hello Alper,
i hope that you&your family have been happy and healthy.i was in antalya only for two days to meet Fareed and IPAA after being invited by IPAA.i came back to home last night and Fareed will also come to stay&train with me for 2 weeks after he visits his relatives in Denizli.
i and him trained on a regular table for half an hour in antalya.with right hand there was no way to hold him even with both of my hands.his joints are like steel and his pressure to the pin pad is incredible.he still has a few points to be perfected and we will work on them together.his left hand is maybe 60% of his right hand about quality and strength.now he has three serious steps to reach to the top of the armwrestling world,first step is the legendary puller Alan Karaev from Russia,he now weighs 500 pounds and has been training for IPAA matches.
IPAA plans to organise it's first event on october 7. in USA,but the location will be announced in 2 days.there will be IPAA Title,Ranking and Qualification matches.
IPAA system works like this,IPAA has choosed 5 top guys in orders in 154(70kg)-171(78kg)-189(86kg)-209(95kg)-and super heavy weight classes.then 5. place guy pulls with 3. place guy,2.place guy pulls with the 4. place guy,and then the winners of these matches pull eachother to face the Champion athlete to armwrestle for the IPAA Title.the losing guys of the first matches places as the 4. and 5. place guys in their class.
IPAA also organises Qualification tournaments to give other athletes a chance to pull against the 4. and 5. place guys to beat them and take their place in top 5.
any athlete who can take a 1.place and at least another 2.place (can be another 1. place too
)in the Qualification events will be qualified to have matches against the low ranked pullers in top 5 pullers.any athlete who are qualified will have his expenses covered by IPAA whenever&wherever he pulls for ranking matches.
i later will inform the board about the prizes of the Qualification events but for now i list the prizes of the ranking and title matches;
the quarter final matches between 3.&5. and 2.&4. place guys are the 1.500 dollars matches.
500 dollars to each guys + 100 dollars for the each winning round.
then the semi final match between the winners of quarter final matches will be for 2.500 dollars.
1.000 dollars + 100 dollars for each winning round.
then the winner of the semi final will face the Champion for the IPAA title.
the Champion athlete will receive 3.000 dollars no matter if he wins or not and plus 200 dollars for each winning round.
the challenging guy will receive 1.000 dollars no matter if he wins or not and plus 200 dollars for each winning round.
everything will be clear enough in 2 days about the upcoming IPAA event in USA.the details will be announced by me and by the responsible American person who will work with IPAA.
Alper,
everything is ok in your motherland
we train and pray to be able to participate in Manchester worlds.everything looks ok for now but never now as you know
take care of your great self and tell your family "hello" from me
Chris,
i am sure that you can feel it from there and hopefully everyone else will feel it in Manchester.i am sure that Cobra will be there too as 165 right hand class of team USA still needs one more guy unlike 165 left hand class.i am prepared for anyone and the best will win