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- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 10-01-2008

At the last “Olympia“ commercial Contest the President WFF-WBBF North America MICHAEL GLASS had a friendly meeting with the President IFBB-International RAFAEL SANTONJA


- WFF-WBBF Headquarters Int - 10-09-2008

Today we received a letter from India.
India Bodybuilding Federation Official Mahesh Lohar wrote us a letter today.
He informs that the previously planned in India NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) “Universe” Contest is canceled.
Having new dates of the International Contest Mahesh Lohar addresses the WFF-WBBF International.


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 10-09-2008

WFF-WBBF Headquarters Int Wrote:Today we received a letter from India.
India Bodybuilding Federation Official Mahesh Lohar wrote us a letter today.
He informs that the previously planned in India NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) “Universe” Contest is canceled.
Having new dates of the International Contest Mahesh Lohar addresses the WFF-WBBF International.

The WFF-WBBF International answer was:

Dear friend,
We understand the situation clearly.
Our official position remains the same:
1.WFF and WBBF are official International Federations.
Basing on the Governmental Institutions (Sport Ministries, National Olympic Committees) of the majority of our Country-members we work only officially.
2.NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) which You represent is not official from our point of view and it makes our participation at NABBA's Events not official too.
It is a tourism for us, not sport.
3.THE MOST IMPORTANT!
WFF-WBBF International is ready to work with India National Federation as it is official and it covers the requirements of WFF-WBBF International.
In case You want the WFF-WBBF International to exchange the NABBA-3 in organizing the Event in India (any dates that are suitable to India, but no later than November 10), we are ready to speak it over.
You are to come with guarantee letters to any of the 2008 WFF-WBBF International Events:
- WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championships (November 14-16, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
- the 9-th WFF-WBBF Amateur "Universe" Contest (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania)
-WBBF Pro World Championships (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania).
Yours faithfully,
Edmundas Daubaras


- kevin - 10-09-2008

WFF secretary service Wrote:
WFF-WBBF Headquarters Int Wrote:Today we received a letter from India.
India Bodybuilding Federation Official Mahesh Lohar wrote us a letter today.
He informs that the previously planned in India NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) “Universe” Contest is canceled.
Having new dates of the International Contest Mahesh Lohar addresses the WFF-WBBF International.

The WFF-WBBF International answer was:

Dear friend,
We understand the situation clearly.
Our official position remains the same:
1.WFF and WBBF are official International Federations.
Basing on the Governmental Institutions (Sport Ministries, National Olympic Committees) of the majority of our Country-members we work only officially.
2.NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) which You represent is not official from our point of view and it makes our participation at NABBA's Events not official too.
It is a tourism for us, not sport.
3.THE MOST IMPORTANT!
WFF-WBBF International is ready to work with India National Federation as it is official and it covers the requirements of WFF-WBBF International.
In case You want the WFF-WBBF International to exchange the NABBA-3 in organizing the Event in India (any dates that are suitable to India, but no later than November 10), we are ready to speak it over.
You are to come with guarantee letters to any of the 2008 WFF-WBBF International Events:
- WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championships (November 14-16, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
- the 9-th WFF-WBBF Amateur "Universe" Contest (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania)
-WBBF Pro World Championships (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania).
Yours faithfully,
Edmundas Daubaras

step by step...


