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Volume 6 – Sor. Katika Gym People in Thailand know that the region of Isan Thailand is the place that produces a large number of Muay Thai fighters. One very well known gym in the area is the Sor. Katika Gym.One thing about Sor. Katika Gym is that it is not advertised at all. Period.  They are strictly word of mouth and very serious.  If a boxer gets out of line during training for example being rude or drinking (because they mostly sleep and live there) they will be kicked out.  Everyone around the area and in Chaingmai knows about this camp.This gym is not at all about training foreigners. They don’t make their money training foreigners – they train fighters and they are very well known. The main owner, Ajarn Vinit Tanjud is totally famous for his experience teaching/training young Thais around the country in Muay Thai as well as other sports.  The other trainers at this gym are Kru Phanupong Tanjud and his brother Kru Bunyeim Doungrat.This gym is SERIOUS about it’s training. The boxers who train here have built names for themselves. Most have had success on the provincial level up to the national level, as well as having competed in the Youth Games, Sea Games and World Championships.  It was actually quite difficult for our crew to get the trainers to allow us to film their training and they were hesitant to give their secrets away. But finally they agreed and our crew had the unique opportunity to go to this facility and film two days of training.Unfortunately, the videographer had an accident with the camera and the tape was damaged! Knowing that we would not have the chance to film again, we worked on the tape and recovered part of the damaged footage. The original audio was lost, as well as part of the video (real bummer) but the recovered footage is still enjoyable and informative. In fact, this footage is so rich in content and culture we decided to release it as a free bonus with this video collection.A Unique Opportunity to Witness Some Very Rare Muay Thai Training!