Muy Thai Boxing

Muay Thai is a martial art that resembles martial hard serey Pradel Tomoi, and Muay Lao in Laos. It is probably derived from Muay Boran and Krabi krabong. Also known as Thai boxing or Thai kickboxing, it is the national sport of Thailand and enjoys worldwide popularity, thanks in part to a daily struggle in Thailand television and film Ong Bak, Tony Jaa with a function that seamlessly combined acrobatics and Thai boxing.

Muay Thai is often known by the name of art (or science) of eight members, because practitioners use the eight points of attack: feet, hands, elbows and knees. boxers from the West by using comparison of two attack points (fists).

Muay Thai first fight

Accurate information on the origins of Muay Thai is brief, supposedly because Burma has destroyed Siamese historical documents in 1767. According to popular legend, "Black Prince" Naresuen Siam defeated the Burmese crown prince in a unique fighting Muay Thai in 1560, which caused the King of Burma Bayinnaung to abandon his attack on Thailand. In 1774, the first Muay Thai made competition was held in Rangoon during a festival organized by Lord Mangra, King of Burma, to honor the Buddhist faith. A fighter named Nai Khanom Tom Thailand defeated nine Burmese boxers in a row, impress the king with his strength and agility.

modern combat

Muay Thai fights are usually five rounds of three minutes, with a break of two minutes between each round. Ringcraft (combat tactics and strategies), conditioning and fitness are the key. As in western boxing, the referee may stop a fight with a title for ten seconds at a knock-down, if he thinks a fighter is in particular danger, or if there were three knock-down for one round.

Traditionally, fighters linked hands in cloth, dipped in glue, then sprinkled with their fists with broken glass, bringing an element scary and bloody games. This practice stopped in 1929 and now most of the fighters wear boxing gloves European standard. Their hands are wrapped in boxing is returned to the protection of their fists and harden them by compressing the bone. They also wear groin protection, shorts elastic waist, and supports optional elastic ankle.

Bouts are accompanied by the music Muay SI, which is played by an orchestra of four musicians consisting of "shing" (cymbals), "klong Kaek" and "kon" (drums), and pi Java (clarinet) .

ritual dance and the fight against the position

In a ritual dance prefight ("ram muay kruh wai," or "kruh," for short). Boxer tribute to their instructors and their opponents hexagonal black magic. They often make a loud hiss of air they exhale through their teeth, which helps to control breathing, muscle oxygen, and inspire confidence.

Their attitude is like the fight against a boxer from the West, unless they have their guard higher and slightly larger outside their faces to protect against elbow and foot strikes. Fighters tend to shuffle back and forth, carrying with one foot. They turn elbows inward to protect the body and to allow the guard movements that protect the coast during an attack.

Kicking and punching

The coup was the signing of the rotunda of Low or the hook, kick to the thigh of an opponent. Designed to demoralize the enemy and to restrict his mobility, it is often supplied with the tibia and the foot hanging asset, as opposed to a normal roundabout where the TOE is recalled back. Boxer provided the tibia for many years by hitting it on bamboo. Punching techniques like boxing Western jabs, crosses, hooks, upper cuts, and fist above his head. Thai boxers long-term use hooks that close the distance after kicking and are often followed by a combination of almost a quarter larger reductions, hooks and jabs.