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 10-19-2008

Ben Weider passes away on Oct 17, 2008

Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
From a canadian newspaper…
MONTREAL, Oct 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
In his more than sixty years of involvement in bodybuilding, as Founding President of the International Brotherhood of Body Builders (I.F.B.B.), Mr. Weider worked in close association with his older brother Joe Weider, an iconic figure known as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. The Weiders anticipated, then led, the worldwide fitness revolution and legitimized bodybuilding — training with weights to build strength and musculature — in all of athletic conditioning and healthful exercise for the general public. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
Mr. Weider’s achievements in Napoleonic history were as notable as his work in organized sport. Mr. Weider’s knowledge of health, through his work in bodybuilding, led him to doubt the generally accepted theory of Napoleon’s death — that he died of stomach cancer. Working with a fellow-doubter, a Swedish dentist and toxicology expert, Mr. Weider obtained authenticated Napoleon hair samples and arranged for forensic tests that showed that Napoleon had been poisoned with arsenic. A popular account of the historical sleuthing, co-authored by Weider and published in 1982 — The Murder Of Napoleon — became one of the best-selling history books of all time, now with editions in 45 languages. Though subsequent analysis provided proof positive that Napoleon was killed by a poisoner, entrenched academic historians, particularly in France, resisted Mr. Weider’s new findings, before finally accepting them. Even France was finally won-over, witness Mr. Weider receiving the Legion of Honor, France’s highest national honor, in 2000.
The French award was one of many such high honors. In 1975 he received the Order of Canada, his nation’s most prestigious award, in recognition of his contributions to sport. In 2001 he received another signal honor, the Order of St. John, in recognition of charitable work promoting youth fitness and health worldwide. Montreal, where he was a very well-known figure, has such monuments to his philanthropy as the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center and a new museum gallery showcasing a major collection of Napoleon’s personal artifacts donated by Mr. Weider to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Weider died less than a week before a gala gallery opening, scheduled for October 23.
Concerning his decades-spanning struggles to win respect and acceptance for bodybuilding, a once-reviled, fringe activity, and mainstream recognition of the truth about Napoleon’s death, Mr. Weider wrote, “I must love long, uphill battles…”
Ben Weider’s ultimate battle, to make something of himself in spite of poverty, lack of opportunity, and prejudice, began with his birth in Montreal’s old Jewish immigrant quarter, known as “The Main.” Ben was the third son of Louis and Anna Weider, immigrants from Poland. He, like his big brother Joe, had to drop out of school at the end of the seventh grade to help support the family, which was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young Ben took jobs in garment sweatshops and restaurants before enlisting in the Canadian Army and serving during World War II. After Ben left the Army, then-overt anti-Semitism walled him out of entry-level positions in Montreal architecture firms, his dream career path at the time. While he sought work, he pitched in to help his brother Joe, a passionate believer in bodybuilding, who put out a physique magazine and operated a mail-order business in weights and exercise gear.
Thus was born an extraordinary lifelong alliance, with a division of responsibilities that also endured. Joe functioned as the visionary and creative engine of the Weider enterprises, while Ben became the promoter and producer of physique contests and traveled the world as an ambassador of bodybuilding, introducing the sport overseas and organizing new national federations of the I.F.B.B. In 1947, Joe relocated to New Jersey, later moving the U.S. Weider enterprises to Southern California, while Ben remained in Canada.
Ben developed his own passions commensurate with Joe’s, for the federation he led, and for the power of sport to build bridges between nations and foster international amity. His two passions fused in dream of winning recognition for the I.F.B.B. by the International Olympic Committee, an ultimate stamp of approval by the group that championed his own highest ideals about sport.
Beginning in 1947, Ben traveled the world, promoting his sport, organizing exhibitions and competitive events. Where there was sufficient interest, he helped set up I.F.B.B. affiliate national federations. At the height of Cold War tensions, he courted sports officials of militantly anti-Western regimes in the then-Soviet Union and Communist China. Though Jewish, he had great successes promoting his sport and setting up affiliates in Arab countries. Through bodybuilding he struck a blow at the racist apartheid system in South Africa, insisting on shared accommodations and equal treatment for all athletes at a world championship contest in Pretoria in 1975. While he grew his sports organization, he courted successive presidents of the International Olympic Committee and laid groundwork at national, regional and I.O.C. top organizational levels for recognition of bodybuilding, which was temporarily, provisionally granted in 1998, but then lapsed.
Ben Weider, characteristically, was not at all discouraged by the lapse in recognition, declaring that his dream would surely be achieved, for good. And he was deeply, justifiably proud of what the near miss meant. As he wrote, “Wherever there are people on this earth, there are bodybuilders organized under the I.F.B.B.”
Ben Weider is survived by his wife, Huguette, nee Derouin, sons Louis, Eric, and Mark, and grandchildren Joseph and Vanessa. Also surviving are his brother Joe and sister Freda Yankofsky. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service on Monday, October 20th, at Paperman’s Funeral Home in Montreal. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center.


- edita_wff - 10-19-2008

WFF secretary service Wrote:Ben Weider passes away on Oct 17, 2008

Posted in News on October 18th, 2008
From a canadian newspaper…
MONTREAL, Oct 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ben Weider, sports leader, scholar, businessman, and philanthropist, known and honored worldwide for his pioneering work promoting and organizing the sport of bodybuilding and groundbreaking work as a self-taught but hugely influential and popular Napoleonic historian and author, died suddenly Friday in Montreal, city of his birth and lifelong home. He was 85 years old.
In his more than sixty years of involvement in bodybuilding, as Founding President of the International Brotherhood of Body Builders (I.F.B.B.), Mr. Weider worked in close association with his older brother Joe Weider, an iconic figure known as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. The Weiders anticipated, then led, the worldwide fitness revolution and legitimized bodybuilding — training with weights to build strength and musculature — in all of athletic conditioning and healthful exercise for the general public. The I.F.B.B., founded by the Weiders in 1946, has 173 member national federations worldwide and sanctions thousands of amateur and professional competitive events.
Mr. Weider’s achievements in Napoleonic history were as notable as his work in organized sport. Mr. Weider’s knowledge of health, through his work in bodybuilding, led him to doubt the generally accepted theory of Napoleon’s death — that he died of stomach cancer. Working with a fellow-doubter, a Swedish dentist and toxicology expert, Mr. Weider obtained authenticated Napoleon hair samples and arranged for forensic tests that showed that Napoleon had been poisoned with arsenic. A popular account of the historical sleuthing, co-authored by Weider and published in 1982 — The Murder Of Napoleon — became one of the best-selling history books of all time, now with editions in 45 languages. Though subsequent analysis provided proof positive that Napoleon was killed by a poisoner, entrenched academic historians, particularly in France, resisted Mr. Weider’s new findings, before finally accepting them. Even France was finally won-over, witness Mr. Weider receiving the Legion of Honor, France’s highest national honor, in 2000.
The French award was one of many such high honors. In 1975 he received the Order of Canada, his nation’s most prestigious award, in recognition of his contributions to sport. In 2001 he received another signal honor, the Order of St. John, in recognition of charitable work promoting youth fitness and health worldwide. Montreal, where he was a very well-known figure, has such monuments to his philanthropy as the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center and a new museum gallery showcasing a major collection of Napoleon’s personal artifacts donated by Mr. Weider to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Weider died less than a week before a gala gallery opening, scheduled for October 23.
Concerning his decades-spanning struggles to win respect and acceptance for bodybuilding, a once-reviled, fringe activity, and mainstream recognition of the truth about Napoleon’s death, Mr. Weider wrote, “I must love long, uphill battles…”
Ben Weider’s ultimate battle, to make something of himself in spite of poverty, lack of opportunity, and prejudice, began with his birth in Montreal’s old Jewish immigrant quarter, known as “The Main.” Ben was the third son of Louis and Anna Weider, immigrants from Poland. He, like his big brother Joe, had to drop out of school at the end of the seventh grade to help support the family, which was hit hard by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young Ben took jobs in garment sweatshops and restaurants before enlisting in the Canadian Army and serving during World War II. After Ben left the Army, then-overt anti-Semitism walled him out of entry-level positions in Montreal architecture firms, his dream career path at the time. While he sought work, he pitched in to help his brother Joe, a passionate believer in bodybuilding, who put out a physique magazine and operated a mail-order business in weights and exercise gear.
Thus was born an extraordinary lifelong alliance, with a division of responsibilities that also endured. Joe functioned as the visionary and creative engine of the Weider enterprises, while Ben became the promoter and producer of physique contests and traveled the world as an ambassador of bodybuilding, introducing the sport overseas and organizing new national federations of the I.F.B.B. In 1947, Joe relocated to New Jersey, later moving the U.S. Weider enterprises to Southern California, while Ben remained in Canada.
Ben developed his own passions commensurate with Joe’s, for the federation he led, and for the power of sport to build bridges between nations and foster international amity. His two passions fused in dream of winning recognition for the I.F.B.B. by the International Olympic Committee, an ultimate stamp of approval by the group that championed his own highest ideals about sport.
Beginning in 1947, Ben traveled the world, promoting his sport, organizing exhibitions and competitive events. Where there was sufficient interest, he helped set up I.F.B.B. affiliate national federations. At the height of Cold War tensions, he courted sports officials of militantly anti-Western regimes in the then-Soviet Union and Communist China. Though Jewish, he had great successes promoting his sport and setting up affiliates in Arab countries. Through bodybuilding he struck a blow at the racist apartheid system in South Africa, insisting on shared accommodations and equal treatment for all athletes at a world championship contest in Pretoria in 1975. While he grew his sports organization, he courted successive presidents of the International Olympic Committee and laid groundwork at national, regional and I.O.C. top organizational levels for recognition of bodybuilding, which was temporarily, provisionally granted in 1998, but then lapsed.
Ben Weider, characteristically, was not at all discouraged by the lapse in recognition, declaring that his dream would surely be achieved, for good. And he was deeply, justifiably proud of what the near miss meant. As he wrote, “Wherever there are people on this earth, there are bodybuilders organized under the I.F.B.B.”
Ben Weider is survived by his wife, Huguette, nee Derouin, sons Louis, Eric, and Mark, and grandchildren Joseph and Vanessa. Also surviving are his brother Joe and sister Freda Yankofsky. Family and friends will gather for a memorial service on Monday, October 20th, at Paperman’s Funeral Home in Montreal. The family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Ben Weider Jewish Community Center.

