About Asian Magic Association
About Asian Magic Association (AMA)Asian
Magic Association (AMA) is one the world’s leading magic organization
that brings together of the Asian leading magic societies under one
platform that committed to the enhancement, promotion and development of
the Art of Magic. The AMA was established at the Hong Kong 2003
International Magic Convention, on 28th April 2003. It was
founded by six (6) Asian magic societies namely China Guangdong
Acrobatic Artists Association, Magician’s Association of Hong Kong,
Korea Alexander Magic Family, Taiwan Black Hat Magic Club, Siam Magic
Club of Thailand and Inner Magic Club of Philippines. The delegates of
the members made a joint announcement in five (5) official languages at
the establishment ceremony.The
Presidents of those six (6) member societies are elected to the board
of AMA, whereas Mr. Ton Onosaka of Japan has been invited to be the
consultant of the Association. Mr Dai Wu Qi of China Guangdong Acrobatic
Artists Association has been appointed as the President of AMA and Mr.
Albert Tam of Magicians’ Association of Hong Kong, as the General
Secretary.AMA
organizes international magic convention annually in order to promote
the art of magic. The first convention was done in 2004 hosted in
Shenzhen, China. The 11th AMA Convention was hosted by Republic of South Korea last year and the year of 2015 will be the 12th AMA Convention, hosted by Malaysia.Over
the years AMA has grown and todate, AMA consists of more than nineteen
(19) magic societies across Asia Continent. The year of 2005 had marked
another crucial achievement where AMA became the sister organization of
Federation Internationale des Societes Magiques (FISM), the biggest
magical organization in the world which represents over 50,000 magicians
across the globe.The
Member Societies of FISM are organizationally grouped into six (6)
Continental Divisions namely FISM Asia, FISM Africa, FISM Europe, FISM
Latin America, FISM North America and FISM Oceania where each of these
divisions organizes its own Continental Championships of Magic. The
winners of AMA Convention would be eligible to compete in FISM Asia
Championship of Magic.Whereas,
FISM World Championship of Magic is done at least on every three (3)
years and this year Italy is hosting the 26th World Championship of
Magic on 06-11 July, 2015 at Rimini, Italy and Canada on 2021.