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Article: COMING TO BLOWS INSTRUCTOR BRINGS MUAY THAI HOME MARTIAL ART HAS RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2004
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Byline: Eugene Tong Staff Writer
CANYON COUNTRY - Kicks and blows pelted Pongsan Ekyotin like raindrops as the padded instructor drilled another student on the ring work and combinations of Muay Thai - Thai kickboxing.
``I want to promote fights here in Santa Clarita and teach the people more about Muay Thai,'' said Ekyotin, who opened his World Muay Thai Gym just eight months ago in a Canyon Country industrial center. ``It's my life. It's everything for me.''
More than 600 years old, Muay Thai is a fierce fighting system known for its devastating, direct kicks. It is Thailand's national sport, and has gained a loyal following in the West in ...