Members Weider Family


- Predrag - 10-20-2008

kevin Wrote:
WFF secretary service Wrote:
WFF-WBBF Headquarters Int Wrote:Today we received a letter from India.
India Bodybuilding Federation Official Mahesh Lohar wrote us a letter today.
He informs that the previously planned in India NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) “Universe” Contest is canceled.
Having new dates of the International Contest Mahesh Lohar addresses the WFF-WBBF International.

The WFF-WBBF International answer was:

Dear friend,
We understand the situation clearly.
Our official position remains the same:
1.WFF and WBBF are official International Federations.
Basing on the Governmental Institutions (Sport Ministries, National Olympic Committees) of the majority of our Country-members we work only officially.
2.NABBA-3 (Joe Lopez, Jim Pitt) which You represent is not official from our point of view and it makes our participation at NABBA's Events not official too.
It is a tourism for us, not sport.
3.THE MOST IMPORTANT!
WFF-WBBF International is ready to work with India National Federation as it is official and it covers the requirements of WFF-WBBF International.
In case You want the WFF-WBBF International to exchange the NABBA-3 in organizing the Event in India (any dates that are suitable to India, but no later than November 10), we are ready to speak it over.
You are to come with guarantee letters to any of the 2008 WFF-WBBF International Events:
- WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championships (November 14-16, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
- the 9-th WFF-WBBF Amateur "Universe" Contest (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania)
-WBBF Pro World Championships (November 21-23, Vilnius, Lithuania).
Yours faithfully,
Edmundas Daubaras

step by step...

:roll:


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 10-28-2008

WFF-WBBF latest Short News

- 2008 WFF Pro World Championship in Prague, Czech (15 000 US dollars and the Unique Diamonds as Prizes) was a terrific event last weekend
- 2008 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship in Poland is going to be an Extraordinary International Event
- 2008 WBBF Pro World Championship and the Amateur “Universe” Contest (Lithuania) will be represented by a number of well known World’s Bodybuilders
- WFF-WBBF International Prague Congress Report (2008-10-26, Zofrin Barocco Palace): IFBB Leaders leave their Organization and join the WFF-WBBF
- 2009 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship, WBBF Pro World Championship and Asia Amateur Championship in Mumbai (February 7-8, India) will present 100 free air tickets, 3 days free stay and 40 000 US dollars as prize money for the Best Worlds Athletes.
The detailed information is on the way.


- Gino - 10-28-2008

WFF secretary service Wrote:WFF-WBBF latest Short News

- 2008 WFF Pro World Championship in Prague, Czech (15 000 US dollars and the Unique Diamonds as Prizes) was a terrific event last weekend
- 2008 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship in Poland is going to be an Extraordinary International Event
- 2008 WBBF Pro World Championship and the Amateur “Universe” Contest (Lithuania) will be represented by a number of well known World’s Bodybuilders
- WFF-WBBF International Prague Congress Report (2008-10-26, Zofrin Barocco Palace): IFBB Leaders leave their Organization and join the WFF-WBBF
- 2009 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship, WBBF Pro World Championship and Asia Amateur Championship in Mumbai (February 7-8, India) will present 100 free air tickets, 3 days free stay and 40 000 US dollars as prize money for the Best Worlds Athletes.
The detailed information is on the way.

ifbb is uniting with wff? :roll:


