Attachai Fairtex’s unassuming nature and camera shyness belies an incredible story of a young kid who was thrust into a life in Muay Thai by family pressure, and rose to become one of the best fighters of his time. Like many poor kids in the Thai countryside, Muay Thai was a mean to ease the family’s financial strain. Attachai never had the chance to think about what he wanted to do if he was not a fighter. Since 8 years old, he’s fought professionally - first in small village events, and over the years rose up the ranks in big Bangkok stadiums with huge side bets, and also representing Thailand internationally. Attachai is known for his tricky ring craft and impeccable timing, often making his bigger opponents look flimsy and unbalanced. Watch his fights to see how he controls the ring. ------------ This project is part of a documentary series started by Angie, a Muay Thai enthusiast based in Singapore (follow her on IG to support her works): instagram.com/angiewon9 A: “A question I asked Attachai that had him perplexed was, “What is your secret to becoming a champion?” If I can paraphrase his (exasperated😅) reply, it would be: “..to put your head down and keep grinding. Whether you are winning or losing, there is always something to learn and improve on. Don’t think about the what ifs, don’t listen to what people are saying, don’t watch what they are doing. Sometimes too much of that can mess up your head, and distract you from your path. Just watch yourself and be mindful of your own progress.” ------ Check out my upcoming book Legendary Striking (60 pages free): www.legendarystriking.com If you'd like to see the full transcript of my technical breakdowns and additional details, sign up to my mailing list. Website: www.lawrencekenshin.com Instagram: instagram.com/strikingbreakdowns Facebook: facebook.com/lawrencekenshinbreakdowns First Book: www.strikingtechniques.com Free Saenchai Book: lawrencekenshin.com/saenchai

@cedricnmarvin

5 жыл бұрын

Lawrence Kenshin good one bro!! I love this video. It’s great to hear from the fighter himself. Humble outside and deadly in the ring.

@e.t.finger7215

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your great work man. I´m a skateboarder but all my life i come back to muay thai. Its the best lifestyle you can have

@user-uy5fq5hf4i

5 жыл бұрын

Where is the Thai boxing hall

@DeathWithinTenSteps

4 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a breakdown of attachai’s footwork, stance and feet placement. I based a lot of my own Muay Thai on just that.

" I can not think, only focus"...Damn, that just changed my life.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

It’s very wise

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

It’s so wise

@Nitrus17

5 жыл бұрын

Damn thats so simple but right exactly right.

I love Attachai for trying to speak as much english as possible, even though its minimal it gives his emotions across much more than subtitles would.

This is 'what made MuayThai Fighter strong'. Every fight they've fought means their life and living cost. This is their honour.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Yes this is their life

Thanks for putting these up. The interview really let his personality shine through. I went Attachai's gym for a bit, and he really is a kind, unassuming man who just wants the people around him to be comfortable and happy. Its amazing how so many of these Thai fighters seem so placid in daily life but are utterly savage in the ring.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

quite the stoics. thanks for the support!

So calm in the ring and yet so excited in front of the camera. What an amazing warrior.

I really like these documentaries in which you show more about the individual fighters and their life stories and philosophies, very enriching!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support bro

I trained with this guy; one of the most real guys ever. An incredible trainer and mind for the sport. It's a whole different level with him. Threw me around like a rag doll. They play this game like volleyball except it's with your feet from time to time as well. Great place to train if anyone is inclined.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great time

@dandenzel3343

4 жыл бұрын

nochtis i think the sport that you are referring to is speak tak raw right? Hehe..

@CoolSpongee

4 жыл бұрын

The feet volleyball thing is called sepak takraw lol

This was quite intriguing. His English is quite good. I enjoyed this.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thank you for your time and support

All my respects to Thai fighters they are humble , grounded and respectful Thank you amigos

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Super humble

I’m at this gym now and it is the best gym experience I have had! 👍 Attachai’s Team is awesome! 🥇🏆🎖🙌🥳☝️👑 the apartment is 5min walk the food is good and the training is with the best team in Bangkok! I haven’t left yet and already I must come back ASAP!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

You’re doing Gods work here lad.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for your support, follow Angie on IG

I have been visiting this genius for the last two years. This December will be the 3rd in a row. I love the training there and highly recommend Attachai.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Nice bro

คนนี้เก่งจริง ยอดมวยซ้ายเทวดา สายตาโคตรดี ดึงหลบเก่งจัด สุดจัดในยุคนั้น Muay God Attachai

Loving these recent docs on legendary muay Thai fighters and there camps. Can't get enough...true meaning of the word...humble.

