GRANDMASTER WOODY: HONORARY PRESIDENT AND SUPREME ADVISOR FOR THE ART MUAY SENA
Bramajahn Chinawut Sirisompan (ปรมาจารย์ ซินวุธ ศิริสัมพันธ์), better known as Grandmaster Woody, was born on June 13th, 1954 in Bangkok Thailand.
He began learning Muay Thai Boran around the age of seven under the tutelage of his uncle, the former Deputy Prime Minister, Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army, Minister of Education, President of Thai Board of Sports and Vice President of the Thai Olympic Committee, The Father of Amateur Muay Thai, General Tienchai Sirisumpan.
GENERAL TIENCHAI SIRISUMPAN
In 1974 Grandmster Woody worked as the fight choreographer for the James Bond Motion Picture «The Man with the Golden Gun».
After participating in peaceful protests led by college students with Woody being one of the organizers and leaders, Grandmaster Woody was compelled to leave the country after the government began witchhunts for the leaders of the protests. On April 5th, 1975 at the age of 20 , GM Woody moved to England and was instramental in introducing Muay Thai to Europe and later to the Arab Nations.
In 1978 he co-founded the first Muay Thai Associations in the United Kingdom , the British Association of Thai Martial Arts ( B.A.T.M.F. ) and the British Thai Boxing Council ( B.T.B.C.).
Grandmaster Woody’s first and most loyal student Kevin Lloyd, now a Grandmaster in his own right, was instrumental in the development and the supporting of Grandmaster Woody’s proliferation of Muay Thai in England.
It was during this time in Grandmaster Woody’s life when he gained a vast first-hand experience of practical fighting skills while working as a bouncer in Bailey’s nightclub in Manchester England