"Fighting" business decryption: When Thai boxing met the Chinese "Masters"

Thai Boxing is Thailand's "martial arts". "Martial arts" in China at the beginning of the word with national sentiment, Thai people have made Thai boxing early into a market-oriented products. As the boss of the biggest fight club in the country-Guangzhou Thai Boxing Martial Arts Club (hereinafter referred to as "Guang Tai"), Liu Guoqi wants to see China emerge as an international tournament of high market value such as the American Professional Boxing League, the ultimate fighting competition, Japan's K1. And he wants to be a don in China, a market broker who can mobilize a lot of business resources. Thai fighters are much easier to play in China than in Thailand, where fighters like the world's anthem. "Their fists hit me in the face, it doesn't hurt at all." "In a Hunan restaurant near Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, the 25-Year-old community said to the entrepreneur." Song Simma Desert from central Thailand, 6-year-old sparring, 12-Year-old began to Daleitai, Thai boxing is his life. At the age of 18, the first time a gold belt was taken in Bangkok, the sight of the world was suddenly blurred, and it was not clear in the sun. He was drugged. "I don't know where the drug man came from. At that time, my record rose so fast that some people didn't like it. "He has not yet fully recovered from his right eye," said the circle. The experience of the world is reminiscent of China's pre-modern era of "rivers and lakes", people sinister road difficult. This is the reality of contemporary Thailand. Thai Boxing This door in Thailand has hundreds of years of competitive history of boxing, has always been linked with the gambling outside the game. "When I was a kid in the ring, the entrance fee was 50 baht, equivalent to 10 yuan." "The real revenue comes from winning bonuses and betting outside the game," the sector said. Around Thai Boxing, Thailand has several legitimate gambling companies in every city, and the underground black village is numerous. Liu, who came to China 4 years ago, started a year as a coach at a Thai boxing club in Changsha and became one of the forty or fifty professional boxers in the club after being billed as the company's boss. This March, the South Asian handsome man who claimed to be "a beauty I can't stand" was married to a Chaozhou girl in Guangzhou. In the micro-letter, the community has a lot of topless photos. In the dim room of the night, the lad braced his fist, his dark, bold skin crawling with drops of water, with a little fierce provocation in his expression. Those lonely pictures reflect his true feelings. "They don't dare to fight us with the rules of Thai boxing." We don't have elbows, no knees, it's hard to be like people who don't fight. "In Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center, the Thai Boxing Hall, the community Ode every day in practice wrestling, he needs to adapt to Chinese Sanda wrestling technology." Fortunately, this technique is no more difficult than the traditional style of Thai boxing, September 28, in Henan Jiaozuo Gymnasium, Guangzhou Thai Boxing Club and Chen's Taiji duel, he used the skill of wrestling to the other side fell in succession. The Chinese are far from fluent in Mandarin, a colleague of the Titan, who has been smiling while talking to the entrepreneur. In China's boxing ring, the crocodile is a familiar face. The fighter in his early 30, from northeastern Thailand, has so far taken3 Gold belts, of which 1 were taken in China. The crocodile from the fighter family, father and uncle are open boxing Hall. "Thai people learn boxing is free, foreigners to learn to collect money." "The crocodile said, in Thailand to open a boxing hall is not easy, father to the boxing hall to learn boxing children to pack food and lodging, package school tuition, and income to wait for a fighter on the stage after the 55 split." Thai boxing is considered to be a pillar industry tied to tourism in Thailand, where there are 10 men and nine boxing. Thai Boxing was once considered the cause of the poor and the way out for rural children. Song said, not like China is everywhere, in fact, the workers of the martial arts enthusiasts are different, in Thailand, there is no amateur Thai boxing, said, "onstage are professional players, we have more than 30 kg of gold belt." "This level is obviously a child's battlefield. Of course, the "occupation" mentioned by the community should mean the professionalization of the rules of boxing. The characteristic of the Thai fighter is that the skill of elbow and knee and the lethality of the kick method are very great, and Chinese boxers often have no ability to fight against them. This technique is related to the traditional and training methods of Thai boxing. As