Win. Lose. Forgive.

Win. Lose. Forgive. is the 2013 Muay Thai documentary film produced by Kurt Hoffmann of Alien Feedings.

Muay Thai Documentary, featuring Jongsanan Woodenman (Jongsanan Fairtex) of Woodenman Muay Thai. "Win. Lose. Forgive." is a short documentary film (run-time 27 minutes) that offers a glimpse into the world of Muay Thai and the lessons it teaches.

The film features legends of Muay Thai: fighter and trainer Jongsanan "Woodenman", Monlit Sitphodaeng (voted Muay Thai Coach of the Year 2010 in Thailand), and Ben Brown, a student of Jongsanan and Monlit and owner/trainer at PHAS3 Martial Arts in Santa Rosa, California.

The film captures a powerful ethic embraced by those with deep roots in Muay Thai and the spirituality gained through this brutal sport known as the "Art of 8 Limbs."

The documentary was filmed December 6, 2012 at El Nino Training Center in San Francisco, California (http://elninomma.com) and January 10, 2013 Wat Buddhanusorn Thai Theravadan Buddhist Temple in Fremont, California.

The film was directed, filmed and edited by Mer Aldao (see Mer's current project at http://republicoflight.com) and produced by Kurt Hoffmann at Abra Marketing (http://AbraMarketing.com) in conjunction with PHAS3 Muay Thai ( (http://phas3martialarts.com).

The film was completed in May 2013 and premiered at 3rd St. Cinema in Santa Rosa, California on Saturday, July 20th, 2013. The film was also featured in the Wine Country Film Festival that same year. The film festival showing featured a demonstration bout between one of the film's featured Muay Thai coaches, Sensei Ben Brown, and world champion kickboxer Rick Cheek.

Jongsanan Woodenman is the head coach of Woodenman Muay Thai in San Fransisco. https://www.woodenmanmuaythai.com

"Win. Lose. Forgive." Soundtrack Custom music was created for the film. Also produced and created directed by Kurt Hoffmann, the soundtrack was created by Kurt's friend and musical producer/collaborator Neil Raphael starting with the ambient, percussive sounds of training captured during the filming and then added cello by Suellen Primost, traditional Thai music played on khim that was recorded at the buddhist temple, and finally samples of Jongsanan, Monlit and Ben from the film. The result is a truly unique work of music that captures the spirit of Muay Thai and "Win. Lose. Forgive." 

The Win. Lose. Forgive. soundtrack on:
Deezer
Apple Music
YouTube Music
Spotify

Win. Lose. Forgive. Trailer

You can watch the full 27-minute film on YouTube:
Watch Win. Lose. Forgive. on YouTube.