Edutainment -- Thai Art of Self-Defense and Boxing by Motion Capture Technique

Thai boxing is a heritage of Thailand. We were interested in doing a research on the development of edutainment concerning Thai martial arts and self-defense in order to give both knowledge and entertainment at the same time. There were 30 postures (double posture) of Thai boxing exercises. The edutainment was designed to gain attention from the learners by using 3-dimension characters, scenes, sounds, animations, emotions, interactions, movements, virtual reality, and simulated situations. The motion picture was captured using 9 optical motion captures to record the data about the right movements performed by 2 experts in the art of self-defense and Thai boxing. This was done at the same time and there was no obstacle to perform dangerous postures. The results revealed that the edutainment helped the learners gain interest in Thai culture, the right exercise postures, physical activities, self-defense techniques, and entertainment for the learners who majored in physical education at the good level.