It is now official.With the approval of the Geneva Automnales, Claudio Alessi and AC Productions Organisation, Santiago Bongo for BRICPOL, John Lelong and the International Mixed Fighting System Federation, we are extremely proud to officially announce the ALPINE NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026, one of the biggest martial arts and combat sports events ever organized in Switzerland. 📍 The event will take place on Saturday, November 14th, 2026, during the prestigious 16th Salon de l’Art du Mouvement at the Geneva Automnales in Palexpo. This event also marks an important symbolic return, as more than ten years ago the Swiss BRICPOL Championships had already made a strong impact at Palexpo. Today, a new generation returns to make Geneva vibrate again with a modern, realistic and international vision of combat. It is a great honor for me to preside over the stand of the Swiss Mixed Fighting System Federation, bringing together the disciplines of BRICPOL, Boxe Libre, English Boxing, Kickboxing and Grappling. 🔥 Only true enthusiasts will understand.It is difficult to teach real self-defense when you have never experienced the pressure of combat, fatigue, stress, timing or confrontation. Training students requires credible, realistic and effective techniques for protection and survival. 🥊 This OPEN competition will gather fighters from 7 to 50 years old from several European nations, with light, medium and full contact fights. More than one hundred selected fighters are expected in front of what promises to be an exceptional audience. 🏆 Each division winner will receive a trophy, while medals will be awarded to all those who had the courage to step onto the fighting area and defend their colors with honor and respect. Because in the end, stepping onto a combat surface in front of hundreds of people already requires something many people will never have: courage. 🇨🇭 For one day, Geneva will become the European capital of real combat 🔥 ALPINE NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 — LE RETOUR DU RÉEL À GENÈVE 🔥

From Friday, May 22 to Sunday, May 24, 2026, the Swiss team will travel to Rome to compete in the XFC European Championships 2026. This major event is also the perfect opportunity to look back at the historic moment experienced during the XFC World Championships 2025. In 2025, Team Switzerland achieved an exceptional result by bringing home two amateur world championship belts: 🥇 Leon Salijevic in MMA 🥇 Daniel Garcia De Oliveira in Boxing This year, the Swiss team will be represented by: 🔥 Denise 🔥 Alned 🔥 Attila 🔥 Abdulaziz 🔥 Leon 🔥 Daniel 🔥 Léo 🔥 Mattia 🔥 Riad 🔥 Mohammad 🔥 Marco Junior 🔥 Noé 🔥 Bryan All our competitors are ready to give everything to represent Switzerland with honor, respect, and determination, hoping to qualify for the World Championships in Rome this November. A huge thank you to Alessio Cecchini, organizer of XFC, and to his entire team for the quality of the event, officiating, and infrastructure. We have been waiting for this moment for many months. Now the time has come. 🇨🇭🔥Destination Rome — May 22–24, 2026. 🏆 Du vendredi 22 mai au dimanche 24 mai 2026, l’équipe suisse prendra la route de Rome pour participer aux championnats d’Europe XFC 2026. Une échéance importante qui marque aussi le moment idéal pour revenir sur un instant historique vécu lors des championnats du monde XFC 2025. En 2025, l’équipe de Suisse a réussi un exploit exceptionnel en ramenant deux ceintures mondiales amateurs : 🥇 Leon Salijevic en MMA 🥇 Daniel Garcia De Oliveira en boxe anglaise Cette année, l’équipe suisse sera représentée par : 🔥 Denise 🔥 Alned 🔥 Attila 🔥 Abdulaziz 🔥 Leon 🔥 Daniel 🔥 Léo 🔥 Mattia 🔥 Riad 🔥 Mohammad 🔥 Marco Junior 🔥 Noé 🔥 Bryan Tous nos compétiteurs vont tout donner pour représenter la Suisse avec honneur, respect et détermination, avec l’objectif de décrocher leur sélection pour les championnats du monde de novembre à Rome. Un immense merci à Alessio Cecchini, organisateur de l’XFC, ainsi qu’à toute son équipe pour la qualité de l’événement, des arbitrages et des infrastructures. Nous attendons ce rendez-vous depuis des mois et des mois.

