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Born Winners: Yim and Thai boxing
Series Title:	Born Winners series
Content:	Documentary Film
Media Type:	Videocassette
Release Date:	1998
Audience:	Elementary Education Middle/Junior High School
Running Time:	13 min.
Physical Description:	one video cassette, 13 min.
Language:	English
Subject:	Anthropology and Sociology Arts
Subheading:	Children and Youth Martial Arts Sports and Games
Region:	Southeast Asia
Country:	Thailand

12-year-old Yim comes from northeastern Thailand and attends one of the best training camps for boxing. Kickboxing is a very ancient sport; it utilizes feet as well as fists. Yim is trying to become a champion like his brother. || Part of the Born Winners series, which features the lives of 26 children from around the world who accomplish excellence in specific sports, of their individual cultures. Each child describes the hard work of training, competitions, victories and defeats. We are also invited into their homes, and cities, and meet their family and friends, and learn their values and traditions.

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