Dallas George may be just 11 years old, but he is already making a name for himself on the world stage.

Dallas just returned from Turkey, where he represented Australia at the IFMA World Youth Muay Thai Championships held 28 September to 6 October.

Dallas won all three of his fights in the 10-11 years Under 42 Kilogram class and took home the gold medal.

It was the first international Muay Thai tournament for Dallas, but he’s no stranger to International competition. He has been a member of the Australian Karate Team for the past three years and competed in Japan earlier this year.

Dallas spoke somewhat reluctantly to Orange City Life as, despite his achievements, he is quite modest and not one to bring attention to himself.

But his dedication and discipline to the sport at such a young age is remarkable.

“I’ve been training for six years,” said Dallas, “and I train every day, except Saturday.”

“Yep, he trains six days a week in the Gym and then he does his own training,” said Dallas’ mother Zara Wells, who also trains karate and Muay Thai at Orange’s Hi Impact Gym.

“He runs every day and does bag rounds on top of his normal classes and he has a pad holder who used to be an ex pro Muay Thai fighter.”

Four hours a day in the gym is typical, said Dallas, who has a busy competition schedule ahead of him.

“We’ve got the ACT State Titles on the weekend for Karate and the Australian Selection for Wako Kickboxing on November 4, and then we have an Australian Karate Titles, which is selection for the Australia karate team next year and that's at the end of November and then a Muay Thai fight in Canberra on the 6th of December, and then tryouts for the Australia Muay Thai Team in January,” said Zara.

“So, it keeps us busy, pretty much every weekend it is something about martial arts for us.”