🇬🇧 There are countries you don’t just visit… you feel them. I had the chance to travel through Lebanon, sharing seminars, training sessions, meals, and unforgettable moments with martial artists, fighters, passionate young people, families, and deeply human individuals. Today, when I watch these videos and photos again, I feel immense sadness. I simply wonder: are they still alive? Are they safe? What marked me in Lebanon was not war. It was the dignity of the people. Their respect. Their courage. Their honesty. Their willingness to help despite difficult conditions. As a martial artist, I met true warriors there in the noblest sense of the word: people with honor, values, and integrity. I refuse to see an entire people reduced to labels or stereotypes. Behind every country, there are human beings who simply want to live, work, protect their families, and keep hope alive. Martial arts taught me one essential thing: the more you understand violence, the more you understand the value of peace. My sincere thoughts go to everyone I met there. 🙏 🇱🇧 Il y a des pays qu’on ne visite pas… on les ressent. J’ai eu la chance de traverser le Liban, de partager des stages, des entraînements, des repas et des moments de vie avec des pratiquants d’arts martiaux, des combattants, des jeunes passionnés, des familles, des gens profondément humains. Quand je regarde aujourd’hui les vidéos et les photos de ces moments, je ressens une immense tristesse. Je me demande simplement : sont-ils encore là ? Sont-ils sains et saufs ? Ce qui m’a marqué au Liban, ce n’est pas la guerre. C’est la dignité des gens. Leur respect. Leur courage. Leur honnêteté. Leur capacité à aider malgré les difficultés. En tant qu’homme d’arts martiaux, j’y ai rencontré de véritables guerriers dans le sens noble du terme : des personnes de parole et de valeurs. Je refuse qu’on réduise un peuple entier à des caricatures ou à des étiquettes. Derrière chaque pays, il y a des êtres humains qui veulent simplement vivre, travailler, protéger leurs proches et garder espoir.

Today, I want to share with you a special video created by one of our members, a communication student who followed our team for 24 hours during the Open de France in Boxe Libre in May 2025. 🇫🇷🥊 This semi-professional documentary offers a unique immersion into the reality of competition life — far beyond the fights themselves. Because some emotions, sacrifices and moments can never truly be explained with words alone. As the saying goes :“A film is worth more than a thousand words.” 🎬 Through this experience, you will discover :🔥 The commitment behind every athlete🤝 The camaraderie within the team🥋 The passion that martial arts create😴 The fatigue, stress, motivation and emotions❤️ The human side of combat sports When people truly fall in love with martial arts and combat sports, it becomes much more than training…It becomes a lifestyle, a family and a lifelong passion. Our mission is to transmit knowledge, values and experiences, and this video perfectly reflects how powerful and magical transmission can truly be. 🙏 — Black Belt Institute Online 🇫🇷 🎥 24 HEURES EN IMMERSION – OPEN DE FRANCE DE BOXE LIBRE – MAI 2025 Aujourd’hui, j’aimerais vous partager une vidéo un peu spéciale réalisée par l’un de nos membres, étudiant en communication, qui nous a accompagnés pendant 24 heures lors de l’Open de France de Boxe Libre en mai 2025. 🇫🇷🥊 Ce reportage semi-professionnel permet une immersion unique dans la réalité d’une compétition, bien au-delà des combats eux-mêmes. Car certains moments, certaines émotions et certains sacrifices ne pourront jamais être réellement expliqués avec des mots. Comme on dit souvent :« Un film vaut mieux que mille mots. » 🎬 À travers cette immersion totale, vous allez découvrir :🔥 L’engagement des combattants🤝 La camaraderie dans l’équipe🥋 La passion que créent les arts martiaux😴 La fatigue, le stress, la motivation et les émotions❤️ L’aspect profondément humain des sports de combat Quand on devient réellement passionné par les arts martiaux et les sports de combat, cela dépasse largement le simple entraînement…Cela devient une manière de vivre, une famille et une passion de tous les jours.

🇬🇧 English 📍Back to May 21st, 2018.After four intense days of Krav Maga training and a demanding application process, I received my fourth instructor certification.A journey that had already taken me through organizations such as EIKM, IKI, IKMI, before continuing my research within REKM. With time, I understood something essential: you can collect seminars, diplomas, methods, and experiences… but some people leave a mark for life.Nothing I learned afterward truly convinced me more than the teaching of the man I still consider today my first real Sensei: Philippe Kaddouch. It was under his guidance that my mindset, my character, and a large part of my technique were built.Youth pushes us to compare, test, travel, question everything, and explore other horizons. And somehow, that is normal. Youth makes us commit mistakes, creates regrets and doubts… but that is also what we call the learning process of life. Over the years, we learn that intelligence is not about never falling, but about not repeating the same mistakes forever. That is where we recognize the people capable of evolving, growing, and becoming better human beings. In the end, we realize that the strongest foundations are not always the ones that shine the most… they are often the ones that built us as human beings.And for that, respect and gratitude remain eternal. 🇫🇷 Français 📍Retour au 21 mai 2018.Après quatre jours intensifs de Krav Maga et un dossier de candidature exigeant, je recevais ma quatrième certification d’instructeur.Un parcours qui m’avait déjà amené à travers différentes organisations comme EIKM, IKI, IKMI, avant de poursuivre mes recherches au sein du REKM. Avec le temps, j’ai compris une chose essentielle : on peut accumuler les stages, les diplômes, les méthodes et les expériences… mais certaines personnes marquent une vie entière.Rien de ce que j’ai découvert par la suite n’a réellement réussi à me convaincre davantage que l’enseignement de celui que je considère encore aujourd’hui comme mon premier véritable Senseï : Philippe Kaddouch.