Monday, February 28, 2011
Yoshi Yahudah and Brian Robertson
Sit Quan Tong Muay Thai Association is proud to announce that I have have promoted Yoshi and Brian to Full Instructor ( Kru Suaan Muay). Both have been training with me for over 10 years and are outstanding professional fighters. They have shown themselves to be serious and dedicated students of all aspects of Muay Thai . They have proven that they are outstanding coaches. I have all confidence that they will prove to be as great of coaches as they have been students. Their formal Wai Kru ceremony will be held soon.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Full Rules Muay Thai Event
Blake Grice is promoting a full rules Muay Thai event March 19 in Greenville SC. He is an excellent promoter and has well organized events. Coaches should contact him at 864-353-7889 to have your fighters added to his data bank.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Status of Muay Thai in America
I have long hoped that Muay Thai in America would greatly improve over the many years that I have been involved, but it has been deminishing overall. There are some very good gyms in the US as well as in my home state of Georgia and some outstanding fighters, however the number of gyms with no business teaching Muay Thai has skyrocketed. Many are owned by karate or kickboxing coaches who include leg kicks and holding to pass for the clinch. They have no understanding of even the basic concepts of real Muay Thai.
Promoters hold so-called Muay Thai fights that do not allow the full use of elbows or knees and very limited clinch work. They use referees and judges with no understanding of MT and are officiated by State Boxing commissions who are equally ignorant. Gyms owners hide their lack of knowledge by over selecting matches and refuse the "dangerous parts" of MT. Everyone who fights seems to have a championship belts many given by promoters as a reward for high ticket sales. I wish this complaint was limited to the amateur divisions, but the professional ranks are equally guilty. In the past the MT community was smaller and there was a respect between the gyms and fighters, but now it is becoming thugish with absolutely no class.
New people who are interested in Muay Thai should carefully research the gyms in their area to ensure that they are properly trained by qualified coaches who love and respect this Great Art.
Promoters hold so-called Muay Thai fights that do not allow the full use of elbows or knees and very limited clinch work. They use referees and judges with no understanding of MT and are officiated by State Boxing commissions who are equally ignorant. Gyms owners hide their lack of knowledge by over selecting matches and refuse the "dangerous parts" of MT. Everyone who fights seems to have a championship belts many given by promoters as a reward for high ticket sales. I wish this complaint was limited to the amateur divisions, but the professional ranks are equally guilty. In the past the MT community was smaller and there was a respect between the gyms and fighters, but now it is becoming thugish with absolutely no class.
New people who are interested in Muay Thai should carefully research the gyms in their area to ensure that they are properly trained by qualified coaches who love and respect this Great Art.
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