Southeast,Asian,Martial,Arts,M sports Southeast Asian Martial Arts – Muay Thai

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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin-top:0in;mso-para-margin-right:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}Muay Thai is a hard fighting martial art that resemblespradel serey, tomoi, and muay Lao from Laos. It is probably derived from muayboran and krabi krabong. Also known as Thai boxing or Thai kickboxing, it isthe national sport of Thailand and enjoys worldwide popularity, thanks in partto a daily televised bout in Thailand and the movie Ong Bak, starring Tony Jaain a feature that seamlessly blended acrobatic stunts and Thai boxing. Muay Thai is often known as the art (or science) of eightlimbs, because practitioners use eight points of attack: feet, hands, elbows,and knees. Western boxers by comparison use two points of attack (fists). The first muay Thai fights Exact information on muay Thai's origins is sketchy,purportedly because the Burmese destroyed Siamese historical records in 1767.According to popular legend, "Black Prince" Naresuen of Siam defeatedthe Burmese crown prince in a single bout of muay Thai in 1560, which causedKing Bayinnaung of Burma to abandon his attack on Thailand. In 1774, the firstrecorded muay Thai contest was held in Rangoon at a festival organized by LordMangra, king of Burma, to honor the Buddhist faith. A Thai boxer called NaiKhanom Tom defeated nine Burmese boxers in a row, impressing the king with hisstrength and agility. Modern fights Muay Thai fights are generally of five three-minute rounds,with a two-minute rest between each round. Ringcraft (fighting tactics andstrategies), conditioning, and fitness are key. As in Western boxing, thereferee can end a bout by giving a ten-second count to a knock-down, if hethinks a boxer is in particular danger, or if there have been three knock-downsduring a single round. Traditionally, fighters bound their hands in cloth, dippedthem in glue, then sprinkled their fists with broken glass, bringing afrightening and bloody element to matches. This practice was stopped in 1929and now most fighters wear European standard boxing gloves. Their hands arewrapped in boxing wraps to protect their fists and to harden them bycompressing the bones. They also wear groin protection, shorts elasticated atthe waist, and optional elasticated ankle supports. Bouts are accompanied by music "si muay," which isplayed by a four-piece orchestra consisting of "shing" (cymbals),"klong kaek" and "kon" (drums), and "pi Java" (aclarinet). Ritual dance and fighting stance In a prefight ritual dance ("ram muay wai kruh,"or "kruh," for short). Boxers pay homage to their instructors and hextheir opponents with black magic. They often make a loud hissing sound as theyexhale air through their teeth, which helps to control breath, oxygenatemuscles, and inspire confidence. Their fighting stance resembles a Western boxer's, exceptthey hold their guard higher and slightly more extended away from their face toprotect against elbow and foot strikes. Fighters tend to shuffle forward andback, leading with one foot. They turn their elbows inward to protect the bodyand to allow for guarding movements that protect the ribs during an onslaught. Kicking and punching The signature kick is the low-level roundhouse, or hook,kick at an opponent's thigh. Designed to demoralize an opponent and restrict hismobility, it is often delivered with the shin and the toe hooked inward asopposed to a normal roundhouse in which the toe is pointed back. Boxersprecondition the shin over many years by striking it against bamboo trees.Punching resembles the Western boxing techniques of jabs, crosses, hooks, uppercuts, and overhand head punches. Thai boxers use long-range hooks that closethe distance after kicking and are often followed by a combination ofclose-quarter upper cuts, hooks, and jabs.