Chatri
Sityodtong

Kru, Muay Thai and MMA
Victoria Lee
Victoria
Lee
Sagetdao Petpayathai
Sagetdao
Petpayathai
Kru, Muay Thai
World Champion

Instructor Profile

Chatri is an Instructor at Evolve Mixed Martial Arts in Singapore. Inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 2019, he has over 40 years of martial arts experience as a student, a fighter, a teacher, and a coach. He holds the rank of Kru in Muay Thai and Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Chatri grew up in Thailand and began his training in Muay Thai at the world-renowned Sityodtong Gym as a young boy. A long-time student of Kru Yodtong Senanan, he has fought professionally in Thailand for the Sityodtong Gym. Chatri’s favorite techniques are the low roundhouse leg kick, the flying knee, and the uppercut. He also loves every type of elbow and refers to it as the single most dangerous weapon in the Art of 8 Limbs. He possesses knockout power in his arsenal. Chatri is a certified senior Muay Thai instructor under the legendary Kru Yodtong Senanan of the Sityodtong Gym in Thailand. He is also a certified Muay Thai instructor by the World Muay Thai Council (WMC).

Sityodtong started training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2005 at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York City. Master Renzo Gracie promoted Chatri to the rank of black belt after 19 years of training. 

Chatri is also certified in both CPR and AED training.

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Quick facts on Chatri Sityodtong

  • In the Thai language, his first name (Chatri) means warrior.
  • He started Muay Thai as a kid in Thailand at Sityodtong Gym after he watched fights at Lumpinee Stadium on TV.
  • Chatri’s first teacher more than 35 years ago is current Evolve instructor, Daorung “Papa” Sityodtong.
  • Kru Yodtong Senanan (Founder of Sityodtong Gym), eventually gave Chatri the ring name Yodchatri Sityodtong.
  • Chatri’s success as an entrepreneur brought his family out of poverty after his parents lost everything years earlier.
  • Chatri earned his MBA at Harvard Business School while living on approximately $4 a day.