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Behind the camera — RWS, Rajadamnern Stadium
📸 @therealmartinlaFounder of Corner Approved

Backflip moment filmed by @sepo.gonzalez

Every fighter has a story.

Every week I'm in the corner with a camera. Before the fight, during it, after it.

I see what the crowd doesn't. The weight cut. The quiet in the changing room. Hands getting wrapped while the stadium gets loud. The tears after — win or lose.

Nobody becomes a fighter by accident. It costs years of training, injuries, money sent home, time away from family. Most people only see the knockout.

I started Corner Approved to tell the stories behind the gloves, because every one of them deserves to be heard.

My message to the world this year: look behind the gloves. Back the people who give everything. That's how we make it a little better.— @therealmartinla, founder

Gloves for the
next generation.

I spent seven days at a village gym in Isan — learning the culture and history, sitting down with gym owners, and handing out gloves and gear to the kids who train there every day.

Kids from a village gym in Isan holding their new gloves and pads, with their trainers

Many of the kids at this gym don't have a mum and dad at home, or a safe place to sleep. Some families have been torn apart by drugs and alcohol, by sex work, or by prison.

School here struggles to give them a fair start. The gym owners told me it's rare for a kid from this area to finish high school — there's simply too much trouble around them.

For a lot of these kids, Muay Thai is the way out. A fight every couple of weeks can put food on the table for their whole family. But the ring can't be the only plan, and too many get pulled away before they ever get the chance to build something more.

That's why we're here: to help these kids get a real education, a safe start and more choices — so their future isn't decided by where they were born.

Thank you, Bulls Sports.

For donating the Muay Thai gear we handed out to the kids in Isan. You made this day happen.

Handing out the gear
New gloves, then straight to training
Afternoon conditioning
The gym's chalk board listing each fighter's name, weight and upcoming fight dates
The fight board — every name, weight and fight date
2.5%of net profit from every order funds the next delivery. Every gym we support is posted on Instagram.
Donate to Isan

One dollar goes
a long way here.

It's tough out here. Food, school, clothes, a safe place to train — small things change what a kid's future looks like.

Children living in multidimensional poverty

Kids missing out on things like enough food, healthcare, school or a safe home. Isan in red.

Kalasin Isan province0%
Northeast Isan region0%
North0%
Rural Thailand0%
All of Thailand0%
Cities0%

In Kalasin that's 2 in every 5 kids.

0Thai students aged 3–14 are classed as extremely poor. Northeast provinces are among the hardest hit.
0Thai children aged 3–18 were out of school in 2024.
฿40is what a basic cooked meal costs, say Thai school caterers.

Sources: NESDC & UNICEF Thailand, Child Multidimensional Poverty Index (2015/16 data, published 2019) and UNICEF Thailand country programme (2022); Equitable Education Fund and Ministry of Education data, reported by SEAMEO (2026); school caterers quoted by Prachatai (2024).

What the gym needs right now.

Real costs from the gym we support. Pick one, or let us put it where it's needed most. We post what your money paid for on Instagram.

  • 🍚
    FoodA hot meal for one kid after training
    ฿40
  • 📘
    English teacherOne day of lessons after training
    ฿500/day
  • 🥊
    Morning trainerRight now training is afternoons only
    ฿600/day
  • 💡
    Gym electricityLights and fans on
    ฿5,000/month
  • 🎓
    A year of schoolUniforms, books, fees and transport for one kid
    ฿20,000/year
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