Interesting points, i think reguardless of who list what (alais names) it doesn't really matter it's how the opinion is acted upon that makes it very interesting, after all it is why we post on this site, to get an opinion on something and see if we share the same ideas and values??


Was surprised to see Lollo at the recent napier Phight Night, it is true that auckland has it own 'world' there and can attract the very best fighters from the reigon, so how can a national championship be run without auckland contenders? the strong support in auckland for the sport and the demand for fight shows is in a league of it's own,how auckland is run can't be too different than elsewhere but what makes it different is the international fighters and trainers base located there. eg Sefo academy,balmoral,rebel lee gar,phillip lam,etc for all fighters it's a pot luck place to grow a reputation and put your club on the map. The country is becoming some what divided in to three sections where as in the past it was probably more lower north island vs the upper north island? The hard work of many others is slipping away because no-one is willing to take control of the situation, or maybe there's no-one interested in saving the sport?

The sooner ray perry comes back to NZ the better! but the least we could do is give him something worthwhile coming back too......

At present there are very good fighters coming through the ametuer ranks, and like mike said, they've trained like pro's because they want to be pro's. So as these fighters train and fight there needs to be a structure among the event organisation and promoters just like the structures within your gyms? We've all heard the usual stuff, fake fight records, weigh in's on phoney scales, fighters pulling out cause the opponents got huge tattoos. If this is how you train,be trained or train your fighters, what good are you bringing to the sport? At the moment there are titles just for showning up at fight nights, how legit is that? Time the board had a meeting, scrapped the crap and promoted the real titles out there, having said that it's probably been done before so need we say help or simply good luck........

Mauy Thai Kickboxing NZ is not waiting for someone to talk about all the problems it's waiting for someone to listen, find and put into practise the solutions...