Ni hao from Beijing, China, where Muay Thai is about to become the new and hottest martial arts and fitness trend! Kru Vince, founder of Black Tiger Thai Boxing Gym in San Diego, California, brings his own brand of authentic Muay Thai to Black Tiger Academy in Beijing.
Kru Vince came from Orange County, California to Beijing on a work project for his previous software company in 2005. Knowing that he would be staying in Beijing for a while, he searched high and low for an authentic Muay Thai school. He found some schools that practiced SanDa (Chinese kickboxing) and mixed in a little bit of Thai Boxing but it wasn't the real thing. He was soon resigned to the fact that if he wanted to train real Muay Thai in China, he would have to teach it. As a 30-year veteran of Thai Boxing and former World Champion, he is the most legitimate Thai Boxing expert in Beijing and arguably, the rest of mainland China!
At the end of 2005, Kru Vince met Prof. Chet Quint, an American black belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiujitsu who came to China to pioneer his martial art as well. By the middle of 2006, Prof. Quint and Kru Vince had teamed up to found Black Tiger Academy (Beijing). Within the past year, they had attracted over a hundred students (mainly foreigners and expatriates) in Brazilian Jiujitsu and Muay Thai and trained successful MMA fighters here in China.They now run the Black Tiger training facility in the plush Jianwai Soho complex in the Central Business District (CBD) of Beijing.
This blog is a chronicle to Kru Vince's quest to promote and innovate Muay Thai kickboxing in China through events, instruction and various types of media.Kru Vince's fight bio:
- Muay Thai/Kickboxing pro record: 30 wins , 2 losses
- Total fights (pro, am, non-sanctioned): 60 wins, 4 losses
- MMA fights: 4 wins, 2 losses
- 2007 World Professional Muay Thai Federation Lightweight Division, King's Birthday (Thailand)
- 2007 World Professional Muay Thai Federation
Lightweight Division, Queen's Birthday (Thailand) - 1995 World Muay Thai Association
World Welterweight Title - 1994 International Kickboxing League
World Welterweight Title - 1993 World Muay Thai Association North American Welterweight Title
- 1989 World Kickboxing Association California State Lightweight Title
Founder, Black Tiger Thai Boxing Gym, San Diego, Calif.
Founder, Ringsports Productions, San Diego, Calif.
Co-Founder, Black Tiger Academy, Beijing, China
Co-Founder, Black Tiger MMA Team, Beijing, China
Producer, Black Tiger Media Productions, Beijing, China
Websites:
http://www.muaythaichina.com
http://www.blacktigerclub.com
