Coach Walid Hamid is back in training with the Philippine national kickboxing team.
The former Dutch world kickboxing champion has reunited with the team it guided to a successful campaign in the 2023 Cambodia Southeast Asian Games.
The Philippines hauled 3 golds, 4 silvers and 8 bronze medals in Cambodia, finishing third behind overall top gainer host Cambodia and Vietnam.
The national kickboxers are currently in the thick of preparation for the coming Asian Kickboxing Championship 2024 slated on Oct. 6 to 13 in Cambodia.
“We are sending our athletes in full force to expose them to high-level competitions before the SEA Games in Thailand next year,” said Samahang Kickboxing Ng Pilipinas (SKP) secretary-general Wharton Chan.
Some of the categories are qualifying events for the World Combat Games in 2026.
The athletes are now housed and training at the newly constructed SKP headquarters in Tagaytay City, helped financed by SKP president Sen. Francis Tolentino and Chan’s WRC firm. The lot was provided by the city, headed by Mayor Bambol Tolentino, SKP chairman emeritus and POC president.