Great documentary! I'd love to see more of these, about other Thai greats like Samart, Changpuek, Burklerk, Dieselnoi, etc... Thanks for the great content! 🙏🏻

Great job again brother. Attatchai brings back great memories.🙏🏽

The elbow delivery by Karuhut was beautiful

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Super beautiful

i write comment on the internet not often but i must say this time . your each video awesome. a short 15 min video gives a lot of feeling like watching 1,5 hour whole good quality movie . and i dont know why but specially on your old fighter interviews i end up with cry . so touchy. i feel true mean of being kind heart human being. i love Thai people and your perspective the way how you connect with them and able to capture their soul to present us .. Hope one day you come up with a cinema movie :)) like Beautiful Boxer

ยังจำได้เสมอ เหลี่ยมมวยเทวดา ชกไม่เคยเอาเปรียบคนดู.The best fighter.

I feel at some point in the interview he wanted to shed a tear maybe look back on his childhood

@pal-espenandersen7635

3 жыл бұрын

He had alot of emotions in his eyes

Humility is the quality that the biggest champions have in common.....pleasure to watch you...peace my friend...!🙏🙏

I love these videos. So in-depth you feel you're speaking to the individuals themselves. The Thai people are so humble it's humbling me watching these, I suppose I'm being told to be the best person I can. Keep up the great work... These really are special. Diamonds in the rough 🙌🙏

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support bro

wow the fight between attachai vs senchai looks epic n awsome!

Thanks soo much for this and all you do

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thank you for the support

Such a humble man. Lawrence thanks for this video

นำศักดิ์น้อย ยุทธการกำธร เคยพูดไว้ อรรถชัย คือคู่ต่อสู้ที่ต่อยยากที่สุด

อรรถชัย.. ยอดของตำนานมวยสวย.. ซ้ายเทวดา.. The​ best​ of​ the best.

I watched his fights. Especially the one with namsaknoi. I love it. Attachai is truly my idol.

Awesome. I love it. Thank you for sharing

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thank u for watching bro

So humble and big inspiration for me.thanks lawrence

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

'emotions don't punch your opponent in the face' ^^

the more i watch your videos the happier it makes me that i came across your channel a few years ago!

❤❤❤❤Thank you for making this video!!! Love you kru att!!👏👏👏

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Thanks for The video. Great stuff

Even though I disagree with the lifestyle this is what makes gold, by going through the furnace

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed

This was Gold.

I really love your videos, keep up your good work, you really deserve much more attention!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting

Dear ! Attachai you are truly awesome person . Thanks ! for sharing your lovely experiences with us . God bless You 🙏 .

This is amazing, thank you. :)

Cant wait to be back in Thailand

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

cheers bro have fun

Wow man, thanks for that wonderful interview.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

this is sic as. Thank you

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

My favorite Muay Femur of all time 🔥🔥

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

He’s great

Love it, thanks for sharing

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

Very nice! Love these kind of videos!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Attachai Vs Namsaknoi was dope. Thanks for showing me the world of muay thai

Love your work. Thanks for sharing your asome content

@LawrenceKenshin

2 жыл бұрын

Thx !

Very, very nice documentary again man. Really well done. these documantarys keep inspiring me every

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thank you for supporting bro

Great lessons from this legend. He looks sad though. Much respect!

Sometimes we lose, Sometimes we learn.

Very humble, very likable personality.....very enjoyable video

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Thank you love it a lot

Love this video.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

thanks for the support

what a great life he already has. i really envy this person . he is very unique.

@fred.flintstone4099

4 жыл бұрын

At the same time, maybe he envy yours. He never liked Muay Thai and was forced into it. It wasn't what he wanted to do in his life. He spent his whole life doing something he did not want to.

He's so humble and nice and then you see him beat the shit out of grown men

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

hahah yes, not grown men, legends in their prime

@rayyao2607

3 жыл бұрын

@les He beat Anuwat Kaewsamrit, Lamnamoon Sor Sumalee and Samkor at Lumpinee. And come on, to get a draw with Saenchai and Namsaknoi is effing amazing!!!

