Mak Yuree
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| name = Mak Yuree
এমএকে ইউরী
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| birth_date = 1964
| birth_place =Dhaka, Bangladesh
| other_names = The Thunder Shin Man, Vajramunee
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
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| style = Butthan
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| rank =7th degree black-belt in Bando
10th degree black-belt in Butthan
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Mak Yuree ({{langx|bn|এমএকে ইউরী}};born 1964) also known as Vajramunee,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/star-people/super-humans-among-us-113500 |date=July 16, 2015 |title=Super Humans Among Us |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star}} is the founder of Vajrapran and Butthan movement, the South Asian combat sports and system of personal development with the aim to obtain body-mind balance.{{cite news |url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2015-03-20/superhuman-in-the-city.html |date=March 26, 2015 |title=Superhuman in the city |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |work=The Kathmandu Post}} He was selected and featured as one of the top five superhumans of the planet in the strength category by a team of scientists from the Discovery Channel in 2013.{{cite news |url=http://borneobulletin.brunei-online.com/?p=223262 |date=June 14, 2014 |title=The extraordinary 'Superhuman' |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |work=Borneo Bulletin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075949/http://borneobulletin.brunei-online.com/?p=223262 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Yuree is cited as 'one of the world's most unique martial artists, a foremost authority in the field of mind training, meditation, motivational speaking and art of self-defense.'{{cite web |url=http://www.martialartsunltd.co.uk/martial-arts-illustrated/magazines/902-martial-arts-illustrated-april-2015 |date=April 1, 2015 |title=Grandmaster Mak Yuree Vajramuni |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |website=Martial Arts Illustrated}} He is a Bangladeshi born Grandmaster, known for his extraordinary ability to engage highest percentage (96%) of muscles in the world through meditation.{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/10/19/bangladeshi-sets-shin-kick-world-record |date=October 19, 2011 |title=Super Humans Among Us |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |work=Bdnews24.com}} He is a 10th degree black belt holder and the President of the World Combat Self Defense Federation and Secretary General of International Butthan Federation.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibuf.net/main/node/86 |date= |title=IBUF International Governing Body |accessdate=November 7, 2015 |website=International Butthan Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208182935/http://www.ibuf.net/main/node/86 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }} He went on to become the Grandmaster of the year 2007 at World Martial Arts Hall of Fame.{{cite news |url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/4628132.Martial_arts_expert_offers_hand_of_peace/?ref=rss |date=September 15, 2009 |title=Martial arts expert offers hand of peace |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |work=Swindon Advertiser}}
Early life
Yuree, first of four children was born in 1964 in Dhaka, Bangladesh to Amina Alam and Shamsul Alam. His father Shamsul Alam was a writer and the chief engineer of Bangladesh Power Development Board. After his birth, Vajramunee was named Yuree after the name of the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey to the outer space.
His early childhood education began in a British missionary school, Elizabeth Marble Primary School. When he was in fifth grade, he started a club on physical training with his fellow and junior friends. He started to learn Burmese Bando and Minzing (mind training system energy healing from Myanmar), later he was admitted in a military feeder institution, Jhenidah Cadet College and grew up in the midst of iron discipline and the regimental grooming.{{cite web |url=http://www.informationng.com/2013/06/meet-the-man-with-shins-of-steel-he-can-break-three-baseball-bats-with-a-super-kick.html |date=June 20, 2013 |title=Superhuman in the city |accessdate=November 5, 2015 |website=Information Nigeria}}
Superhuman
