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The Muay Thai practitioner’s hands thus become his sword and dagger, his shins and forearms act as protective shields against enemy’s blows, the elbow is
used to fall opponents like a heavy sledgehammer and his knees and legs become
the axe and staff.
The knees and elbows are constantly searching and testing for an opening gaps in the adversary’s defence while grappling and trying to throw his enemy to the
ground for the final fatal kill. Some even called Muay Thai the art of nine body
parts, where in this case, the head is also used as a weapon.
Muay Thai is also known as Thai Boxing or Thai Kickboxing because the martial art is made very popular in Thailand and is the country’s national sport.
Unlike many forms of martial arts Angel Di
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but was by the evolution of generations of the Thai people and Muay Thai
warriors. Ancient wars and conflict between the countries, kingdoms and ethnic
races in South East Asia gradually brought about the development of this
devastating form of martial art.There are basically four styles of Muay Thai
named after the regions they originated from, namely Ta-sao,
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what we see in boxing rings in Thailand today. There are also smaller groups of
enthusiasts who practice their local styles various parts of Thailand.The
earliest written record about Muay Thai was thought to be kept by a Burmese who
mentioned about a prisoner of war who was a Muay Thai master. This master
defeated ten Burmese fighters all at once in 1770 March 17 which is the date
that the Thais today commemorate Muay Thai Day annually.
There are also many archeological artifacts to support the origin and history of this fighting art form, such as stone carvings found on the walls of old
Buddhist temples.
Muay Thai of different styles and origins are still being practiced in the traditional way with all the Muay Thai techniques intact. For example, full Muay
Thai is not only a fighting style as we see in the ring these days, but the
style also include
grappling Alec
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such moves are the grappling for inside knee attack, twisting and throwing in
conjunction with inside knee attacks.
It is often said in Thailand that in the battle field, a good soldier has to be able to kill an enemy within seven moves exchanged between him and his enemy.
If he could not do that, then he is a dead soldier. Young Thai men would also
learn Muay Thai from their village kru or Muay Thai master. These young men
hoped they would be able to display their fighting skills before the selecting
judges or even to their much revered kings
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service along with prestige and honor the career bestow.
Records of fist fighting competitions in the villages date back to at least 800 years. Later, the art of hand wrap was developed to protect the boxer’s
hands. The open fingers allowed him to grab, lock and throw his opponent onto
the ground. This style of hand wrap was used until 1922, when a kickboxer from
Burma was killed. After that Western boxing gloves were introduced for safety
reasons.
Before the introduction of western style boxing gloves, every Muay Thai fighter had to be educated in herbal medicine. They had to know what type and
what part of certain herbal medicinal plants were to be
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done to help the fighters toughen up their skin, to stop bleeding fast and to
cure injuries sustained in battles.
There is a myth that existed to this day that the hand wrap of the fighters of the past were soaked in warm starchy water so that when dried later, the hand
wrap would be as hard as plaster cast to inflict heavy injuries on their
opponents. Another myth was that grounded glass would be applied on to the wet
hand wrap to give the fists a razor like effect to cut open opponents in order
to make them bleed profusely.
In a competition, Muay Thai fighters perform a pre-fight ceremony and ritual which look like a slow dance incorporating Muay Thai moves. The pre-fight
ceremony is an old tradition for a noble warrior to pay homage to his
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Before the contest, both boxers would kneel down facing the throne where the king was seated or in the direction of the royal palace. The fighters would then
perform the first part of the ritual called the Ta Wai Bung Kom, paying homage
to the king. Then he would turn around and perform the Wai kru to the other 3
directions, each of which symbolized the
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the Mongkol, tied around the fighter’s head, and Pra-jied around the boxer’s
arms.
The Ram muay is the second set of ritual that a fighter would perform and each clan or school has its own movement rituals. It was said that if both
fighters performed the same movement of Wai-kru and Ram-muay, they would abandon
the contest since they came from the same school or teacher, making them
brothers.
The headband Mongkol as well as the Pra-jied are sacred objects usually hand made by the teacher and blessed by a holy man. Once placed upon his
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top rope and not in between. These days,
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