Tran is probably one of the best fighters
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Some martial artist take it to the next level. Using their skills in life to better conditions around them.
Here is an example of a kickboxer and overall martial artist teaching, protecting and training a countries internal defense agencies. Maybe he should also be in movies.
A kickboxing champion who served as “bodyguard” of famous Hollywood actors offered his services to teach kickboxing to agents and operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
He has been a bodyguard for many stars including Michael Jackson, Kevin Costner, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams and more.
NBI Director lawyer Nestor M. Mantaring said Steven Tran, a former welterweight kickboxing champion in Australia, offered his services to teach kickboxing and other kinds of martial arts to help improve the defense tactics of the agents and operatives of the bureau.
The NBI director said he was looking forward to meet him again this week to finalize the matter. “Hopefully, this coming week we can talk again and finalize the matter. He will be of great help to us and we welcome such training to boost the capabilities of our agents and personnel,” said Mantaring.
Reports said Tran is probably one of the best fighters that has entered England. Born in Vietnam means that he has been through everything you could imagine.
He is a true fighter and enjoys the Art as much as the fight. He holds a 5 Dan in Tae Kwon Do, 4th Dan in Hapkido and is a World welter weight Kickboxing champion.
Brought up in Australia, he has worked as a Security officer for years teaching other people to be close protection bodyguards.
He also came over in 1991 with the WTF demonstration team.
Ruth Tanti to represent Malta
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On June 23, Ruth Tanti from the Ying Yang Kickboxing Club will represent Malta in an International Kickboxing Competition organized by the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) in Lyon, France.
Tanti will be part of a group of 16 kick-boxers who will all compete to get back home their respective title.
This is not the first time that Ruth Tanti represented Malta abroad. A Black Belt 2nd Dan having 10 years of training, Ruth competed in a number of competitions organised locally and also abroad. In every occasion she managed to bring back a trophy and honour to Malta.
Way back in 1999, at the tender age of 11, Ruth managed to win the Gold medal during the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) World Championships held here in Malta. Last year she even took part in an international competition in the UK and won the Junior Category European Title.
Ruth is also two-times winner of the Interclub Competition; winner of the Maltese Kickboxing Championship 2004 and Runner-up in the World United Martial Arts Association (WUMA) World Championships.
She is the second Maltese kick-boxer to take part in a WKN competition. Last April Reuben Azzopardi was the first Maltese to compete in the WKN competition held in Italy. Unfortunately in the final match the judges awarded the victory to the Italian competitor. This served as a priceless experience for Azzopardi and Maltese kickboxing bringing new knowledge to the Maltese contingent preparing for WKN competitions.
The Maltese Contingent that will be heading for France will be made up of Master Noel Mercieca, Jonathan Curmi and Ruth Tanti.
The Ying Yang Kickboxing Club is part of the Malta Kickboxing Association (MKBA).