In 2013, Yuree Vajramunee was selected and featured as one of the top five Superhuman of this planet in the strength category by Discovery Channel[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hVrzRZ6H1k YouTube video of the Superhuman Show Down] for his outstanding shin kick ability to break three baseball bats in a bundle with one kick.{{cite web |url=http://ghanareporters.com/2013/06/26/shins-of-steel-the-man-who-canbreak-three-baseball-bats-with-a-super-kick-pictured/ |date=July 26, 2013 |title=Shins of Steel: The Man Who Can Break Three Baseball Bats With A Super-Kick |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |website=Ghana Reporters}} His fourth world record is for the highest neuro-engagement ability in the world, proven during the scientific laboratory tests conducted by the team of experts and scientists. In 2012, the Discovery Channel was in search of people with extraordinary or superhuman abilities and started to feature selected people in their TV documentary series called Superhuman Showdown.{{cite web |url=http://www.clickthecity.com/tv/a/16474/superhuman-showdown-premiers-on-discovery-channel-this-october |date=October 15, 2012 |title='Superhuman Showdown' premiers on Discovery Channel this October |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |website=ClickTheCity.com}} Yuree was featured in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! for his shin kicking ability.{{cite web |url=http://www.ripleys.com/blog/tag/mak-yuree/ |website=Ripley's Believe It or Not! |title=Cartoon 11-26-2013 |date=November 26, 2013 |accessdate=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126164615/http://www.ripleys.com/blog/tag/mak-yuree/ |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Career
File:Mak Yuree delivering speech at Crossroads Middle School, New Jersey.jpg
He began his Martial Arts career with classical Burmese martial arts bando and banshay, at the age of 11.{{cite web |url=http://www.icmaua.com/EncyclMasters/ArtistsEncyclopediaY.htm |date= |title=Who is Who in the International Combat Martial Arts: Dr. Yuree |accessdate=November 8, 2015 |website=International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association}} The enterprise is named as Global Executive Protection and Security Training Agency and he currently serves as its Director General. Yuree invented MY Baton, a new version of control device which has been used by security and law-enforcing agencies. He is an Instructor member of American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers (ASLET).{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsdailyheadlines.com/1337598998,amazing-world-record-in-martial-arts-category-at-nec-united-kingdom.html |date=May 21, 2012 |title=Amazing World Record in Martial Arts Category at NEC, United Kingdom |accessdate=November 8, 2015 |website=SportsHeadlines.com Inc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151129012314/http://www.sportsdailyheadlines.com/1337598998,amazing-world-record-in-martial-arts-category-at-nec-united-kingdom.html |archive-date=November 29, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
Yuree is leading the mission to revive the lost heritage of thousand years old Indian Sub-continental Martial Arts through a historical research work linking Kancheepuram and Shaolin Temple. He developed Butthan, a form of martial art and combat sport, rooted in ancient South Asia.{{Cite news |date=September 3, 2019 |title= Butthan – The noble art of self-defense and personal development |url=https://borneobulletin.com.bn/butthan-noble-art-self-defence-personal-development/ |work= Borneo Bulletin|access-date=May 20, 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/the-thundershin-man-63415 |date=February 6, 2015 |title=The Thundershin Man: In Conversation with Martial Arts and Security Expert Mak Yuree |accessdate=May 20, 2020 |work=The Daily Star}} As a combat sport, Butthan is practiced in different parts of the world under the International Butthan Federation.{{cite news |url=https://unb.com.bd/category/Sports/seminar-on-butthan-combat-sports-co-competition-system-held/30629 |date=October 13, 2019 |title=Seminar on Butthan Combat Sports & Co-competition system held |accessdate=May 20, 2020 |work=United News of Bangladesh}}{{cite news |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=137219 |date=May 12, 2018 |title=Brunei Butthan becomes member of Int'l Butthan Fed |accessdate=May 20, 2020 |work=The Daily Observer}}{{cite web|last=Islam |first=A.T.M. Hasibul |authorlink= |date=2018 |title=From Stones to Castles |url=https://fromstonestocastles.pressbooks.com/chapter/yuree-vajramunee/ |website=Pressbooks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626230101/https://fromstonestocastles.pressbooks.com/chapter/yuree-vajramunee/ |archive-date=2022-06-26}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sikkimexpress.com/news-details/butthanfounder-in-sikkim-to-promote-south-asian-martial-arts |date=January 25, 2020 |title=Butthan Founder in Sikkim to Promote South Asian Martial Arts |accessdate=May 20, 2020 |work=Sikkim Express}} Yuree serves as the Secretary-General of International Butthan Federation.
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External links
- [http://www.vajramunee.org Official website]
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