Not sure if the Thai are too thrilled about a 'y' left out - it is correctly named Muay Thai after all.
Kind of strange that you'll have a kickboxing association and karate-do federation in Uganda, but will not open up for "Muathai".
It is claimed that the newly formed Uganda Muathai (sic) Boxing Council is "similar with the already functional martial art bodies".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the whole point? I was led to believe that all sports federations and associations were kind of working along the same lines - promoting their given sport, setting standards, arranging championships, enforcing politics and regulations, following national and international guidelines, working towards media, educating officials and coaches and so forth.
Story:
Uganda -- National Council of Sports (NCS) is reluctant to grant Uganda Muathai Boxing Council recognition fearing duplication since two martial art sports governing bodies already exist in the country.
NCS general secretary, Jasper Aligawesa, said that the newly formed federation was similar with the already functional martial art bodies Uganda (UKBA) and Uganda Karate-do Federation.
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