muay thai
Muay Thai Muay Thai is a combat sport that started from Thailand 's martial arts which use a similar approach to boxing and or kickboxing with various techniques. It not only physically challenges the person, but it also shows mental control and discipline for the mind in combat knowing how to control the other person at all times. It is the one sport that requires no shoes or sneakers, with hands wrapped and boxing gloves on. The combat is known as “the art of eight limbs” or sometimes “science of eight limbs” because it has a combination by sets of fists, elbows, knees, shins, and feet are being used at all times, weather you are using it to throw a hit, or block a hit. Muay Thai originated from the word Muah bornan from Thialand’s different types of Siamese martial arts styles which are Muay Chaiya, Muay Korat, Muay Tasao. It is just one of their styles which use unique striking techniques. A different name for Muay Thai was pahuyuth meaning “unarmed combat” from an ancient Indic language of India. The word Muay comes from the Mavya, which means “to bind together." Muay was a sport in which the opponents were used as pure entertainment for spectators. The sport was so popular that the fighters eventually became a regular part of celebrations at temples and local festivals. That is when they started to protect their bare-fisted hands with hemp rope, by wrapping it around to protect their bare knuckles. Kickboxing was also incorporated into the sport as a type of military training from the command of the king Naresuan in Thailand. Various versions of Muay Thai history exists, but they all primarily hold the same truth when being told. Most of them are about the tactics of self-defense and kingdoms of warriors and battlefields that existed many years ago throughout Thailand’s history. The first Thai army was created in 1238 (Buddhist years), in the northern city of Sukhothai, Siam being the capital. The Siamese army was made to defend the city
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