{"id":503696,"date":"2026-02-27T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503696\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:53:07","slug":"south-surrey-martial-arts-pro-named-new-iska-canada-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/503696\/","title":{"rendered":"South Surrey martial arts pro named new ISKA Canada president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              South Surrey martial arts pro named new ISKA Canada president<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 10:30 am Friday, February 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A South Surrey martial arts gym owner has a new title.<\/p>\n<p>Mostafa Sabeti, a seventh-degree black belt and former kickboxing world champion with more than 25 years of coaching experience, has been named president of International Sport Kickboxing Association Canada\u2019s amateur sports division.<\/p>\n<p>A former head coach of Team Canada\u2019s national martial arts team, Sabeti is recognized nationally as a martial arts and combat sports leader, a statement from ISKA World Organization president Cory Schafer noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have every confidence in Mr. Sabeti and his team and look forward to supporting their efforts to provide the very best opportunity for Canada\u2019s Martial Arts and Combat Sport athletes,\u201d Schafer said in the message.<\/p>\n<p>Sabeti, who also earned honourable mention as <a href=\"https:\/\/surreynowleader.com\/2025\/11\/27\/surrey-now-leader-community-leader-awards-meet-mostafa-sabeti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Coach of the Year in the Surrey Now-Leader\u2019s 2025 Community Leader Awards<\/a>, said he\u2019s excited about the new role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vision and primary goal in this role is to promote the safest and most professionally regulated environment for kickboxing and Tatami sports across British Columbia and Canada,\u201d Sabeti said in an email. \u201cWe are committed to building a strong foundation rooted in safety, fairness, youth development, and community engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kickboxing in British Columbia has faced significant challenges for years, due to a lack of proper structure and unified direction, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several months, our team has worked tirelessly to rebuild the sport responsibly. We have secured the necessary permits and approvals from the appropriate authorities, including the provincial commission and sport governing bodies,\u201d Sabeti said. \u201cThis ensures that all our programs and events operate within a fully sanctioned and regulated framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabeti\u2019s team, which include his wife and ISKA national Vice President Solmaz Sabeti, among others, aims to elevate local athletes to the next level and creating clear pathways for participation in national events, Pan-American championships, and ultimately, the ISKA World Championship stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want our athletes to proudly represent our community and our country in a safe and fair, competitive environment,\u201d Sabeti said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Surrey martial arts pro named new ISKA Canada president Published 10:30 am Friday, February 27, 2026 A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-503696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}