Fighters in the Muay Thai Library Who Are Short, or Fight Up a Lot - A Short Man's Style

Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu · October 27, 2021

A question on Reddit had me compiling a list of fighters or krus in the Muay Thai Library that had a shorter man's style. Here is a preliminary list for everyone:

In the Muay Thai Library these are shorter fighters who fought taller opponents, or krus that taught a short man's style. Many of these are legends of the sport. Many of these are pressuring Muay Maat (punch-heavy) fighters. As a shorter fighter it is often advantageous to collapse the pocket, sometimes develop a low kick game:

Arjan Metprik (kru of the very tough short FOTY Thanonchai): https://www.patreon.com/posts/48810277
Chatchanoi https://www.patreon.com/posts/57425804

Morakot: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47524832

Pairojnoi: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43891886

Samransak: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38992145

Rambaa: 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37838229, 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26699042, 3: https://www.patreon.com/posts/13625213

Hippy: 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hippy-singmanee-7145938, 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/14697690

Chamuakphet: 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34875441, 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/22159245

Kongsamut: https://www.patreon.com/posts/kongsamut-sor-76-20147137

Kongtoranee: https://www.patreon.com/posts/18090011

Lakhin: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32055712

Samson: 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31628485, 2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/samson-isaan-art-19485162

You'll see in a lot of these fighters they use a lot of weapons, attacking high and low, and try not to stand at distance. A good place to start might be someone like Kongsamut, or if more advanced, someone like Chamuakphet.

and tons of Karuhat links here. He fought way up, though he is a very difficult fighter to emulate:

https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-forum/topic/1061-is-there-a-way-to-view-all-videos-by-a-trainer-all-of-karuhats-sessions/