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The Kick-Boxing Association of Puerto Lumbreras and the Spanish association of Kungfu, in collaboration with the Department of Sports City in Puerto Lumbreras has organized the International Championship: Belgium and Spain selection of Muay Thai to be held on Sunday, December 7 at the premises of the new City Hall Puerto Lumbreras.
At the presentation ceremony was attended 5 men and 1 woman member of the Belgian, accompanied by his coach and the president of the Association of Kick-Boxing in Puerto Lumbreras, Francisco Ponce, the European champion, Maria Carmen Romero the champions are, for the weight, the youthful Francisco José Ponce and Ginés Moreno.
The Spanish team of Kick-Boxing is composed of 5 boys, from Sevilla, Madrid, Alicante, Cartagena, Granada and the lumbrerense, M ª Carmen Romero, who will fight in the women's.
After the tournament concluded on Sunday the members of the Spanish team will travel to Belgium on April 9 to compete in an upcoming meeting.
Sports Councilman wanted to use the presentation ceremony to hand over sports equipment to youth world champions, Francisco José Ginés Moreno Ponce and gratitude for their efforts and dedication to the sport.
Also stressed that 'thanks to new sports facilities that currently the town, Puerto Lumbreras is the height of any city in the region or anywhere in Spain to hold any sporting event, have the scope to take , and that Sunday will be held the first international meeting I'm sure will mark the beginning of a new sporting stage in this mode. "
M ª CARMEN ROMERO
M ª Carmen Romero, born in Lorca in 1985.
It has been five times winner of Spain's kick-boxing, three times European champion and world champion in 2003 and 2004.
Also Puerto Lumbreras City Council awarded the title "Lumbrerense of the Year" in 2006.
MUAYTHAI
The practice of Muay Thai, from Thailand, is a way of life that expands with great force in the world, being the most violent contact sport spectacular.
The history of this type of boxing features of "anything goes" back to the origins of this Southeast Asian country rebuilt by the memories of the provincial towns and neighboring countries like Cambodia, Burma and China.
In the early twentieth century Muay Thai was taught in schools, but in 1921 was removed from teaching because of the injury rate.
In 1930 joined the Muay Thai rules with weight category, duration of the round with his moment of recovery and the amount thereof.
Also started using boxing gloves and groin protectors made of steel and covered with leather.
The fights were staged in modern western boxing rings.
According to some senior experts of MUAYTHAI, all these modern changes meant the death of the discipline and art of war and the birth of a new combat sport.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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