Product Details

• Actors: Kumron Vaitayanon, Sang H. Kim
• Directors: Sang H. Kim
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turtle Press,U.S.
• VHS Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1880336499
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,853 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Follow along as Master Kumron Vaitayanon, a retired professional Muay Thai fighter with over 80 wins in Thailand, teaches you the essential hands skills of Muay Thai. This hard hitting video takes you inside Master K's gym as he works with his fighters, showing you how they train and teaching you the finer points of this brutal art including: the different methods of wrapping your hands for working out and for a fight; the most powerful and devastating ways of executing the punches of Muay Thai: the jab, the straight punch and the hook; the awesome knockout power of the Muay Thai elbow and the many ways of striking with the elbow; effective hand and elbow strike combinations; exactly which targets to aim for to end a fight by a knockout or a cut, particularly using Master K's speciality: the elbow to the face; essential winning strategy; the correct way to train using pads and light to full contact partner work; the body mechanics of Muay Thai hand skills; and methods for combining footwork with hand skills for high impact results. This comprehensive video also includes a brief historical background of Muay Thai and the meaning of the ceremony fighters perform before each bout. If you are interested in learning this hard hitting art or would like to add a powerful punch to the art you practice, this tape is for you.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction for the beginner., May 1, 2000

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englishbob (Springfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muay Thai: Knockout One [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you are interested in learning one of the most punishing martial arts available, then this set of videos is an excellent introduction for you. Master K (the instructor) is a 62 year old veteran of more than 70 Muay Thai fights and a retired champion from Thailand. He has a very high standard which he brings to his teaching and this is evident from the videos.

I have trained with Master K for two years and have learned a lot from him. While you will not learn Muay Thai from these videos alone, they carry a lot of useful information which can be used to help improve your technique.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good look at Muay Thai, January 4, 2002

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Alan Peterson (Denver CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Muay Thai: Knockout One [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm surprised by some of the reviews here. I was really impressed by Master K and his teaching. The students on the tape are a pretty typical class - a few beginners, a few average guys and a couple of really tough looking guys I would not want to meet in the ring. The instruction is solid, especially if you have some experience. I really liked the little tips and tricks that Master K tossed out throughout the two videos. A few times I had to rewind and listen again because his accent is a bit hard to understand, but that wasn't a problem most of the time.

The reviewer who wrote that the filming was random and shot with a camcorder must have some kind of axe to grind because the filming is excellent quality for a martial arts vidoes. I've seen some amaturishly filmed tapes and this isn't one of them. If you're into Muay Thai or looking for some supplemental full contact training, check out this tape.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, excellent and excellent, December 31, 2000

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Loren w Christensen (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Muay Thai: Knockout One [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Though I have 36 bone-jarring years studying and teaching the martial arts, I am still learning. After viewing this double tape set on Muay Thai, I found ways to improve my elbow strikes (Master K has knocked out many people with his), ways to increase the penetrative power of my knee strikes and ways to increase the whip and sting of my roundhouse kick.

Master K is a wonder to watch and, more importantly, he is an expert at passing on his knowledge to the viewer.

I highly recommend these tapes.