Muaythai Ontario – Summer Student Job Posting Job Title: Sports Law & Policy Coordinator   About Muaythai Ontario: Muaythai Ontario (MTO) is a recognized Provincial Sport Organization with the Government of Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport. MTO is the only legal authority that sanctions Muay Thai competitive events in Ontario. Every year, MTO is proud to facilitate competitive opportunities for approximately 80 member clubs, 500 member athletes, 250 member coaches, and 30 member officials. MTO sanctions approximately 30 competitive events per calendar year.   The ..read more

Attention all Muaythai Ontario Kru Yais, Krus, and PC Krus, We are one week away from this special 3-day seminar featuring Ajahn Chalee, Ajahn Samart, Kru Somrak Kamsing, Ajahn Suchart, Kru Yai Alin Halmagean, and Kru Yai Clifton Brown. This seminar will offer unique knowledge from international leaders in Muay Thai, bringing us expertise from the Sport Authority of Thailand and Canada’s leading coaches. Individuals who complete the full seminar will receive their appropriate instruction license: Level C for Poo Choi Krus and Level B for Krus. Note: this is not an MTO Coaching Course or Offici ..read more

As many members of the Muay Thai community in Ontario know, in the Summer of 2021 a new Board of Directors came together to help navigate the community through post-pandemic reopening. Being entirely new to leadership of the Muaythai Ontario organization, there was a steep learning curve for all the new Board members. As a volunteer-driven organization, the new Board members have done their best to learn not only how to lead the community, but also to learn the technical aspects of running a non-profit organization. Although the Board was quick to restart event sanctioning and provincials tour ..read more

On June 3rd 2023, the Muaythai Ontario Board of Directors met to hold a formal vote on plans that had been months in the making. During this meeting, Kru Yai Alin Hălmăgean stepped down from his position as President of the Board of Directors, and was voted into a new role as Honorary President. At Kru Yai Alin’s and Ajahn Suchart’s proposal, Kru Yai Dylan Benitez was voted in as the new MTO President.  We hope the MTO community will join the Board in thanking Kru Yai Alin for his years of hard work and dedication to both MTO as an organization and to the Muay Thai community as a whole. A ..read more

New Changes For Competing and Coaching With Muaythai Ontario Athletes and coaches are no longer required to upload their medical forms and background screening forms to the website. If competing and/or cornering your athletes at an event, you must bring all relevant forms (digital or paper) – For athletes 1) medical declaration 2) blood work 3) proof of membership purchase For Coaches: 1) background screening/vsv 2) proof of membership purchase They are required at EVERY event regardless whether you have fought the month before, the week before, or the day before. Without these forms ..read more

In accordance to Provincial requirements, and for the safety of our youth and athletes, MuayThai Ontario continues to ensure all concussion protocols are followed in accordance to Rowan’s Law. MTO is happy to appoint Poo Choi Kru Kennedy Benitez as the new Concussion and Safety Officer- Rowan’s Law. Her responsibility will be to help educate, increase awareness and minimize the risk of concussions. Her role as the Concussion and Safety Officer will oversee the existing Removal-from-Sport and Return-to-Sport Protocols guiding both Coaches and Parents as needed ..read more

2020 Membership Applications are ready! Before you begin, read this post to learn about the new updates. New changes to your membership. Every year Muaythai Ontario works on improving at least one aspect of the membership experience. Some changes are more noticeable than others, but each are important in building the foundations for a strong Muaythai Ontario. The newest update is a big one. Introducing myMTOaccount. Members will log in to myMTOaccount to update their Athlete Passport, Coach Passport, or Official Passport. Bonus, clubs will also be able to update their directory listing for t ..read more

In August 2019, Muaythai Ontario worked with Marrissa Mathews of the Omushkegowuk Cree, Eagle and Turtle Clan from Kapuskasing in a bid to establish a Muaythai program at The Indigenous Network (TIN) in Mississauga. This program began a 6-week pilot, and then regular weekly classes with a dedicated group of students. It was a proud moment to see this class come to fruition. After all, it had been one of the programming priorities of Muaythai Ontario President, Kru Jenypher Lanthier. To further grow and build this program, Muaythai Ontario applied for funding support under the Sport Support Pro ..read more

A facility looking to reopen must be a member club of a provincial sport organization (such as Muaythai Ontario) recognized by the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries. According to Ontario Regulation 82/20 (as of June 16th, 2020), the only persons permitted to use the facility are athletes who are members of an organization. This would mean that for a member club, all athletes, even those not competing in sanctioned Muaythai Ontario events, must also be registered as members of Muaythai Ontario to use the member club facility. Previously, Muaythai Ontario membership w ..read more

On Friday May 15th, 2020, an email was sent to MTO members regarding the list of Stage 1 openings provided by the Government of Ontario. In the detailed list, close contact individual sports such as martial arts, boxing, squash, racquetball, etc. are not permitted. However, over the long weekend, an amendment to Ontario’s Emergency Order was made and then published on May 19th, 2020. The legislation could be interpreted that clubs that are members of PSO’s could train athletes (which as a term is subject to multiple interpretations) so long as they follow the requirements detailed in Section 8 ..read more