Muay Thai in popular culture

Muay Thai in popular culture

The Hard martial art Muay Thai, Thailand's National Sport, was featured in several media such as film, television shows, manga, anime and video games, Muay Thai became well known around the world when Yodtong Senanan lead Nak Muay Team against Osamu Noguchi's Kickboxer Team on October 16, 1972.[1] In the years since, Muay Thai has influenced Kickboxing, K-1, and MMA as some practicioners train in Muay Thai for use in competition. Its brutal yet flashy style has made it popular for use in film.

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Movies

  • The documentary feature film Fight or Flight starring Peter J McCarthy and Andy Tompson of Lanna Muay Thai is based on an epic journey into Thailand's ring fighting circuit. Fight or Flight has won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival and "Best Documentary" at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and TVIFF in California.
  • Thailand In 2004, Thai boxer Asanee Suwan was named best actor at the Thailand National Film Association Awards for his portrayal of Parinya Charoenphol in Beautiful Boxer. The movie tells the true-life story of a man who masters Muay Thai in order to realize his dream of becoming a woman.
  • Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997) The 1971 Shaw Brothers Studio film Duel of Fists is set in Bangkok's Lumpinee Boxing Stadium and stars Ti Lung as a Muay Thai exponent who is the long-lost brother of a Hong Kong martial artist, portrayed by David Chiang.
  • Thailand Recently the films Ong-Bak and The Protector starring Tony Jaa and Born to Fight starring Dan Chupong helped popularize Muay Thai in the west. Ong-Bak featured some techniques of Muay Boran and Tom-Yum-Goong showcased "Jaturongkabaht" (used by the Royal Thai Bodyguards circa 15th–18th century) and "Muay Koshasan" (Elephant Boxing style). Muay Koshasan is also known as Muay Chang Tumlai Roang (Smashing Elephant Boxing style) because it emphasizes a lot of throwing, crushing, and breaking of joints and limbs.
  • France Dida Diafat plays himself in Chok Dee, a semi-fictional film about his life. Shot in the Muay Thai camps of Bangkok, it covers a lot of the training that Thai boxers undergo.
  • United States The film Kickboxer starring Jean Claude van Damme is about a young fighter who learns Muay Thai to avenge his brother, who was paralyzed by the current champion.
  • The 1988 movie Bloodsport features Paulo Tocha as a Muay Thai practitioner named Paco.
  • Hong Kong Mong Fu in A Fighter's Blues is a Muay Thai Boxer from Hong Kong.(Casting by Andy Lau)
  • South Korea Lim Su-Jeong in Chocolate is a Muay Thai Boxer from South Korea.
  • Qatar Ahmad Al-Sulaiti plays himself in AUKMEN as a Muay Thai Boxer from Qatar.
  • South Korea Master KIMs have Nak Muay Team at the final scene.
  • South Korea Thailand Upcoming South Korean-Thai film THE KICK have one main character Hwa-hwa who have Muay Thai skill.(Casting by Yanin Vismistananda)[2]

Television

The Contender Asia is the famous reality show.
  • Singapore The Contender Asia is a 15 episode reality show featuring 16 Muay Thai practitioners from around the world.
  • The History channel took a deep look into the history and fighting techniques of Muay Thai on their show Human Weapon.
  • True Life: I'm a Muay Thai Fighter follows Kit Cope and Ben Garcia as they travel overseas to make their mark in the brutal world of Muay Thai ring fighting. They are each scheduled to compete in bare-knuckle fights that will be broadcast live on television all across Thailand.
  • Fight Girls is a reality show similar to the Ultimate Fighter, where ten female fighters live together and train with a Muay Thai instructor in Las Vegas for six weeks in an effort to fight for a Muay Thai championship in Thailand. The group of women is narrowed down to five via a three round fight between house mates set up by the head trainer. The losing fighter is eliminated from the house and the winner will go to Thailand at the end of the season.
  • Jimmy Smith learns Muay Thai in the Discovery Channel series Fight Quest.
  • Dhani Jones learns Muay Thai in the pilot of the Travel Channel series Dhani Tackles The Globe.
  • Baki the Grappler- 2nd season 2 fighters practice thai
  • In the episode TKO of Babylon 5 a character in the year 2258 participates in an alien-run tournament called the "Mutai".
  • The Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai often have punishment games, where the losing cast member is punished by several means, the most dreaded is the "Thai Kick", where a Kickboxers delivers a kick to the loser's backside.
  • The Real World/Road Rules Challenge, The Ruins, featured a challenge named "Muay Thai" that involved karate-kicking bamboo sticks and was played as an elimination round.

K-1

  • Many fighter (not Thai) are using Muay Thai skill in K-1 including :

Netherlands Badr Hari, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Germany Chalid Arrab, etc. and they are appearance in the game K-1 2006.

