Muay Thai

MAUY THAI (THAI BOXING)

                                                                                                           

History Of Muay Thai is the Thai traditional boxing. It use almost all parts of the body during the fight espectually the forehead, the fists, elbows, knees, and feet, these are often used as the weapons during the fight. In the past, Muay Thai was taught only in the nobles but now Muay Thai is popular for whoever interested. Muay Thai has been more than 2000 years Muay Thai was also once called the martial art of the kings because of the fact that in 1914 the sons of the King Sen Muajng Ma fought until their death for the throne of their father

Techniques 

The punching techniques, The straight punch is a power punch extended directly forwards towards the target, the fist palm down, aimed at the chin or solar plexus.

The elbow techniques, The elbows provide a dangerous form of attack, used to cut and sometimes to knock out. It is delivered in a hooking, uppercut or overhand motion. When first practicing the elbow, swing your elbow straight up in the narrowest possible angle. Do not hit the target bluntly but see if you can scrape the target lightly with your elbow.

The kicking techniques Muay Thai has many different kicking techniques like the nutcracker kick, straight kick, diagonal kick, roundhouse kick, spinning kick, axe hill kick, half spin half knee kick, jump kick, and step up kick. The most commonly used though are the kick and the foot jab.

The knee techniques In muay Thai punches are rarely thrown to the stomach area, as the knee is a much more effective weapon.You can do the knee techniques by stand up on your toes. Lift yourself up with a straight leg. Step forward into the attack always keeping your hand high in guard. Fold your leg as tightly as possible and point the toes. Or the toes can point up, ready for a thrust kick. Send power from the hips in the same way you send power to the punch from the shoulder. This will make the strike more powerful.

Foot techniques Foot-thrust will be mainly used as offensive technique to block the opponent's attack. The foot-thrust also use for make the opponent off balance and take a chance to attack. It is quite rare to see boxers use the foot-thrust aggressively as a deadlyy weapon to knock out, but using foot-thrust first then follow by kick or other weapon quickly maybe the good practice to learn

 

Accessories

Boxing gloves : You can find it in the sport shop.  To choose the best gloves, the first  thing is you need to know the importance they are. Boxing gloves are very  important in boxing. They  are used  to protect your hands and wrists. They also safe your opponent’s life.Moreover The most importantly, they must be made of great quality materials.They depend on the price, too. If you buy  them in cheap price, their qualities are not good. However it is better if you spend more money, you will get a  good one

Bag glovesYou can also choose the  size that perfectly fit your hands with the weight you want. General sizes are S, M, L and XL  depended on each manufacturer.A pro fighter normally uses 8 – 10 oz. gloves with the size that absolutely fits his hands. In addition, you can find 10 oz. gloves in S, M, and L. Before trying the bag gloves, you must  wrap your hand You don’t want to feel too tight or too loose because that could hurt your hands and wrists instead of keeping them safe.

Hand wrap : It is strip cloth. It is used to protect your hand, the palm, the wrist and the thumb where it serves to both maintain the alignment of the joints

Boxing shorts : . You can choose from normal sport shorts when you want to practice. The are many differences are of the  material used to cut the shorts. For example, Nylon, Cotton, Polyester Blend and Satin. It’s up to you to decide buying. But the important thing is that you should feel comfortable and have a free movement. 

The Famous Thai Boxing Places

Rajadumnern Stadium : It is located in Rajadumnern nork Road, Bangkok. It was built by the thinking of Field Marshal Piboonsongkram (Jompon Por Piboonsongkram) It was built before  world war II and finished in 2488 by The Crown Property Bureau

Rajadumnern Stadium is the first standard stadium in Thailand. The famous boxers fight here like  Phon Kingpet , Chartchai Chiawnoi , Venis BKS, Khaosai Galaxy , Chana Por Paoin.Now this stadium has an air-conditioner so that people usually call Vig Air. It hasthe fight every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 18.00 – 21.00. And on Sunday  from 17.00-21.00. It is close in the religious  day.

Lumpini Stadium : It is a nearly standard of Rajadumnern Stadium. Located on Rama IV  Road, Klongtoei,Bangkok. It was founded in 2499 by Major General Prapat Jarusatien. Now it is controlled by Thai Army. It has a fight every Tuesday and Friday from 18.00-22.00 and Saturday from 17.00-24.30

 

Proud of Khon Kaen University

The "Spirit of Fighting" won best national costume

 

Miss Thailand Universe 2008 Gavintra Photijak wears national costume, which the costume was inspired by traditional muaythai style and called the "Spirit of Fighting" by Thai student Sathapat Moonma, a senior-year architecture student from Khon Kaen Univerisity. Thailand's Gavina came out stage perform in Wai-Kru , Cherng, Kon andMae-Mai muaythai, which won the best national costume award at the 57th Miss Universe pageant at Crown Convention Center, Nha Trang, Vietnam, with 80 of the world's most beautiful women competing to win one of the pageant world's most coveted crowns. Despite final Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza, 22, won the title.

BY Mr.Nanthapong / Miss Ratinad

 

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai

http://thai-boxing.org