), Rise Zero and Kaminarimon at Omori Gold's Gym 9/20 (Sun), Kaminarimon All Japan Tournament at Omori Gold's Gym 10/12 (Mon), Rise 107 at Differ Ariake 11/8 (Sun), Rise 108 at Kourakuen Hall 12/13 (Sun), Rise Zero and Kaminarimon at Omori Gold's Gym Rebels 4/19 (Sun), Rebels 35 at Differ Ariake 5/10 (Sun), Rbels 36 at Shinjuku Face 7/12 (Sun), Rebels at Differ Ariake 9/16 (Wed), Revels at Kourakuen Hall 10/18 (Sun), Revels at Differ Ariake