MMA

Brazil Anderson Silva, Mauricio Rua, Wanderlei Silva United States Brandon Vera, Alan Belcher, Nate Marquardt France Cyrille Diabaté

Female Fighters

  • Many female who notable are:

United States Gina Carano, Canada United Kingdom Kara Scott, South Korea Su Jeong Lim

Manga & animation

  • Thailand Many Muay Thai characters for example Soman Sono Arikton from Kick no Oni (キックの鬼) who versus Tadashi Sawamura are first Muay Thai characters in TV animation.[3][4]

And the others:

Anime-Comic characters Series Anime-Comic characters Series
Thailand Muay Thai Chūchai Tatakae!! Ramenman Pays inconnu Draculaman, Pamput Dragon Ball
Japan Sawamura Noritaka
Thailand TCHAN-POUA
NORITAKA Thailand Bunnaak Singprasert Captain Tsubasa (World Youth)
Thailand Samart Sirinto, Charndech Nham Sae Gym
Thailand Thanakorn Ammarath, Changnoi Jakkapong
Thailand Sansak, Thongchai[5]
France Junny Scan de Lucky
Mongolia SHIN "TEMUR" SHIRATO
Karate Shokoshi Kohinata Minoru[6] Thailand Krut Muangsurin 陣内流柔術武闘伝 真島クンすっとばす!!
Thailand Kreangarg Suwanpakdee KOKO TEKKENDEN TOUGH Thailand Apachai Hopachai, Tirawit Kōkin
Thailand Agaard Jum Sai
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
Thailand Yothin Beyblade Italy Lussuria Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Thailand Thani Sor.Silachai[7][8] Treasure hunting in Thailand[9] Japan Mamoru Kickboxer Mamoru

Video games

In video games, Muay Thai is often represented in fighting games by characters bearing resemblance to traditional Nak Muay fighters, bearing arm bands and handwraps to differentiate themselves from other characters, as fighting games tend to contain practitioners of various martial arts. Some of the most popular examples are:

Game characters Series Game characters Series
Thailand Sagat, Adon
Hong Kong Gou Hibiki
Street Fighter Japan Joe Higashi
Thailand Hwa Jai
Fatal Fury,
The King of Fighters
France King Art of Fighting,
The King of Fighters
United States Zack Dead or Alive
United States Jax Briggs Mortal Kombat Italy Brad Burns Virtua Fighter
United States Bruce Irvin
Pays inconnu Mokujin, Unknown
Tekken Thailand Shura (Naikanom Tom) World Heroes 2
Thailand Samchay Tomyamgun Fighter's History,
Karnov's Revenge
Thailand Payak Sitipitak Buriki One
Flag of Thailand 1855.svg Irawan Granado Espada Japan PD-4 The Bouncer

Behind the games

  • Kenya Pays inconnu Unknown Muay Thai fighters from Street Fighter III: New Generation sometimes appear in Elena's stage (during the 2nd round).[10]
  • Sri Lanka Chaos from Battle Arena Toshinden 2 and 3 wears Mongkhon when he fights.

Other

  • Japan Kamen Rider Imperer is a one of the 13 Kamen Riders in series Kamen Rider Ryuki.
  • United States Violet Wolf Ranger and Japan Geki Violet from Power Rangers: Jungle Fury and the source of its footage, Juken Sentai Gekiranger, both depict the Violet Ranger as a Muay Thai practitioner. He sports the prajed (dual elbow bands worn by Thai fighters) and mainly uses elbow and knee attacks, often performing flying knee strikes.
  • Lumpini Gundam is a Gundam plastic model in Muay Thai form which created by Japanese modifer.
  • Ultraman Millennium is an Ultraman in Muay Thai version which play on stage show in Thailand.
  • Professional wrestler CM Punk employs a variety Muay Thai attacks, mostly kicks.[11]

Reference

  1. ^ Muay Thai history
  2. ^ THE KICK (Thai)
  3. ^ Muay Thai Anime 1
  4. ^ Muay Thai Anime 2
  5. ^ 空手小公子 小日向海流 第01巻~第40巻 (Japanese)
  6. ^ Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru (French)
  7. ^ 태국에서 보물찾기 (Korean)
  8. ^ Daum Book - 태국에서 보물찾기 (Korean)
  9. ^ หนังสือล่าขุมทรัพย์สุดขอบฟ้าในไทย สนพ.นานมีบุ๊คส์ (Thai)
  10. ^ Unknown Muay Thai fighters in Elena's stage
  11. ^ http://cmpunk.com/punk-information/biography "His style is an assimilation of fighting styles he has learned from his travels around the world including Muay Thai Kickboxing and Brazilian Jujitsu."

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