Very cool thanks.

nice story thank you

Legend

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

For sure

I admire Attachai a lot for his composure/calmness in the ring!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Super composed and calm

Top Muay Thai legends

Legend 👊👍✌

Great style I love Muay Thai a lot

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

me too

What an amazing multi layered strong person

this is awesome. Somehow I feel sad and happy watching this video

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Haha why sad

@akbarmalik8064

5 жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin He said he couldn't pursue/choose his own dream, and was forced to fight when he was a kid. Well, he most likely enjoy it along the way. Can't be champ with 180 wins if you don't have the motivation to do so

@-magna-manoban7171

5 жыл бұрын

@@akbarmalik8064 His story is like the "Yes" philosophy when you dont choose and decide what is right for you but accept or say "yes" to every oppotunity that come in to your life and make it as good as you can.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

He probably found ways to enjoy it. Ppl do say they hate fighting all the time but perhaps sometimes they enjoyed the training. He did say you gotta find ways to relax and have fun

@akbarmalik8064

5 жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceKenshin Yes, that's what I got from his interview. Are you going to post anymore videos with this kind of theme? Really interested to see former Muay Thai Champs' stories as well. Thanks for the consistent high quality/contents uploads man

Blessed 🙏🙏 🔥 🔥 appreciate you alot,,true warrior,Attachi

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

👍👍 thanks for watching

I love watching those legends. Showing us how it's done. The video with sangtiennoi was awesome also. 🙏

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro

I admire your determination

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

👍

I like attachai's style too much, he is strong and very clever inside ring, attachai is big in muay thai

Superb

One of the greatest.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed

I dont know why, but for some reason muay thai is the most entertaining type of combat. They just go at each other all the time.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

It’s very entertaining indeed

Big heart. Heard this commonly speak from the best in MT.

my idol very humble

Wonderful documentary ! (from France)

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

The most technical fighter ever👊👊👊

He really is a hero of mine. So meek and humble even though he is a qualified legend.

เคลื่อนไหวอย่างธรรมชาติ พริ้ว ดูสบายตา แต่แน่นทุกดอก ...ยอดฝีมือ ยอดไอคิว ต้องคนนี้แหล่ะ

Shyness... And modesty. What an exemple. Thanks you a lot to make us meet and touch through your work the personnality of a such great champion. He looks like the most peacefuf man on earth.

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Inspiring. I want to go to Thailand and train. I’m a shotokan guy though. I want to learn Muay Thai but it’s too hard for me to change my stance. Would they be open to teach me Muay Thai from a shotokan stance?

good man. Na Mo Tussa..

Thanks lawrence 😎🙏😎🙏

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

I love training in muay thai!

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

I appreciate the humility from such skillful and tough warriors. Greetings to Thailand in the name of Jesus Christ.

What a nice guy

This guy rly swept namsaknoi around like that wtf

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Attachai is super good lol

@defauaultz

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I got the impression. he's god-given

@notafuckinpplperson8233

4 жыл бұрын

les so beating namsaknoi, but loosing to saenchai in ur mind means ur not good? those are two guys everyone looses to. just drawing with both of them proves that he was amongst one of the elite thai fighter of that time. he was amazingly good

@notafuckinpplperson8233

4 жыл бұрын

les 🤦‍♂️

How cool would it be to have this guy as your neighborhood trainer.

Hello there! Understand TRUTH that one of the most difficult thing for all Muay Thai masters is to learn different languages and express Muay Thai in written form. It is ok to learn new languages to express what Muay Thai spirit is! Sabai sabai Muay Thai. Om Mani Pad Me Hum! ETN....

Hi Lawrence. I preordered the book Legendary Striking in February and have yet to receive it or an update as to it's whereabouts. Can you please let me know what the status is of the book when you have time? Thank you!

Pls do a Yodwicha Banchemek breakdown!!!!

อรรถชัย สุดยอดมวยครับ ปราบแสนชัย,นำศักด์น้อย,นำขบวน .....

APAAA! APAP APA APACHAI!

exchanging with Saenchai was like anime scene, omg so good

Despite the initial unwillingness in taking up Muaythai,(wonder if someone saw his potential or possibly economic hardship?), after all he is successful, one can be lulled by his calm and polite demeanor only outside the ring, all these plus his attempt at English earns my respect.

I like your videos very inspiring Thanks, Am I too old to start training? I am 45 years old with bad habits like drinking and smoking.

Muay thaï legend

Lesson of humility

@LawrenceKenshin

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed

Please make one documentary about { CHANGPUEK KIETSONGRIT } Thanks

Hello there! Siam is known as Thailand and where Muay Thai meets. Thailand is Siam. There are many magnificent Buddhist temples in Siam that were built by Muay Thai boxers. Traditional Muay Thai training requires you to build the temples. Om Mani Pad Me Hum! ETN....

It is a sad story that he spend his life doing something he didn't want to do. For a guy who doesn't like Muay Thai or fighting, he is damn good at it!