Kazakhstan rep elected to International Martial Arts Academy first time

Dauren Mussa. ©Tengrinews.kz

Prominent businessman and public figure Dauren Mussa has become the first Kazakhstan citizen to be elected as an honorary member to the International Academy of Martial Arts (USA), Almaty City web portal reports. The founder of Bes Karu Kazakhstan National Sports Academy was honored for his contribution into development of national martial arts in Kazakhstan. The entrepreneur and director of KIT Group has being supported and promoted national sports for many years. Dauren Mussa managed to revive and popularize in Kazakhstan and abroad the Kazakh national martial arts known as Kazaksha Tobeles (Kazakh Fight). Three Kazaksha Tobeles World Championships have already been held in Kazakhstan, one of them in Almaty. Dauren Mussa was awarded with the Martial Arts prize from the Academy Awards of Martial Arts at Black Belts Convention in Atlantic city in February 2012. This was the first time in the history of Kazakhstan sport when a Kazakhstan citizen got that award.