- E.Sendriene - 10-28-2008

Gino Wrote:
WFF secretary service Wrote:WFF-WBBF latest Short News

- 2008 WFF Pro World Championship in Prague, Czech (15 000 US dollars and the Unique Diamonds as Prizes) was a terrific event last weekend
- 2008 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship in Poland is going to be an Extraordinary International Event
- 2008 WBBF Pro World Championship and the Amateur “Universe” Contest (Lithuania) will be represented by a number of well known World’s Bodybuilders
- WFF-WBBF International Prague Congress Report (2008-10-26, Zofrin Barocco Palace): IFBB Leaders leave their Organization and join the WFF-WBBF
- 2009 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship, WBBF Pro World Championship and Asia Amateur Championship in Mumbai (February 7-8, India) will present 100 free air tickets, 3 days free stay and 40 000 US dollars as prize money for the Best Worlds Athletes.
The detailed information is on the way.

ifbb is uniting with wff? :roll:

No, after the IOC refused to recognize the IFBB federation, it suffers great problems, each year more and more.
We will give the newest information tomorrow.


- Tasca - 10-28-2008

E.Sendriene Wrote:
Gino Wrote:
WFF secretary service Wrote:WFF-WBBF latest Short News

- 2008 WFF Pro World Championship in Prague, Czech (15 000 US dollars and the Unique Diamonds as Prizes) was a terrific event last weekend
- 2008 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship in Poland is going to be an Extraordinary International Event
- 2008 WBBF Pro World Championship and the Amateur “Universe” Contest (Lithuania) will be represented by a number of well known World’s Bodybuilders
- WFF-WBBF International Prague Congress Report (2008-10-26, Zofrin Barocco Palace): IFBB Leaders leave their Organization and join the WFF-WBBF
- 2009 WFF-WBBF Amateur World Championship, WBBF Pro World Championship and Asia Amateur Championship in Mumbai (February 7-8, India) will present 100 free air tickets, 3 days free stay and 40 000 US dollars as prize money for the Best Worlds Athletes.
The detailed information is on the way.

ifbb is uniting with wff? :roll:

No, after the IOC refused to recognize the IFBB federation, it suffers great problems, each year more and more.
We will give the newest information tomorrow.

That's it!


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 10-30-2008

Today in Vilnius (Lithuania) the 2008 WBBF Pro World and Amateur “Universe” Contests Organizing Committee had a meeting.
After the last weekend Parliament Elections the new waves come to Lithuania.
These new waves will do much for the sport in general.
And for the WFF-WBBF as well.
We planned the 2009 Great International Events that will be held in Lithuania too.
All goes well, dear friends.
Be optimistic.
We are a strong and united family in sport we love!


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 11-01-2008

Today we recieved a letter from our good firend MIKE MITCHELL:

Dear Edmundas
It saddens me to read how NABBA constantly attack WFF organisation. NABBA was a very strong organisation and many good names have been associated with the past NABBA. For those who do not know Edmundas you are right. NABBA is only a group of friends (or so called friends) There is no official organisation, their is no constitution, Their are no books, minutes of meetings etc.when I organized the NABBA World and European Championships in Aberdeen some years ago ( and if I remember rightly was noted as the most well organised NABBA championships of all times) the support from NABBA UK and International was zero. When I asked for formal documentation to aid in sponsorship it did not exist. If it was not for the fact that I ran the WFF championship in Scotland on the same day (who had the documentation and gave me full support) I would never have attracted support whatsoever.
I feel sorry for NABBA many friends give many hours and financial support to ensure the organization continued, but sadly many like myself were defeated by the very few who continue to spill out the lies and not deal with the real truth.
I have no hard feelings towards NABBA and enjoyed my time with them and was fortunate to meet so many nice people, but when threatened with having to make a choice between NABBA and WFF, the choice was easy. The WFF was the ONLY Federation in my eyes that had a genuine interest in both the development of the sport and the athlete. Unlike NABBA I can say without doubt I have enjoyed every second of my time with a real organisation the WFF. Some may say this is propaganda and lies, well my answer is simple " As always I speak from the heart" and I will stand up and be counted as a man that is not frightened of speaking the truth. Unfortunately my health does not allow me to be as active as I would like with the organisation but my support comes from the bottom of the heart. I truly hope many more will see the light and support the World Fitness Federation
My Kind Regards
Mike Mitchell
Former vice chairman NABBA UK and NABBA Scottish International President
Capt Mike Mitchell BSc MBA
Chardonnay Villa
No6 Sokak17
Ovacik
Fethiye
Mugla Turkey
Tel +90 536 620 2687
email mikemitchell21@hotmail.com
5xWFF World Champion
2x WFF Mr Universe


- Brad - 11-01-2008

WFF secretary service Wrote:Today we recieved a letter from our good firend MIKE MITCHELL:

