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Muay Thai history originated in the country of Thailand. You might have seen the Jean Claude Van Damme Movie Kickboxer where he starred with Tong Po. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, go out and watch it. This will give you an idea of how they fight like this. When Thailand was in the process of trying to solidify itself as a nation centuries ago, they were dependent on what they knew so they could properly defend themselves.

Way back then only weapons like Spears and Clubs were available for battle. Because of this they naturally became very proficient of using their head, elbows and feet to compensate. As time went on, they became better and better at fighting with their bodies only. These fighting skills they developed for the battlefield eventually became a sport called Muay Thai Boxing.

Not very many people in Thailand kept written records of anything, so all the knowledge of this was passed down from generation to generation. When Muay Thai first started they use to fight bare fisted. Later they started using hemp wrappings to protect their fingers and wrists. Rumor has it that fighters back then dipped their fists in water before a contest. This would cause the hemp wrappings to harden when it dried, which would make the fighters capable of producing serious injury to their opponents.

It was also rumored that Muay Thai Fighters dipped their hands in glue and ground glass. Also you could hit someone in the groin and that was allowed until the 1930’s. After World War II lots of fighters migrated to Bangkok in search of fame and fortune. This has now become an accepted sport in many countries all over the world. This type of boxing has always been a paramount part of the Thai Culture. Thai Boxing is a fascinating sport, and if you ever visit Bangkok, you will be able to see matches go on all the time at some of the local bars.

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Muay Thai is a very dangerous form of Kick Boxing that originated out of the country of Thailand. There is some resemblence to this form of Combat Sport and other Indochinese or Southeast Asian forms of Boxing. Cambodia has a similar style which they call the Pradal Serey. Malaysia practices a similar form called Tomoi. The people from Myanmar also known as Burma use a style called Lethwei. And the people from Laos which is also in Southeast Asia practice a Style called Muay Lao.

Muay Thai Boxing is fighting the most important sports and believes the national sport in Thailand. A style called Muay Boran was the old traditional form of Muay Thai fighting rules, where they met with less and was not sanctioned as a sport now is. Rumor had it been wrapped before a fight hands in hemp rope and then dipped in resin and glass chips small, these fights very brutal. This sportis frequently known as the “art of 8 limbs”. The reasons this term was coined is because punches, elbows, knees and kicks were used which resemble the 8 points of contact. This is in contradiction to the 2 points that were used in Western Boxing.

The term Nak Muay is given to anyone in Thailand that practices Muay Thai. If someone from the west practices this sport they will be called Nak Muay Farang which means someone foreign that practices this sports. Many different types of kickboxing has been practiced in Southeast Asia. Chinese martial arts masters say that these disciplines practiced by about 2,000 years ago. They also believe that Cambodia has had an impressive spread of this species in Southeast Asia.

They believe that Muay Boran, ancient style of Muay Thai, Siam soldiers were used after losing their weapons during the war. Some believe created the Siamese Militarythis sport from Krabi Krabong, but others believe they were both created at the same time. Krabi Krabong had a lot of influence and set the stage for Muay Thai. This sport then went on in Thailand to be fought in front of many spectators and even for entertainment for Kings.

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Learning Muay Thai in Thailand is always a special experience.

Today Muay Thai might have been become very popular in various other countries as well, resulting into top level training infrastructures in those countries.

However, the training experience in no other country can be matched with that in Thailand. It is not a question of training facilities or infrastructure, but of the ambiance.

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Are you a Muay Thai aspirant? Want to master the Muay Thai techniques, and make it big in this fabulous game? Well, it is better you arrange for joining one of the various Muay Thai training camps in Thailand, as soon as possible.

Why Thailand?

You may ask – “Why Thailand?” Ofcourse it is a valid question. Muay Thai is now an international craze, with suitable training infrastructure in various countries. So what is so special about Thailand?

Because, the game has a special position in Thailand

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     This is the perfect opportunity for those who are interesting in the art of Muay Thai to follow the news about Muay Thai just as if they are in Thailand themselves. The news and information that our website offers are:
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