GMMF to host International Coach certification programme

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMF) is gearing up to host not one, but two events in March, both with an international flare.
Earlier this week, it was announced that the GMMF would be hosting an International Fight Night on March 23rd, now an International Certification Coaching programme is set to be hosted alongside the Fight Night, just a few days prior.
Revealing that the Coaching programme is set for March 20th and 21st, GMMF President Gavin Singh related that the event is geared at the sport’s development.
“What this affords us is the opportunity for the development of the sport here, and those persons who will be participating will have an opportunity, again thanks to Mr. [Michael] Singh and Mr. [Jason] Fraser, to see how an event is actually monitored and scrutinized according to international standards,” Singh shared at the International Fight Night’s launch during the week.

In divulging the aim of the initiative, Singh revealed that coaching is part of the Federation’s success planning for athletes.
Singh said, “One of the aims of the Federation’s success planning for its athletes is coaches, and we’re taking a page out of Mr. Fraser’s book. He has three coaches that are now, one in particular is an official for the IF, Mr. Warren Gill. And that is at international recognition, able to give that support for any regional and international event. In fact, he served at the last Pan Am Games and World Championships.
“That is history, not only for Trinidad and Tobago, but for the Caribbean as a whole. We look to do the same,” he added.
According to the GMMF Boss, the coaching programme would be an inclusive one, open to coaches from other fighting disciplines. Singh disclosed, “We’re opening to all coaches, whether you are Shotokan, Jiu jitsu, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Kick Boxing, Boxing. Please note, the name of the sport is mixed martial arts; know what you do, and then do the application in the cage, then we’ll see which discipline is the best!
“So, the more persons we have certified, more persons we have trained and experienced, it is an opportunity not only for yourself, but an opportunity for the sport to grow; and this is you being a part of history on that,” the GMMF President further stated.
As would be the case with the International Fight Night, the International Coaching programme is set to be hosted at the Pegasus Hotel.