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part of an ongoing series on Muay Thai athletes who train in the urban heart of Bangkok; their training ground is located right under the highway.

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Peter Olexa 2 years ago

Great photo :) I like it
Carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/11/02/documentary-photography/

SofiG 3 years ago

great work

KoPi 3 years ago

Thank you Geoffrey, A.

Geoffrey Coussy 3 years ago

beautiful b&w and great moment !

A. Zahron 3 years ago

i love this momment !

Koen Pieters 3 years ago

Thank you Jojo and Jacek :-)

jojo 3 years ago

Intense...jojo

Jacek Stefan 3 years ago

Great look! /J.

Cooper 3 years ago

Schitterende foto. Mijn complimenten.

Koen Pieters thank you/bedankt :-)

yuan 3 years ago

great moment,,,, nice,,, regards -u1-

Koen Pieters thank you Yuan for dropping by

marley 3 years ago

nice shot great moment i like it!

Koen Pieters thank you Marley

Aleksandar Martic 3 years ago

Great moment

Koen Pieters thanks Aleksandar

Alberto Peroni 3 years ago

Great capture, Koen!

Koen Pieters grazie Alberto

Pooch 3 years ago

Never seen so much determination in somebodys bottom lip great shot Koen.

Pooch.

Koen Pieters lol... I bet you wrote that with a stiff upper lip. thanks Pooch

KPK 3 years ago

Simply great!

Koen Pieters thanks :-)

Marvin Trachtenberg 3 years ago

terrific light on the face and body tangle... if you can, you might think about toning down the glove logo, it pops a little

Koen Pieters thanks Marvin. Funny, personally I was a bit bothered by the glove being out of the focus area... so the brightness never occurred to me

Marvin Trachtenberg didn't really the oof, actually it's just slightly soft there and doesn't matter at all, attention is on the face and back and the eye expects some oof esp in an action shot... m

Tommy Strommen 3 years ago

Superb Koen. And Windy is a brilliant name for boxing gloves :-)

Koen Pieters lol... getting slapped around by Wendy wouldn't have been bad either :-)

Victoria_N 3 years ago

so good to see the way this project has and is developing

Koen Pieters hey V. :-)
check out my journal on my OE site. I'm doing a one pic a day thingie... be it in my convenient lazy way... I allow myself to upload old stuff lol.
so when are you finally going to upload, you stubborn woman ?

Victoria_N Hahaha, not here, not until I can delete my own pics willy nilly!! I'll check your journal out, sounds like a good idea :)

Soeren Friberg 3 years ago

certainly an exciting image with a good story behind.
Kind regards
Soeren

Koen Pieters Thank you Soeren

doro rapp 3 years ago

nice light here and I like the somewhat distracted look...as if there were a suspense in the fight (or maybe I am wrong...in any case I like the image...)

Koen Pieters it's the look of someone in control and waiting it out to make his move Doro. The boy was clearly the superior fighter among his peers. the other boy had to wrestle him and try to floor him, which he tried in vain, only to be floored himself shortly afterwards. It's part of their training. one boy (or man) has to take on 2 or 3 others, on after the other, and try to floor them. And then again, and again. Very exhausting, even if you are the better one of the bunch.

doro rapp yes, that makes a lot of sense...waiting it out - suspense, concentration...thanks for the filling in on this art of fight Koen!
have a great day

Peter Kemp 3 years ago

hele mooi plaat in zwart wit respect

Koen Pieters Dank je Peter

Giorgio Lorcet 3 years ago

great light and scene. bravo Koen!

Koen Pieters :-)

gerard sexton 3 years ago

Well done Koen this is a smashing project & an interesting insight into another world.

Koen Pieters Thanks Gerry. Actually I'm a bit surprised these get published at all (except my personal fave, which got rejected lol) : docu and sports (hardly showing real action) just didn't seem like a recipe for success