Sun Sep 06 2015
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, practices strengthening exercises during a practice session at their gym on a street in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, a Buddhist nun walks to collect alms as a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, lifts-weights as another punches the air in their gym on a street in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, practices strengthening exercises during a practice session at their gym on a street in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, practice in their gym on a street as customers eat a meal at a roadside noodles shop in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, members of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, warm up in their gym on a street as customers eat a meal at a roadside noodles shop in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015, photo, a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, does crunches with the help of discarded tires in their gym on a street in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Tuesday, July 14, 2015, photo, members of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, practice in their gym on a street in Oakalarpa, north of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Dawna Aung, a 34-year-old father of two, hopes competing will help him change his familys life. The ethnic Karen lives in a rural village in Myanmars Irrawaddy Delta region, and his family runs a small dried fish business. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Three of the club's members competed this summer on a stage a world away from the street gym: a mixed-martial-arts -One Championship- event broadcast globally on cable television networks, where fighters could receive $1,000 for each fight, according to coach Myint Zaw who started the traditional fighters' club 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Friday, July 17, 2015, photo, Hlit Hlit Lay, right, a member of the White New Blood lethwei fighters club, a Myanmar traditional martial-arts club which practices a rough form of kickboxing, poses with opponent Tha Pyay Nyo, left and "One Championship" President Victor Cui, center, ahead of their featherweight fight at a mixed-martial-arts -One Championship- (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
In this Saturday, July 18, 2015, photo, fighters exhibit lethwei - a Myanmar traditional martial art which practices a rough form of kickboxing - at a mixed-martial-arts -One Championship- event broadcast globally on cable television networks, in Yangon, Myanmar. Fighters could receive $1,000 for each fight, according to coach Myint Zaw who runs a street side traditional fighters' club he started 15 years ago. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
