I Trained Yaw-Yan: Filipino Kickboxing’s Best Kept Secret 🇵🇭

Most people outside the Philippines have never heard of **Yaw-Yan** and after training it myself, I think they’re missing out. 🇵🇭 **Want to get in shape without making fitness your entire life?** Watch this video next. It's about how I help guys just like you: https://youtu.be/ransUqerFTE Or, directly apply for 1-on-1 coaching through my Iron Forge System™: https://ironwillpt.net/apply/yt In this episode, I head deeper into Manila to experience Yaw-Yan, a Filipino martial art and style of kickboxing** that immediately felt familiar but very different. Imagine the structure and toughness of Muay Thai, mixed with the dynamic kicking of Taekwondo… except stripped of the fancy bullshit that doesn’t hold up when someone is trying to kick you back. That’s Yaw-Yan. The class itself felt a lot like training at a traditional Muay Thai gym: hard rounds, technical coaching, conditioning, and a room full of people there to actually learn how to fight. But what made the experience memorable wasn’t just the martial art. It was the people. From the moment I walked into the Yaw-Yan gym, I was treated like one of their own. The coaches were knowledgeable, patient and incredibly welcoming. By the time I left, I felt like I’d made real friends and this is absolutely a gym and martial art I want to come back and train again. Before training, I also visit another side of Manila most tourists will never see: a community living inside the tunnel of a bridge. Not simply underneath it — actually inside it. Two completely different worlds in one day, connected by the same thing I keep finding throughout the Philippines: People willing to welcome a complete stranger into their world. This is **Yaw-Yan — Filipino kickboxing’s best kept secret.** 🥊 Yaw-Yan Filipino Kickboxing 🇵🇭 Filipino Martial Arts 🥋 Muay Thai & Kickboxing 🌏 Philippines Travel & Culture 👊 Martial Arts Around the World Subscribe to @food-fitness-fisticuffs for more martial arts, food, travel and the people I meet along the way. #YawYan #FilipinoMartialArts #Kickboxing #MuayThai #Philippines #MartialArts #FilipinoKickboxing #Manila #PhilippinesTravel #Fighting