Muay Thai Chaiya or Muay Chaiya is one of the styles of Muay Boran that originated from Siam or the historical area of Thailand. It is one of the ‘mother styles’ to modern muay thai that is displayed in the fighting stadiums of Lumpinee and Rajademnern. It is recognized that each District within Thailand has…
As muay thai is also called the Art of 8 Limbs, punches are a major part of muay thai together with knees, elbows and kicks. Muay thai punches are used to damage opponents, score knockouts and knockdowns, counter opponents techniques and to set up your own techniques. All of the punches found in Western boxing…
The push kick or ‘teep’ as it is known in Thai is a simple, effective and important technique in muay thai. If you have seen the movie 300 you have seen this kick in it’s full glory. King Leonidas uses this kick to literally kill the Persian Emissary. Of all the techniques available to Leonidas…
Meditation for martial arts has long been considered absolutely crucial in order to develop a true warrior or martial artisit. In this post we will look at meditation for martial arts in history, modern day martial artists and meditation and also discuss the benefits or meditation for martial arts and how to start meditation practice.…
There are 4 main styles of muay thai fighter, Muay Femur, Muay Mat, Muay Khao and the explosive and damaging kicker of the Muay Tae style. In this post we look at the characteristics of the expert kicker’s style and the best exponents of the muay tae style from the old ‘black and white’ TV…
Muay thai is a lot more than meets the eye. It is a complex art but with relatively simple techniques. Within the art of muay thai itself, specialists exist who aim to exert their style on their opponents. The beautiful and technical muay femur style, the hard punching style of muay may and the relentless…
Of the four major stlyes within muay thai, the muay femur style is perhaps the most ‘beautiful’ style. This is a style that represents the less brutal and more skillful and ‘noble’ aspects of muay thai, hence the reference to muay femur as the ‘Kings Discipline’. Nak muay femur (muay femur stylists) are known for…
What are those muay thai ropes fighters use to wrap their hands and what is the purpose of the hand rope wraps in muay thai? The distinct muay thai rope wraps made their debut in modern popular culture in the 1989 Van Damme movie – Kickboxer. In this iconic scene shorter hand ropes were used…
The muay thai armband or pra jiad is worn by fighters in the ring and has a long history dating back to the time of Siamese warriors in and the many battles fought for the Kingdom of Siam (old Thailand). Today in the ring, the muay thai armband or Pra Jiad is worn by muay…
Muay thai today comes from the thai weapons art of krabi krabong and the unarmed martial art of muay boran or ‘Ancient Boxing’. The Thai weapons based system called krabi krabong is closely related to other martial arts in the Southeast Asian region. Similar to krabi krabong is Penack Silat from the Malay region, which…
