The Organizing Committee of FADAM informs you that FADAM 2023 will be postponed by two weeks and will take place from June 17 to 24. This postponement is of an organizational nature, in particular to allow for the timely delivery of the Cultural Village that is to be built.

The signing ceremony of the agreement between the Minister of Sports and Leisure of the DRC Mr. Serge CHEMBO NKONDE, the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage of the DRC Mrs. Catherine KATHUNGU FURAHA, and the President of FADAM Mr. Dominique SAATENANG, took place this saturday January 28, 2023, in Kinshasa, in the presence of the Senior Advisor to the Head of State at the College of Culture, Arts and Religious Affairs Mr. Theo SHILUMBA.

This signature officializes the holding of the next edition of FADAM (African Festival of Martial Arts), the Only World Open of Martial Arts, in 2023 in DRC.

After a first edition that marked the spirits in Cameroon in 2018, and a break related to the covid pandemic, FADAM will return in 2023, this time in

Congolese soil, under the high patronage of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The official announcement took place this Thursday, November 10, during a press conference at the Fleuve Congo Hotel in Kinshasa.

The FADAM 2023 will welcome 5000 athletes from more than 30 disciplines, and 1000 artists from 60 countries.

The festival will take place over 8 days, from May 27 to June 3, 2023, including an opening ceremony, 5 days of competition and a closing ceremony.

Because of its size and its ability to federate all martial arts disciplines in their diversity, FADAM is the only World Martial Arts Open.

Like the previous edition, the festival will include side events such as a cultural village that will promote the 26 provinces of the DRC, conferences for youth and an international forum for investors.

This year's event will again benefit from the support of personalities such as Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and other great world champions.