a standing fight, Thai boxing allowed to hit the area except the crotch has no restricted area, in order to defeat the opponent to win the sole purpose of the trick eclectic. A Thai fighter to play a reputation, will experience many bones, badly beaten battle. Therefore, Thai boxing is often considered by Chinese people just ruthless, bloody. "We don't see how dangerous Tai Boxing is," said the chant. " "Data show that Thailand has more than 6,000 registered boxing halls, registered professional boxer more than 60,000 people, plus other amateur fighters, employs up to 100,000 people, including nearly million of the Boy Scouts." Thai countryside is the grassroots market of Thai Boxing. According to Thai law, professional boxers must be separated by three weeks in two competitions, or they will be disqualified from their licences. But the law is not binding, "in the countryside, fighters are playing almost every day."　"said the world." China Don from Morning till night, Guangzhou tianhe Sports field east of the second floor of the wide-tai shout constantly. "Come to our training, can cure the depression." "Guang Tai's boss Liu Guoqi to the" entrepreneur "reporter said, Thai boxing simple direct, no Chinese traditional martial arts those ritual action, for young people in the city, practicing Thai boxing is the best vent. Moreover, martial arts can also change a person's temperament, "martial arts people have a spirit of fearless." "Since its inception in 1998, Guang Tai has more than 20,000 members, which means at least 20,000 people have practiced Thai boxing in Canton," said Liu Guoqi. In the circle, Liu Guoqi is called the "Chinese Thai Boxing first person". This has been a sanda athletes, coaches, opened Martial arts school in Hubei, in 1998, the Thai Consulate General in Kunming, the first to introduce professional Thai boxing in China, the opening of Tai Tae Tai boxing professor. 3 years later, Guang Tai joined the International Thai Boxing Union (WMA), headquartered in Bangkok. Guangtai's many Thai boxing coaches were sent directly by the agency, including chanting and alligators. "A lot of people think fighters are violent and they love to fight," Liu Guoqi said."In fact, they are very docile on the pitch, and some are even shy." This is the professional boxer, Daleitai is their job. "Thai Boxing and Sanshou, taekwondo and other training programs can only be regarded as a sideline, Liu Guoqi Force Most of the place is the promotion of fight games." In Guang Tai, there are three fighting teams: the professional Thai boxing team, KO boxing team and the cage team, a total of forty or fifty professional fighters. This is a real international team, members from China, Thailand, African countries, Russia and other countries. On the Canton Thai training ground, "entrepreneurial" reporter saw a lot of rope ring ring and net octagonal cage, "from 2005 onwards, we here every week du have KO game." "Liu Guoqi said. The KO Boxing Tournament in China is a pioneering undertaking of Liu Guoqi, which is divided into boxing, fight and cage games. The cage fights are worth mentioning in these three kinds of fights. This is a comprehensive combat (MMA) model of the tournament, the players will be boxing, Sanda, Thai Boxing, wrestling, bedding and other martial arts technology to merge. This kind of martial arts and technology-inclusive fighting has become the mainstream of the world fight class competition. "China's modern boxing tournament started late. "Apart from boxing and Sanda, the promotion of other forms of fighting in China is not going well," Liu Guoqi said, in the belief that there are institutional reasons, especially in the system, that the perception of modern free combat is problematic. "Many people think that modern freedom fights brutality and even bloodshed. Liu Guoqi said, this is actually a misunderstanding, MMA in the world's popular 80 years, only Russia has seen 1 deaths, this and rugby, racing, horse racing, skydiving, mountaineering and other sports. Data show that during the 1998-2003 years, the average 20 athletes in these campaigns died each year in training and competitions. Liu Guoqi believes that the fight industry in China is the inevitable trend of development. "In mainland China, there are fighting competitions almost every week," he said. With widespread recognition, people's misunderstanding of fighting will fade away. "What he wants to do right now is to be a broker like Don." Many Chinese know that Don, a black American, was in 2001, and Don organized a battle between Holly and Rouize to be held in China. The total cost of the boxing tournament, known as the "Great Wall War", is $200 million trillion. Even though Don canceled the game, the 500 million-dollar career boxing promoter made the Chinese realize that fighting was a huge