Kickboxing veteran Ray Sefo will teach classes at the SENSHI International Training Camp ahead of the promotion’s 30th anniversary event. SENSHI 30 takes place on February 28, 2026, at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. The main card features the first Grand Prix in the under-75 kg division under KWU Full Contact rules, drawing fighters from 13 countries like Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Spain, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\

Ray Sefo joins the event as aspecial guest. The New Zealand kickboxer holds sixworld titlesin kickboxing and Muay Thai. He reached the K-1 World Grand Prix final in 2000 after wins over Musashi and Cyril Abidi, but lost toErnesto Hoost. Sefo holds victories over Jerome Le Banner, whom he knocked out in his third K-1 fight, Peter Aerts, Stefan Leko, Mike Bernardo, andMark Hunt. In 2007, he knocked down Semmy Schilt, one of only two fighters to do so.​

Sefo debuts as aninstructorat the SENSHI International Training Camp from February 26 to March 1 in Varna. Other instructors include Semmy Schilt, Ernesto Hoost, Albert Kraus, Andy Souwer, Nicholas Pettas, and Sam Greco. The camp targets medal winners from world or European championships, national team members over 16, and their coaches, with organizers covering accommodation, meals, training, and local transfers.

The Grand Prix quarterfinals feature Gasham Mammadov (Azerbaijan) vs. Zhulien Rikov (Bulgaria), Konstantin Rusu (Moldova) vs. Florin Lambagiu (Romania), Jordi Requejo (Spain) vs. Konstantin Stoykov (Bulgaria), and Maximo Suarez (Spain) vs. Christian Baya (DR Congo). Reserves include Aibek Amanov (Kazakhstan) vs. Victor Krashevski (Bulgaria) and Fernando Tigre (Portugal) vs. David Kinkhefner (Hungary). Super fights add Hirokatsu Miyagi (Japan) vs. Samo Petje (Slovenia) at 70 kg, Charalampos Digkas (Greece) vs. Diyan Dimitrov (Bulgaria) at 70 kg, and Francesko Xhaja (Albania)

As Ray Sefo steps into Varna for SENSHI 30, the event ties K-1’s storied past to the promotion’s push into new formats like the under-75 kg Grand Prix. Fighters and fans stand to gain from his firsthand accounts of battles with the sport’s top names, while the camp offers a direct line to techniques that shaped heavyweight kickboxing. The SENSHI 30 event will be free to watch on YouTube.

Source: LowKickMMA.com