Dear Edmundas
It saddens me to read how NABBA constantly attack WFF organisation. NABBA was a very strong organisation and many good names have been associated with the past NABBA. For those who do not know Edmundas you are right. NABBA is only a group of friends (or so called friends) There is no official organisation, their is no constitution, Their are no books, minutes of meetings etc.when I organized the NABBA World and European Championships in Aberdeen some years ago ( and if I remember rightly was noted as the most well organised NABBA championships of all times) the support from NABBA UK and International was zero. When I asked for formal documentation to aid in sponsorship it did not exist. If it was not for the fact that I ran the WFF championship in Scotland on the same day (who had the documentation and gave me full support) I would never have attracted support whatsoever.
I feel sorry for NABBA many friends give many hours and financial support to ensure the organization continued, but sadly many like myself were defeated by the very few who continue to spill out the lies and not deal with the real truth.
I have no hard feelings towards NABBA and enjoyed my time with them and was fortunate to meet so many nice people, but when threatened with having to make a choice between NABBA and WFF, the choice was easy. The WFF was the ONLY Federation in my eyes that had a genuine interest in both the development of the sport and the athlete. Unlike NABBA I can say without doubt I have enjoyed every second of my time with a real organisation the WFF. Some may say this is propaganda and lies, well my answer is simple " As always I speak from the heart" and I will stand up and be counted as a man that is not frightened of speaking the truth. Unfortunately my health does not allow me to be as active as I would like with the organisation but my support comes from the bottom of the heart. I truly hope many more will see the light and support the World Fitness Federation
My Kind Regards
Mike Mitchell
Former vice chairman NABBA UK and NABBA Scottish International President
Capt Mike Mitchell BSc MBA
Chardonnay Villa
No6 Sokak17
Ovacik
Fethiye
Mugla Turkey
Tel +90 536 620 2687
email mikemitchell21@hotmail.com
5xWFF World Champion
2x WFF Mr Universe

it is a good saying!


- edita_wff - 11-02-2008

World Fitness Federation (WFF-International)
World Bodybuilding Federation (WBBF-International)
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS REPORT

(October 26, Zofrin Barocco Palace, Prague, Czech Republic)

This International Congress was held spontaneously, as it was not planned before.
At the 2008 WFF Pro World Championship in Prague many World Wide well known persons and sportsmen gathered. Then came the decision to discuss the contemporary urgent International Sport problems and the WFF-WBBF International organized the Congress.

PRESENT:
EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS, President WFF-WBBF International
OLEG BURINSKIJ, Vice President WFF-WBBF International
GINTARAS MARTINKENAS, President WFF-WBBF Baltic States
PETER PAPULA, President WFF-WBBF Austria
MARTIN KUTA, President WFF-WBBF Czech Republic
ALENA SLOVAKOVA, Secretary WFF-WBBF Czech Republic
MARKUS KITTNER, President WFF-WBBF Germany
MARIETTA ZIGALOVA, Official Slovakia
Professor KAREL TUCHACEK, WFF-WBBF International Judge
PETR STACH, Chief Judge 2008 WFF Pro World Championship
LIUBOMIR KRAPEK, WFF-WBBF International Judge
SILVIA LANG, Official Hungary
JURY BOGDANOFF, Official Germany
FIODOR KASALOV, Official Ukraine

DISCUSSION TOPICS, QUESTIONS, PROPOSALS
1.Today’s situation in the World’s Bodybuilding and Fitness.
2.Total Law chaos and disorder in the Worlds Sport.
Long lasting normal work is disordered. Old International Sport Units (Federations, Associations,United Groups of Sportsmen etc..) do not want and are not eager to make big International Changes. Most of the mare in mess and do not know what to do.
3.The necessary International Federation Official status to be recognized.
The Official International Federation Status was discussed over.
The Official International Contest Status was discussed over.
4.The way out from the long lasting lies in sport.
Proposals to start cooperating and join WFF-WBBF International for another federations, that use to work not officially were made.
5.Massive and total doping problems in Poland, Czech, Slovak, Turkey, Russia National IFBB federations
6.WFF-WBBF cooperation with WADA.
In 2007 WFF-International signed the Contract with WADA and joined the World’s Anti Doping Code.

SOLUTIONS
All present agreed on the necessity of the total politic changes in the Sport of Bodybuilding and Fitness.
The easiest way is to join the WFF-WBBF International and go ahead together.
It is a positive step - uniting the energy and power of various federations under one Flag – under the only one Official and Registered by Law Public Non Profit International Federation – the WFF-WBBF Federation.


- Dita - 11-03-2008

Today we received information that the President IFBB Poland FILE BORN (sorry, I do not know his full name...) has written the letter accusing the WFF-WBBF being not official.
ATTENTION!
Due to this the WFF-WBBF International can go to the Court and prove the Official Status very easy.
Be careful with such words...as any may get accused by the Court for the false information.

At the same time let us not forget the IFBB criminal Court problems that are going to happen at December 5 in the Court... (You know what I mean).
At the same time the IFBB Poland promises to Polish sportsmen "LIFE DISQUALIFICATION" if they will participate at the WFF-WBBF International Events.
Nothing new!
IFBB did it for years and it had a nice "teacher" for this.
But the sport history says that actions gave no positive results: during the years there were lots of the "Olympia" participants who received such penalties and what?
They are still participating.
Ending the 90-ties nearly all "Olympia" participants said "good bye" to the IFBB and left it joining VINCE MAC MACHON.
You know the story...
Thanks the God we live in the DEMOCRATIC WORLD.
The sportsmen are not slaves and they may choose the federation they like.
Some humor:
The Estonia-Finland bodybuilder OLEV ANNUS was disqualified for the participation in NABBA three times by the IFBB and every time he came back.
Last time after three "life penalties" he participated in "Olympia" and was the 5-th!!!
Do You think the IFBB keeps it's word strong?
It seems - not.
Look - lots of WABBA-NABBA-NAC and many other federation sportsmen participate at the IFBB Contests, even World Championships.
Participants of other federations (for example, Lithuanians) are taking High Positions at the IFBB Stuff!!!
And this is not a joke!
Only look around.
IFBB only wants via the long lasting dictatorship and antidemocratic actions to press the sportsmen.
But sportsmen know what is what, they have their own brains to think and make solutions.
Especially in the USA.
The Law in the USA is strong about this fact.
Have a look what the famous USA sportsmen write here in this forum about the same topic (read "WFF-USA").


