A BEAUTIFUL MUAY THAI STORY - A Muay Thai Journey Ends
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2019
- This is how I will remember this gym, everyone with big hearts and big smiles. There is something amazing about martial arts that it brings people from all over the World together.
This was an experience I will cherish forever, maybe I’m not quite ready to let go…but I think I should. This will be my last video on this trip. Thank you for watching and enjoying the journey with me.
I had a chat with the manager “Mam”, who also runs her own gym; Sitjemam Muaythai, 135 km away from Chiang Mai. She is one of
Kru Manop’s students and she gave me this interview on his behalf.
Kru Manop Yuangyai started Muay Thai when he was 9 years old in Bangkok, he is now 53 yrs Young.
Kru Manop graduated from University studying Agriculture/ botany. He had done the odd jobs such as a lock smith. He became a trainer because of his daughter; Fah Manop who wanted to become a fighter, and in doing so she also became a World Champion.
Since then he has taught in some of Thailand’s most prestigious gyms such as 13 coins, and Yokkao gym in Bangkok. He of course was also Seanchai and Pakorn’s main pad holder. He never would have imagined that Muay Thai has taken him around the World to Brazil, France and America.
He said building up champions is not hard for him but it also depends a lot on the fighter as well.
It's not only Thai’s that are champions anymore. Many foreigners come to Thailand at a very young age to learn muay thai. "Muay thai is changing in Thailand, less Thai people are participating. Muay Thai for the Thai is a career; we don’t always do it because we love it. When the economy got better, there is no need to do it. The younger generation does not see this as a career anymore."
A lot of credit goes to Mam, as the manager she has created a gym and environment that allows foreigners as well as locals to interact in such an intimate and peaceful environment. Her story is quite interesting too, I suggest you read a bit of it if you have time.
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nice bro!!
Hey man, really appreciate you checking out my stuff.
I like what you're doing for the martial arts community here on RUclips.
Good to see another brother travelling and training around the World.
All the best.
Really cool and good video audio work. I seen your comment on the Jimmy Smith channel and checked your channel. I have a question I've been trying to teach myself kickboxing for the last 5 months because I don't have the money for a gym. So I kick my heavy bag a lot, but my left shin is a lot less tougher than my right even though I never trained before. After I kick a while with it really starts to hurt ,so it's hard to kick hard. Do you think my shins will toughen up after a while if I keep doing it?
Hi Daniel, thanks for the comment.
Thats good you're getting into kickboxing. Your shin will toughen up after a while, it just takes a bit of time. Also look at techniques for kicking. Land with the sharp part of your shin. Theres many variations.
Muay thai, and kickboxing is a great martial art, I hope eventually you'll get to try some classes too, do a bit of sparring as well. That's when you will find out what works and how fun it is. Good luck on your martial art journey my friend.
@@A_RayChan_Joint Thanks alot buddy I'll look into some of those techniques.
Nice video bro! Was also thinking about to train at Manops gym :) How long did you stayed there?
Hi Ya, I stayed there for about two weeks.
It was a great learning experience especially where it's located. You learn so much there, Kru Manop has trained some of the best like Saenchai and Pakorn. There's a good mix of foreigners and locals that train here too. The gym is small, but you get a lot of one on one time too. Because I was a novice I really was just taught the basics at the start, but everything I thought I knew it had to be corrected which was good to build that foundation, gradually I got taught some of the more special moves that Saenchai would use. I was happy just to wake up every morning and get to train. Feel free to ask any more questions any time.
Cheers!
A RAYCHAN JOINT thanks for your reply buddy! I wanna stay there for 4-5 Weeks :) right now I’m still trying to figuring out where I want to stay. Somehow the gym pretty far away from the center but in the other hand you got super Trainer with a super gym and no distractions :)
@@youcanthaid , Yeah there's a pros and cons to it. Staying on site is cheaper than the other accommodations around that area if you include training as well. It's pretty local out there so don't expect to see too many other foreigners around and probably wont be the place to party. There are bars thou, and 7/11s. There's like a karaoke bar close by but I'd avoid it. Let the locals do their local stuff. You can get a scooter, that can take you close to the market place, but to get into Chiang Mai city probably takes about half an hour by car. Doesn't seem like much but if you're on a budget it gets a bit expensive going back and forward to the city the whole time. I didn't train in the afternoon so I would go out sometimes into Chiang Mai to explore.
Other times I was happy just to hang out with the others after training, normally Kru Manop would take us out for breakfast and coffee after morning training, and dinner after afternoon training. If there's a fight on during the week we would go, and sometimes he'd take us with him out in the country side in the weekends. Hopefully if you can find others at the gym that would want to chip in for a Grab (uber) to go into the city during the weekends that might be cheaper too. To be honest if you're training 6 days a week, 2 x a day you'd probably want to just stay at the gym to relax. It's really up to you where your priority is, but Chiang Mai isn't that big either so you can do all those touristy stuff in the weekend during those five weeks anyway. Hope this helps.
@@A_RayChan_Joint thanks mate! I will let you know how I will decide at the end. I really like Chiang Mai and I also love it to have a city and all its opportunities around me. But you are right. I could def do all the «funny» stuff at the weekends :)