Muay Thai popularity grows, viral American child’s video sparks global interest

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An American child’s viral Instagram video expressing fondness for Thai boxing, better known as Muay Thai, has been hailed as a testament to the global appeal and recognition of Thailand’s soft power.

 

The report emerged today revealing that Korn Chatikavanij, the former head of the audacious Thai Nation Development Party, acknowledged the incident on his personal Facebook page, boosting Muay Thai’s popularity on a global scale.

 

Korn referred to a particular American child who posted a video on Instagram, promising to follow the most-liked comment if the child reached 200,000 followers.

The video unexpectedly went viral, leading to a comment suggesting that the child should travel to Thailand to train in Muay Thai at a small-town training camp.

 

by Nattapong Westwood 

Photo: Pablo Rebolledo/Unsplash

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-24

 

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As a spectator sport fine, though  i do wonder if punch drunk syndrome is a thing in Muay Thai as it is in boxing. Not so much in MMA it seems, I guess because there's less emphasis on repeatedly striking the head.

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34 minutes ago, nausea said:

As a spectator sport fine, though  i do wonder if punch drunk syndrome is a thing in Muay Thai as it is in boxing. Not so much in MMA it seems, I guess because there's less emphasis on repeatedly striking the head.

I love watching Muay Thai, but I cringe when I see Rodtang "The Ironman" doing his thing of putting his hands down and letting his opponents punch him to the head. Trying to show that they cannot hurt him.

I wonder if any of his trainers warn him of the concussive damage to his brain he is taking.