industry. In the promotion of Ko game, Liu Guoqi and Don dealt with, in his view, Don is the benchmark of fight broker industry. Since 1998, Liu Guoqi led the Canton Thai fighters, and the domestic schools of Chinese kungfu has carried out more than 100 arena competition. "We and Shaolin Kung Fu, big into boxing, Cai Lifu boxing, Tai Chi and anything have played." "Liu Guoqi said. September 28 This year, the Liu Guoqi rate of 5 Thai fighters, in Henan Jiaozuo Chen's hometown of Taiji, and Taijiquan hand to a popular Taijiquan enthusiasts concerned about the decisive battle. In the end, Chen's Tai Chi won a 3:2 victory over the Thai fighter, and many martial arts enthusiasts have once again witnessed how well Chinese kung fu is. Beat Tai Boxing.is a kind of complex in Chinese martial Arts. Since the Republic of China in the 80 's, the Chinese boxer and Thai fighters have fought many times, a few victories, has become a huge pain in Chinese martial Arts. This kind of dull pain stems from the strong national mood and the pride of the martial artist, so the pros and cons of Thai boxing and Chinese martial arts have always been the focus of hegemony. Liu Guoqi said, "Chinese martial arts master vs Thai professional Thai boxer Tournament competition" is a feature of Canton Thai, and his fighters are also willing to the touchstone of Chinese Kung Fu. "The Masters" occupy the market "we do not play amateur games," Liu Guoqi said, "in China, people would rather watch street fights than watch some martial arts competitions, why? "In his view, the development of China's fight industry, first of all, under the legal rules, showing the real ring fighting." It is not easy to promote "real combat" in China. Chinese Traditional martial arts schools are diverse, each has its own characteristics and the market. The spread of traditional martial arts culture often confuse fitness with fighting. In addition, with the awakening of a kind of pan-cultural consciousness, each faction wants to be preserved and carried forward in the name of some "traditional culture", but "cultural inheritance" is often difficult to divide with fame and fortune. "Some so-called ' masters ', said a good point is to make money, said not good point is in a scam." "There are martial arts people who declined to be named and said to the entrepreneur." Each road "The Masters" both the benefit and the name, this makes the Liu Guoqi under the book The Fighter in and the Chinese traditional martial arts each faction plays the challenge competition, had to face "the consultation rule" such Chinese characteristic. The contents of the negotiations, in addition to the professional fighters to make the necessary restrictions on the attack, but also include "kg-class" such as the original problem. Every "master" needs a victory, otherwise, as a "guru" is rather embarrassing. China's martial arts sector is a small micro-enterprises, mainly in the form of martial arts schools, training students to love martial arts or to train security. Liu Guoqi look forward to seeing another type of business. "The United States has professional boxing league, the Ultimate Fighting competition, South Korea has taekwondo World Championships, Japan has K1, karate World Championships, Russia has cage game, Thailand has overtakes cup competition, these competitions are international class." But until now, China has not had a fair level of international professional sparring. "The difference in the level of running the game directly led to a huge disparity in the income of Chinese and foreign fighters. In professional boxing, a champion like Tyson and Pacquiao has a bonus of 60 million or 70 million dollars, almost 4 times times his salary when he plays in the United States, Liu Guoqi said. In China, the former "Sanda King" Bing Fu took the highest prize is 1 million yuan. Domestic business competitions, the boxer appearance fee is often not more than 3000 dollars up and down, even if the professional level of the international competition, only about 50,000 dollars. The Chinese don't have a lack of interest in fighting. For professional boxing, as in the NBA, the Chinese have contributed a high rating. 2007, the CCTV professional champion Battle of the ratings as high as 3%. This shows that fighting in China's market potential is very large. "Game rulesIt is not the most important question to put it like Thai fist, it is the legislation and regulation of the rules, which is the guarantee of the internationalization of China's fight market. At the same time, is to welcome the entry of large capital, to create a boxing match and the media combination of fighting products. "It is a sensitive issue whether it is as open to the gambling industry as Thailand or the European and American countries," it requires business acumen. "he said.