What is Paatje Phefferkorn?
[[File:Paatje Phefferkorn.jpg|right|200px]] '''Verdi Phefferkorn von Offenbach''' (26 February 1922 &ndash; 1 January 2021), better known as '''‘Paatje Phefferkorn’''', was an Indonesian-Dutch practitioner and mixed martial artist. He was born in [[Bandung]], [[Dutch East Indies]]. He was the creator of the 'Indo Melati' flag and emblem. In 1967 he started a small [[mixed martial arts]] school in the city of [[Utrecht]]. Soon he created a second school and in the end ran 17 schools throughout the [[Netherlands]]. Phefferkorn died due to [[COVID-19]] on 1 January 2021 in [[Amsterdam]] at the age of 98.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://socalindo.com/paatje-phefferkorn/ |title=RIP Paatje Phefferkorn |access-date=2021-01-05 |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404073906/https://socalindo.com/paatje-phefferkorn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://paatjephefferkorn.hyves.nl/ Official Dutch fan site.] Retrieved 22 Sep 2010 *[http://www.martialhub.com/articles/phefferkorn.htm Interview with Paatje Phefferkorn.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413233604/http://www.martialhub.com/articles/phefferkorn.htm |date=2013-04-13 }} Retrieved 22 Sep 2010. *[http://www.tongtongfestival.nl/?p=1664 Official Tong Tong Festival website.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Phefferkorn, Paatje}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Dutch martial artists]] [[Category:Indonesian martial artists]] [[Category:Mixed martial artists]] {{bio-stub}}