T he common misconception is that a Muay Thai Training Camp is only for those with big muscles who are very strong. This is slightly true when it comes to the professional sport since you need to be strong and skillful in order to overcome your opponent. However, if you want to learn a self-defense art then everyone can choose to learn Muay Thai.
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Archive for the Category "Thailand Boxing"
Many people are familiar with kickboxing, thanks to popular films like Ring of Fire, but not many have heard of muay thai, from which many of the rules and moves of kickboxing originated. Muay thai (pronounced mooay tie) is the national sport of Thailand, and is widely known throughout Southeast Asia. Muay thai was one of the first of the Southeast Asian martial arts to be exported to the West, and many of the earliest well-known martial artists based their own fighting techniques on muay thai. Bruce Lee, for instance, analyzed muay thai moves in the early 1960s. In Cambodia it is known as pradal seray, in Malaysia it is called tomoi and in Myanmar it is called lethwei. No matter where it is practiced, though, it’s essentially the same sport - a martial art that uses the hands, feet, elbows and knees as points of contact and weapons.
Talking about ancient sports of south East Asia, Thai boxing (Muay Thai) has a very prominent space. This way of boxing started in 15th century when Thailand had conflict with Burma. Muay Thai is fusion of classical boxing techniques with low kicks and elbow\knee strikes and grappling is also allowed. Muay Thai is one of the tourist attractions in Thailand even 17th march is celebrated as National Muay Thai Day. Muay Thai Boran (Old Muay Thai) has four branches.Muay thasao, which deals in fast, moves to your opponent. Muay chaiya is way of defending with the use of elbow and knees. Muay korat means simply power. Muay lobburee is art of using brains with smart moves.
Muay Thai Boxing may look like one of the most grueling and devastating sports known to man however with the proper training and discipline one can become disciplined and actually control anger with this martial arts style fighting.
Muay Thai Boxing descended from ancient Thailand in which they use to fight to the death or near death because there were no time limits, no gloves and basically no rules. This went on for thousands of years until approximately 50 years ago when it became more popular and spread throughout the world and became more regulated by adding time limits, uniforms like shorts and boxing gloves.
A majority of the offensive techniques that are used in Muay Thai utilize a students hands, feet, elbows, and knees to strike an opponent. In order to bind the opponent for both defensive and offensive reasons, there is a small amount of grappling on the feet that is used - the clinch.
The clinch occurs when someone gets in your circle of radius, inside of your comfort zone. To execute knees and short kicks from the inside, the clinch can be very useful. The Thai fighter makes great use of the clinch, tying up on opponent on the feet then pounding his stomach, ribs, knees, and legs with brutal knees. Knees are very popular techniques with Muay Thai, as Thai fighters spend a lot of time training their strikes - especially knees and elbows.