The WKN (World Kickboxing Network) is one of the largest professional Kick Boxing and Thai Boxing sanctioning organizations in the world. In recent years the WKN has sanctioned a number of fights and competitions in Malta and a number of Maltese K1 & Kickboxing athletes have taken part in WKN sanctioned events abroad.

One of the leading martial arts clubs in Malta, active under the WKN is most definitely – Ying Yang Kickboxing club of Fgura. This club has produced a number of World & European titlists.

 

 

 

 

The Ying Yang Kickboxing Club was founded by Master Noel Mercieca, on the 17th November 1996. Nowadays the club has over 100 members. The club is also part of the largest kickboxing association, WKN. This association has a network of 108 countries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master Noel Mercieca has been training his fighters for the past 11 years. He's 4th Dan in Kickboxing, 1st Dan Tang Soo Doo, Brown belt in Spirit Combat, European Champion and a runner up World Title. Master Mercieca is also a soldier in the Armed Forces of Malta, gym instructor and a sports masseur.

During the past years Ying Yang Kickboxing Club has achieved some great titles. A few examples are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kickboxing :

 

Ruth Tanti - World Title, 3 times European Title & Maltese Champion

Daniel Zahra - 3 times European Champion (1 WKN, 2 MAAS)

Terence Cilia, Rueben Azzopardi, Tony Demicoli, Charles Buttigieg & Darren Borg - European Titles

Jessica Davey - World Title (November 2006)

2006 Best Fighter - Daniel Zahra

2007 Best Fighter - Rueben Azzopardi

 

 

 

 

 

Nationals of Malta 2010

The Maltese Kickboxing Association (MKBA) early in June organised its 8th National Kickboxing Championship in which Terence Cilia. of Malta won a European Title.

There were 7 matches for the National Kickboxing Titles and there was an extra one match for the World Kickboxing Network's (WKN) European Title in the Light Middle Weight category. Terence Cilia, is a member of Ying Yang Kickboxing Club, he beat - Stuart Jess, the Kicboxing Champion from Northern Ireland, in a four round match.

Jess trains with Pro Kick Kickboxing Club in Northern Ireland, where last March Daniel Zahra, also a member of Ying Yang Kickboxing, was successful winning another WKN match.

WKN EVENTS

 

About the WKN

The World Kickboxing Network (WKN) is a professional kick boxing and thai boxing organization and is one of the largest professional sanctioning organizations in the world, represented in more than 100 countries.

WKN was created in late 1994 as a subsidiary of International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) to capture new markets, as ISKA's operations were concentrated in the North American market. But the predominantly American administration of ISKA considered WKN as a threat to its authority and the two organizations fully split in late 1998 and ever since WKN runs as a fully independent fight sport organization.

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