Riaz Amin

Riaz Amin (Bengali: রিয়াজ আমিন; born 27 February 1998) is an English martial artist who practices Shotokan Karate and Filipino Martial Arts. He is the current World Escrima-Kalis-Arnis Federation (WEKAF) World Championships world champion.

Early life

Amin was born in Tower Hamlets, London, England and is a third generation British Bangladeshi. He attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School.

Martial arts career

At the age of five, Amin started martial arts in Shotokan Karate with Alton Brown (2nd Dan) and Joe Anderson (7th Dan) of Toyakwai Karate Association. He then started competing at local, national and international competitions. He won various gold medals such as The English Open and Southern Regional Championships. At the age of 11, he achieved his 1st Dan black belt. At the age of 13, he started learning Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) at the FMA Academy under Shamim Haque and Abjol Miah. Haque teaches Amin the deadly blade art 'Kalis Ilustrisimo'.

Since starting karate, Amin has competed in many major competitions. In 2008, he took Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Malta Four Nations International Open Championship organised by SKSM Karate Malta, and came 4th in the Funakoshi World Championships. In 2009, he won Gold in the European Karate Federation (EKF) International, Essex Grand National Open Championship and Capital Open Championship.

Riaz

Riaz is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

History

Riaz is first mentioned in 900 as Villa Roda. The municipality was formerly known by its German name Zum Rad, however, that name is no longer used.

Geography

Riaz has an area, as of 2009, of 7.8 square kilometers (3.0 sq mi). Of this area, 4.82 km² (1.86 sq mi) or 62.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) or 25.8% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.95 km² (0.37 sq mi) or 12.2% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.1% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 7.0% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 23.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.2% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 16.2% is used for growing crops and 35.1% is pastures and 10.7% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.

Riaz (name)

Riaz is a male given name, it may refer to:

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Surname

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Amin

Amin (Arabic أمين) is a given name for males meaning trustworthy. Alternative spellings include Ameen, Amien and Amine, the last being mainly Francophone. (The given name is not to be confused with the word "Āmīn," that is, "Amen.") Amin appears as a common given name among Muslims.

The female equivalent of Amin is Amina or Ameena, which is a widely used name among female Arabs.

People

See also Amine (disambiguation) and Amina (disambiguation)

Places

Other

Amin may also refer to:

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Anak Mindanao

Anak Mindanao is a party-list in the Philippines, based in Mindanao In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives the party-list got 269,750 votes (2.1204% of the Philippine vote) and one seat (Mujiv Hataman). In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 1 seat in the nationwide party-list vote.

Electoral performance

2004 election result in Mindanao

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References

Amin (name)

Amin (in Arabic أمين) is a male Arabic, Persian and Indian given name that means "faithful, trustworthy". Alternatives include Amine, Ameen and Amien.

The Islamic prophet Muhammad, was called al-Amin in his youth

The female equivalent of Amin is Amina, Aminah or Ameena.

Persons

People named Amin include: