Because Martial Arts are, in many countries and cultures, still a niche sport, there isn’t as much awareness surrounding them as there is around, say, football.
If a football coach is a hack who can’t kick a ball to save his life, you’d know straight away. You’d know he’s a con artist and you’d stay away.
But with Martial Arts, there just isn’t as much solid know-how and exposure going around for a layperson to take one look at a self-professed ‘black belt’ and figure out if he’s the real deal.
And over the years, a number of people have tried to exploit this ignorance to try and make a quick buck or two. Inevitably however, if they stick around for too long or buy into their own hype, chances are that they do catch the eye of a legitimate martial artist. And if there’s one thing a true blue martial artist doesn’t like, it’s for the fake ones to tarnish their beloved discipline by propagating fake knowledge.
And then, this happens.
Bizarre Thai Martial Artist
This guy is a Thai instructor who seems to be propagating a discipline similar to that of the Kiai Master – only, he doesn’t really put himself in a real combat scenario with someone who’s looking to seriously hurt him.
However, we did manage to find a video compilation of his students – all of them ripped and fit – taking hilarious looking falls at the slightest touch from him.
What’s particularly disappointing is that something like this still exists in a land that gave birth to one of the most legitimate martial arts in the world, Muay Thai.
Watch and enjoy (or don’t).