- E.Sendriene - 11-05-2008

Today we received a call from the UK.
We set the date of the coming 2009 WBBF Pro Europe Championship: it will be held on May 24 (Sunday) in the UK.
Due to the fact, that the 2009 WBBF Pro Europe is to be organized by the IFBB Pros, we will not tell their names for some time.
You know there are many „good“ people around who are ready to ruin even the best plans ever planned...
So it is fine to know that a number of the best UK Pros are ready to participate at the WBBF Pro Europe.
Today during our conversation we have come to the common conclusion that Europe sportsmen for years have been ignored in most Pro Shows in the USA.
We understand, the USA has lots of good bodybuilders of their own, but the behavior in the USA Show Owners of the last decade towards the Europeans was awful... (most Shows in the USA are private properties!!!)
But Europe has great potential to go it‘s own way without any „teachers“ and no doubt we will do it!


- Jerremy - 11-05-2008

E.Sendriene Wrote:Today we received a call from the UK.
We set the date of the coming 2009 WBBF Pro Europe Championship: it will be held on May 24 (Sunday) in the UK.
Due to the fact, that the 2009 WBBF Pro Europe is to be organized by the IFBB Pros, we will not tell their names for some time.
You know there are many „good“ people around who are ready to ruin even the best plans ever planned...
So it is fine to know that a number of the best UK Pros are ready to participate at the WBBF Pro Europe.
Today during our conversation we have come to the common conclusion that Europe sportsmen for years have been ignored in most Pro Shows in the USA.
We understand, the USA has lots of good bodybuilders of their own, but the behavior in the USA Show Owners of the last decade towards the Europeans was awful... (most Shows in the USA are private properties!!!)
But Europe has great potential to go it‘s own way without any „teachers“ and no doubt we will do it!

I see..


- E_Sendriene_WFF - 11-08-2008

In 1967 the International Sport World new very little about the IFBB.
Then the only one East Europe Bodybuilding magazine was issued in Poland.


- Dita - 11-20-2008

Surprise!
Total ignorance...
Today WFF International official GINTARAS MARTIKENAS was at Vilnius airport to meet the coming South America delegates to the WFF "Universe'.
Gintaras was with a black limousine to take the WFF delegates to the fine hotel of Vilnius.
And...suddenly he sees IFBB leaders RAFAEL SANTOCHA and PAVEL FILEBORN getting from the Vilnius airport...
No fans, no officialls, no flowers to meet such a guests...
Just a lonely bus driver to take the IFBB leaders to Russia (500 kilometers away...).
Does IFBB leaders lost their popularity, power and respect?


- Dita - 11-22-2008

Dita Wrote:Surprise!
Total ignorance...
Today WFF International official GINTARAS MARTIKENAS was at Vilnius airport to meet the coming South America delegates to the WFF "Universe'.
Gintaras was with a black limousine to take the WFF delegates to the fine hotel of Vilnius.
And...suddenly he sees IFBB leaders RAFAEL SANTOCHA and PAVEL FILEBORN getting from the Vilnius airport...
No fans, no officialls, no flowers to meet such a guests...
Just a lonely bus driver to take the IFBB leaders to Russia (500 kilometers away...).
Does IFBB leaders lost their popularity, power and respect?

When the leaders of the "friendly" federation use the "heavy" transport, WFF sportsmen do not change their choise and use limousines...


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 11-30-2008

Yesterday the President WFF-WBBF International EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS received a number of calls from the IFBB Leaders, the Leaders we know and respect for many years.
During the long lasting dialogue they have spoken about the today’s situation in the sport of bodybuilding and about the possible ways to make the situation better.
The calls make us to believe that the IFBB Leaders understand the real bad situation in bodybuilding, which gets worse and worse every day.
The dialogue of the IFBB with the quickly progressing World Fitness Federation, which ambitiously aims to be the International Leader of our kind of sport, gives the new chances to coordinate the activities of the both International Federations and to make the situation better.


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 12-08-2008

The letter of one of the World's Bodybuilding Legends MIKE MITCHELL seems to be very interesting and informative (2008-12-06):

“...Thank you for your kind response.
May I draw your attention to the WFF Website, you will see many interesting comments on here. http://www.wff.lt CLICK ON FORUM
I will try and help you understand the situation.
This WFF is the ONLY registered official organization with many Government officials involved in its organization.
You will see it has named individuals in many countries representing what we believe is the way forward in the sport.
I myself am former vice chairman of NABBA UK and Nabba International President ( Because I saw the light and changed my elegance they stripped me of Titles and honors,) I organized what is quoted by NABBA officials as "THE BEST WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS EVER HELD IN THE HISTORY OF NABBA"
I believe the latest person to join our ranks of officials is UKs Dayo Audi former IFBB Pro and NABBA Mr World.
WFF is a serious bodybuilding organization and their are no fitness routines as you called it.
As a NABBA International Judge and WFF Judge I judge to exactly the same criteria.
If you have time you will see this next year as the first official Contest to be held in UK will take place at The Dome in Doncaster during May with $20,000 for the Pro division.
I think if you take some time with my help you will see that this organization is more than worthy of inclusion within your report.
I can assure you any information I give can be fully supported by documentation and not based on idle gossip and lies unfortunately spread by some other so called organizations.
I thank you for your time
Kind Regards
Mike

Capt Mike Mitchell BSc MBA
Chardonnay Villa
No6 Sokak17
Ovacik
Fethiye
Mugla Turkey
Tel +90 536 620 2687
email mikemitchell21@hotmail.com
5xWFF World Champion
2x WFF Mr Universe


