1/5 Casey L. 5 years ago on Google
I
do
not
recommend
Muaythai
Iyarin.
I
have
taken
four
months
to
consider
writing
a
review.
I
was
a
fighter,
promoter
and
built
all
of
the
community
women's
events.
I
tried
to
attend
a
show
at
Muaythai
Iyarin
last
Saturday
with
my
13
year
old
daughter,
who
has
grown
up
in
our
local
Muay
Thai
community.
Security
was
called
over
on
us
and
we
were
told
that
the
police
would
be
called
if
we
choose
to
stay.
I
quietly
left
Muaythai
Iyarin
in
June,
because
Tony
demanded
control
over
my
social
media
accounts
and
tried
to
shut
down
my
CNN
interview
on
domestic
violence.
For
all
of
the
reasons,
In
reality
there
were
many
more
reasons
I
left.
Drinking
is
a
big
part
of
this
gym.
Parties
took
place
where
things
I
didn't
like
were
happening.
I
have
an
image
of
a
young
man
tied
up
with
a
belt
around
him
and
his
pants
around
his
ankles
that
was
sent
to
me.
This
same
young
man
had
two
accounts
of
a
DUI
on
his
record.
I
don't
like
this.
In
the
time
I
was
associated
with
Muaythai
Iyarin
12
people
in
total
(4
coaches)
my
friends
have
left.
I
watched
other
students
sneak
away
and
train
other
places
for
fights
afraid
to
take
photos
of
where
they
were.
If
I
attended
another
promoter's
show,
Tony
would
ask
me
why
I
was
there.
I
got
all
sorts
of
messages
from
Tony
that
I
couldn't
associate
with
different
people.
There
was
one
photo
of
me
hugging
my
past
teammate
that
injured
his
arm
in
a
fight.
I
was
warned
that
I
can't
associate
with
him.
These
stories
go
on.
From
the
community
aspect,
I've
always
been
interested
in
growing
the
community.
I'm
a
long-time
soccer
coach
and
have
ran
teams
for
over
15
years.
There
was
the
smearing
of
other
promoters
and
teams
behind
closed
doors
and
the
constant
drinking
at
shows.
At
first,
I
believed
some
of
what
was
said,
but
then
realized
the
only
common
dominator
was
Muaythai
Iyarin.
For
me,
this
environment
was
not
a
healthy
one,
so
I
choose
to
leave.
I've
been
in
many
gyms,
coached
by
many
different
people,
of
many
different
types
and
I
haven't
ever
had
an
experience
like
this
one.
This
wasn't
a
hasty
decision.
I
have
known
Tony
since
he
gave
a
seminar
my
old
gym
in
April
2014
under
Tony
Mahapiroon.
He
started
doing
seminars
under
credentials
as
a
professional
fighter.
A
few
years
later,
I
started
a
few
days
a
week
I
stated
training
with
Tony
in
a
small
place
in
Lake
City
with
three
other
fighters.
Tony
was
sporadic
at
best.
The
week
before
two
of
my
team
mates
fought,
he
didn't
show
up
to
the
gym.
After
one
of
my
teammates
lost
pretty
badly,
he
left
to
another
gym.
Tony
called
and
left
messages
of
how
bad
of
a
person
he
was.
We
then
moved
to
the
Guardian's
space
and
I
started
training
more
often
at
Muay
Thai
Iyarin
but
still
maintaining
training
in
other
gyms.
Tony
had
been
having
one
of
his
younger
male
students
teach
and
watch
his
children.
After
going
to
Thailand,
this
student
came
back
and
choose
to
leave.
While
I
was
at
Muaythai
Iyain,
I
received
many
messages
from
past
students
that
his
credentials
were
not
accurate.
He
said
he
was
a
professional
Thai
boxer
at
the
age
of
14,
raised
in
his
family's
muay
thai
gym
in
Bangkok,
Thailand.
After
several
years
of
competitive
fighting
(25
wins-10
losses-1
draw)
with
the
Thai
National
Muay
Thai
Fight
Team
as
well
as
the
Rangsit
Fight
Team,
he
followed
his
family
tradition
and
became
an
instructor.
It
was
stated
that
he
taught
countless
fighters,
was
an
instructor
from
the
World
Muay
Thai
Council
(WMC)
and
a
certified
professional
trainer
from
the
Muay
Thai
Institute
of
Rangsit
Thailand.
Any
past
students
that
questioned
any
sort
of
legitimacy
were
threatened.
And
once
they
questioned
him,
he
used
other
people
to
turn
them
against
them
and
isolate
them
from
the
community
and
calls
anywhere
they
train.
This
is
a
prominent
pattern
that
has
been
taking
place
over
the
last
three
years.
The
Muay
Thai
community
is
a
small
one
and
I
don't
feel
that
drama
helps
any
of
us
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