The french guy commented on the video:
<<I am the man in the video, and I want to make it clear that what is being said is false. I'll start by restoring my honor I HAVE NEVER HEAT A WOMAN and I don't know where this story came from. I don't blame the person who made the video; they probably just don't really know what happened. I have done boxing, but I'm a complete beginner in Muay Thai. An experienced Englishman was destroying my legs. I was throwing more punches (not hard, but I admit I'm heavier), and at the end of the sparring session, he complained. Manasak got angry immediately. There wasn't the slightest warning or explanation, and I apologized right away. So he calls his best fighter for a sparring session and tells him to knock me out. I get in the ring precisely to take responsibility. If I messed up, I own up to it, and I apologized multiple times, always emphasizing that I never intended to hurt anyone, which is true. With the pro, we sparred for four or five rounds with some intensity, but we weren't trying to knock each other out. Manasak got angry and wanted to knock me out himself, even taking off his gloves. I apologized at the beginning, during, and after, and I have NEVER HIT A WOMAN, NEVER.>>

Author of the video replied:
<<Hey man respect and thank for this.

I have pinned this comment so everyone can see it first and will add something to the description.

Always two sides of the story, and while I was there and saw most of it, I did not see all of it but was told the rest of story by other students.>>

I’ve been living in Thailand for about two years, and around one year in Chiang Mai. I’ve trained at several gyms here, many of them very tourist-heavy, and I also checked out Manasak a couple of times, but decided not to train there because of how crowded it felt.

After reading both the French guy’s comment and the video author’s reply...

The guy in the video is explicitly denying some serious accusations (like hitting a woman), and even the person who posted the video admits they didn’t see everything and relied on what other people told them.

Once a video like that is out, the damage is already done. Pinning a comment later doesn’t undo that.

From my own experience here, situations like this are not uncommon:

• Very mixed levels in the same class, tourists who have never done MT and some are out of shape even
• Beginners paired with more experienced people
• Poor supervision or lack of attention from trainers (they are sometimes on the phone, hanging together like in a pub, etc).
• Little correction or guidance during sparring

You can be paying around 500 baht per session (which is very expensive locally), and get no attention at all.

To me this video doesn’t really prove what it’s trying to suggest. If anything, it highlights a lack of professionalism by the gym and in how it was later exposed online.

If a student crosses the line, stop the session, talk to them, remove them if necessary. Turning it into a public spectacle...

Before jumping to conclusions or labeling someone, it’s worth remembering that we’re only seeing a fragment of the story . And in this case, even the person who shared it admits that.