- Sendriene;WFF - 12-14-2008

Until the IFBB case in Poland is under the development, let us have a historic look on the IFBB from the juridical and official point of view.
1.
The IFBB declares that it started it’s activities in 1946.
But the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS (Canada) has checked the juridical register of the name the “International Federation of Body Builders” and found NOTHING!!!
He found the Patent for “International Federation of Body Builders Incorporated”, registered in December 30, 1969 by BEN WEIDER, RAY CREPAULT, JACK ROY.
For the time from 1940 until 1969 there was no official information bout the “International Federation of Body Builders” NOWHERE!!!
Then the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS checked the IFBB through the taxes and again – NOTHING!!!
Finally he is ready to pay to anybody the 250 USD just to give him some juridical basis proving that the IFBB was until 1969…


- Sendriene;WFF - 12-14-2008

Sendriene;WFF Wrote:Until the IFBB case in Poland is under the development, let us have a historic look on the IFBB from the juridical and official point of view.
1.
The IFBB declares that it started it’s activities in 1946.
But the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS (Canada) has checked the juridical register of the name the “International Federation of Body Builders” and found NOTHING!!!
He found the Patent for “International Federation of Body Builders Incorporated”, registered in December 30, 1969 by BEN WEIDER, RAY CREPAULT, JACK ROY.
For the time from 1940 until 1969 there was no official information bout the “International Federation of Body Builders” NOWHERE!!!
Then the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS checked the IFBB through the taxes and again – NOTHING!!!
Finally he is ready to pay to anybody the 250 USD just to give him some juridical basis proving that the IFBB was until 1969…



- edita_wff - 12-14-2008

Sendriene;WFF Wrote:Until the IFBB case in Poland is under the development, let us have a historic look on the IFBB from the juridical and official point of view.
1.
The IFBB declares that it started it’s activities in 1946.
But the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS (Canada) has checked the juridical register of the name the “International Federation of Body Builders” and found NOTHING!!!
He found the Patent for “International Federation of Body Builders Incorporated”, registered in December 30, 1969 by BEN WEIDER, RAY CREPAULT, JACK ROY.
For the time from 1940 until 1969 there was no official information bout the “International Federation of Body Builders” NOWHERE!!!
Then the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS checked the IFBB through the taxes and again – NOTHING!!!
Finally he is ready to pay to anybody the 250 USD just to give him some juridical basis proving that the IFBB was until 1969…

2.
Let us speak some time later about many historic bodybuilding “falseficates”:
- such as the “Trainer of the Champions since 1936”, as Joe Weider was born in 1922 and he was 14 years old then…
- such as the IFBB has organized over 60 World Championships, when the first World Championship was held in 1966… (it is easy to count)
- such as a number of the “Olympia” Contests with only one competitor…
Our sport has many interesting “historical facts” that are waiting their time to discuss over.
Let us speak about the juridical questions now as they are the most important.
Basing on these unreal and sometimes false juridical facts the International Sport Society, respectful International Sport Organizations (such as IOC, GAISF, WADA), Sport Ministries of many Countries were (and still are!) mistaken in their activities.
Our aim is the only one – everybody must know the truth, the juridical truth.


- Dita - 12-16-2008

edita_wff Wrote:
Sendriene;WFF Wrote:Until the IFBB case in Poland is under the development, let us have a historic look on the IFBB from the juridical and official point of view.
1.
The IFBB declares that it started it’s activities in 1946.
But the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS (Canada) has checked the juridical register of the name the “International Federation of Body Builders” and found NOTHING!!!
He found the Patent for “International Federation of Body Builders Incorporated”, registered in December 30, 1969 by BEN WEIDER, RAY CREPAULT, JACK ROY.
For the time from 1940 until 1969 there was no official information bout the “International Federation of Body Builders” NOWHERE!!!
Then the Attorney at Law Mr.ADAM ATLAS checked the IFBB through the taxes and again – NOTHING!!!
Finally he is ready to pay to anybody the 250 USD just to give him some juridical basis proving that the IFBB was until 1969…

2.
Let us speak some time later about many historic bodybuilding “falseficates”:
- such as the “Trainer of the Champions since 1936”, as Joe Weider was born in 1922 and he was 14 years old then…
- such as the IFBB has organized over 60 World Championships, when the first World Championship was held in 1966… (it is easy to count)
- such as a number of the “Olympia” Contests with only one competitor…
Our sport has many interesting “historical facts” that are waiting their time to discuss over.
Let us speak about the juridical questions now as they are the most important.
Basing on these unreal and sometimes false juridical facts the International Sport Society, respectful International Sport Organizations (such as IOC, GAISF, WADA), Sport Ministries of many Countries were (and still are!) mistaken in their activities.
Our aim is the only one – everybody must know the truth, the juridical truth.

Meanwhile let us have a look at the Patent of the private company IFBB, which belongs to the three above mentioned private persons.
In general by Law any Patent gives the permit to some specific activities: digging graves, repairing shoes etc..
Here in this Patent of the IFBB we see nothing, as the Seal and the Name of the activities are hidden by Photoshop.
What the IFBB is hiding?


- DSc. Edmundas Daubaras - 03-01-2009

2009. WHERE WE ARE

WFF-WBBF

Everybody knows that in 2007 WFF-International separated Sport Fitness from Sport Bodybuilding and the WBBF appeared. The WFF has signed the WADA documents and it is still in the dialogue with WADA.

NEW WAY

Working on the common Project with the European Union the WFF-International at the World Amateur Championships and at the Europe Amateur Championships sets new Quality Categories:
Classic Sport Fitness with Age Groups of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21 and over 21 years.
The first time the Classic Sport Fitness will be presented at the 2009 WFF-WBBF Europe Amateur Championship in Klaipeda (May 8-11, Lithuania).

