Riaz Amin
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Riaz Amin রিয়াজ আমিন |
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| Born | Tower Hamlets, London, England |
| Native name | রিয়াজ আমিন |
| Nationality |
 English
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| Style | Shotokan Karate, Filipino Martial Arts, Stick-fighting |
| Fighting out of | Tower Hamlets, London, England |
| Team | England Karate Squad |
| Trainer | Shamim Haque, Abjol Miah, Alton Brown, Joe Anderson, Raphael Veras |
| Rank | 1st Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Occupation | Martial artist |
| Notable club(s) | Toyakwai Karate Association, FMA Academy/Kalis Illustrimo |
| Website | www |
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.
Amin was born in Tower Hamlets, London, England and is a third generation British Bangladeshi. He attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School.
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.
On 2 December 2012, at the age of 14, Amin entered his first full contact tournament at the British World Escrima-Kalis-Arnis Federation (WEKAF) Tournament and became the Single Stick Cadet fighter of the day British champion.
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