Legendary Master K "Mr Axe Elbow" is coming to South Jersey for a seminar. Date: Saturday Nov. 4th. Time: 11:00am-1:30pm. Place: Sewell NJ. Cost: $60 pre-registar. $80 at door. Kids under age 14 $25. Please contact djpoz82@comcast.net with any questions. THANK YOU
Who is this guy?
"Who is this guy?" Awesome Muay Thai instructor. From his website - www.elbowko.com
Master K or Kumron Vaitayanon ... grew up about 45 minutes outside of Bangkok, in the city of Prapradang, his father was the city mayor. At the age of eight, Master K asked his mother to buy him a heavy bag so he could practice Muay Thai. His mother, being aware of the whims of children, didn't want to buy him a heavy bag only to see it hanging unused after a short time. However, she gave Master K a large sack of rice. Master K, disgusted but determined, hung the sack of rice and started kicking. It wasn't until he had kicked his way through several sacks of rice that his mother bought him his first heavy bag.
Master K trained himself through most of his childhood, getting lessons now and then from a succession of trainers. When Master K was 13 years old, the middle school he was attending had a Muay Thai tournament. Master K had to fight three times in one day, but he won all his fights, and became champion of his school. Shortly after that, his cousin began to train him on a regular basis. Master K's cousin was a professional Muay Thai Bantamweight champion, his fight name was "Singh Ro.So.Po.". It was the cousin who set-up Master K's first official professional fight.
Master K recalls being nervous about the first fight. Mostly, however, he was excited about getting a chance to prove himself in the ring. At the sound of the bell for the first round, Master K and his opponent came out throwing push kicks, jabs, and other techniques with moderate power, each fighter testing out the other. When Master K gained confidence, he took a step forward with his rear foot and suddenly he struck his adversary with a front-leg round kick. Foot and shin wrapped around his opponent's neck, Master K dropped him to the mat. Master K was surprised to see his foe lying there without any attempts to get up. To day, Master K laughs when he remembers how angry he got and how he yelled at his downed opponent, "Get up! That was just my left leg, I haven't kicked you with my right leg! I haven't kicked you with my strong leg yet!" It was on that day that Master K came to realize that his left leg was his strong leg. So, from then on, Master K used that as an advantage, fighting with his strong leg forward.
Master K worked very hard to develop all weapons of the eight limbs. Master K became well known for the power of his elbows, over half of his wins were knock outs from elbow techniques. It was not long into his professional career that Master K became known as "I Sawk Kwan" which means "Mr. Axe Elbow". Master K's propensity for elbows also led to his motto "elbow k.o.".
Master K went on to have over 75 fights before he retired. In his last fight, Master K had fought in an event that featured many other big-name fighters. After the night's fights, the audience would pick the best fighters of the evening, and that fighter would be awarded atrophy. Master K had fought a tough fighter but had won his match. At the end of the evening, the crowd acclaimed him as the best fighter. It was a major victory for Master K, opening opportunities for more important bouts. Master K did not take anymore fights after that, instead, he chose to retire and devote his time to pursuing his career in public relation and photography, then he became chief of public relation of the Government Savings Bank of Thailand for 23 years. In 1970, the bank sent him to the United States in order to study public relations and advertising in New York During his 2-year stay; Master K did demonstrations of Muay Thai around the New York/New Jersey area. Before he returned to Thailand, he met Nat Fleischer, the editor of "The Ring" magazine. Back then, Nat Fleischer was the only person respected worldwide to recognize champion boxers from around the globe.
Legendary instructor and fighter!! You will learn a lot from him. He is amazing! He is funny and speaks very good english so communication is not a problem. He fought in a crazy era of Muay Thai and has many great info and stories. He's not as well known as guys like Sakaseim "fairtex" or Ganyao because Muay Thai wasen't as popular and didn't have the world stage that it has today. But he has been teaching all his life and anyone one around the North Jersey/NY area will vouch for him and his teaching ability. Check out his web site www.elbowko.com or call 856-264-5201 for more info on the seminar. thank you
.....dont most good thai fighters have atleast 75 fights by the time they are 24?