BODYBUILDING CRISIS
Is there anybody who can say that the today's bodybuilding is not in a very big crisis?
The reason of this were not individual sportsmen but the long lasting wrong global sport politics of the NABBA-WABBA-IFBB.
The politics of bodybuilding sport in general was wrong and today the World’s bodybuilding is in a very deep crisis causing new and new problems for all sides.
Feeling this and after receiving the negative answer from the IOC, ten years ago the Weider brothers left bodybuilding and this caused even greater problems for the International sport.
Today bodybuilding has fully negative social opinion.
The IOC, National Governments, National Sport Ministries, social and public groups, press and television separated themselves from bodybuilding and built the wall from it.
High State Officials of most World’s Countries do not like the contemporary bodybuilding and none of them wants to deal with bodybuilding on the respected official way today.
Today bodybuilding sport looks like a small religious sect and it covers the life of a very narrow group of people. Negative public opinion makes bodybuilding to survive for it’s life. Bodybuilding is in struggle for it’s life, but the most important is that there is no future, no perspective. There is nobody to say and there is nobody show the way out for bodybuilding of the situation. Even more, to be frank – there is no way out.
That is why the WFF-International has chosen another way. Yes, we are experimenting more and more. But the WFF does not want to get in the same situation as bodybuilding is in and the WFF acts to find the way out. This way is very different to the ways of other traditional federations. But the WFF does it’s best to find the right way and that is not so easy.
We see that other traditional federations are satisfied with what the bodybuilding sport life today is, but not the WFF.
The WFF aims to be the International Leader of our kind of sport. [b]The 90 National Members of the WFF-International representing All Continents prove us that the WFF is on the right way.
The WFF aims to get all possible official recognition and support you can imagine.[/b]
And the WFF works on this very hard.

Edmundas Daubaras
President WFF-WBBF International



- brother - 03-01-2009

edmundas daubaras Wrote:2009. WHERE WE ARE

WFF-WBBF

Everybody knows that in 2007 WFF-International separated Sport Fitness from Sport Bodybuilding and the WBBF appeared. The WFF has signed the WADA documents and it is still in the dialogue with WADA.

NEW WAY

Working on the common Project with the European Union the WFF-International at the World Amateur Championships and at the Europe Amateur Championships sets new Quality Categories:
Classic Sport Fitness with Age Groups of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21 and over 21 years.
The first time the Classic Sport Fitness will be presented at the 2009 WFF-WBBF Europe Amateur Championship in Klaipeda (May 8-11, Lithuania).

BODYBUILDING CRISIS
Is there anybody who can say that the today's bodybuilding is not in a very big crisis?
The reason of this were not individual sportsmen but the long lasting wrong global sport politics of the NABBA-WABBA-IFBB.
The politics of bodybuilding sport in general was wrong and today the World’s bodybuilding is in a very deep crisis causing new and new problems for all sides.
Feeling this and after receiving the negative answer from the IOC, ten years ago the Weider brothers left bodybuilding and this caused even greater problems for the International sport.
Today bodybuilding has fully negative social opinion.
The IOC, National Governments, National Sport Ministries, social and public groups, press and television separated themselves from bodybuilding and built the wall from it.
High State Officials of most World’s Countries do not like the contemporary bodybuilding and none of them wants to deal with bodybuilding on the respected official way today.
Today bodybuilding sport looks like a small religious sect and it covers the life of a very narrow group of people. Negative public opinion makes bodybuilding to survive for it’s life. Bodybuilding is in struggle for it’s life, but the most important is that there is no future, no perspective. There is nobody to say and there is nobody show the way out for bodybuilding of the situation. Even more, to be frank – there is no way out.
That is why the WFF-International has chosen another way. Yes, we are experimenting more and more. But the WFF does not want to get in the same situation as bodybuilding is in and the WFF acts to find the way out. This way is very different to the ways of other traditional federations. But the WFF does it’s best to find the right way and that is not so easy.
We see that other traditional federations are satisfied with what the bodybuilding sport life today is, but not the WFF.
The WFF aims to be the International Leader of our kind of sport. [b]The 90 National Members of the WFF-International representing All Continents prove us that the WFF is on the right way.
The WFF aims to get all possible official recognition and support you can imagine.[/b]
And the WFF works on this very hard.

Edmundas Daubaras
President WFF-WBBF International

great theory :twisted:


- WFF-WBBF secretary service - 03-02-2009

Today, February 28, 2009, we received a letter from
DR. PROF. JOSE PARDO HIDALGO, PH. D. (Spain).
He was for about 20 years the main assistant of the today’s President IFBB RAFAEL SANTOCHA:

Hi,
Thanks. I have no information of the passing away of Ben Weider, what disease?.
Mr.Santonja who is now World President was put for me into the IFBB.
He is my enemie. They, in Spain, were enemies of Weider and his products.
Impossible unification of the bodybuilding movement.
No Olympic Sport.
The dream of Ben Weider. Sport yes.
Competiitions no sport for members of Olympic Cpmmitte.
You know it?.
Do you Know the email of Mr.Rafael Santonja, new World President of Ben Weider.
Tell me. I will sing him the 40 with copy to you all.
He intented to bribe me many years ago in madrid, Proffesional World Cup to vote to Mike Christian Weider commercial reasons and other judges, leavin Gary Strydom for second place.
Santona only want as my exfriend Ben Weider, money, money, money .......pure traffic as drugs.
His English was very poor but perhaps now, after many years the Englis of Santonja is good..... I do not know.
He was always uncorrect with, with falses smiles.
I wait your news.
Is also Joe Joe Weider ill???.
Thanks.
Wait your soon news.
Your good friend who waits also
If I can help you in Spain to find bodybuilders intending some announcement in Musclemag magazine,

Dr.Prof.Jose Pardo Hidalgo,Ph.D.
Exgeneral Secretary for Spain IFBB and pioneer.
Murcia, SpainT