Muay Thai-Thai kickboxing

Muay Thai, or Thai Boxing has been described as the world's toughest call sport and is one the most deadly forms of martial art. Besides confessed as "The Science of Eight Limbs", it's a hard-style of martial art that also employs the application of the head, elbows, knees and shins as weapons. Although most of the world knows it to be exclusively from Thailand, it comes from the term Muay Boran and is also practised in other countries in the region of South East Asia and has different names depending on the country. Malaysians call it Tomoi, Muay Lao in Laos, Lethwei to Burmese and Pradal Serey in Cambodia.

Muay Thai has its roots in the Siamese Army in antiquated times and bouts during those times had no epoch limit and unusual rules. Only in the dilatory part of the 20th century were gloves, ring times and a unpaid place of rules were adopted.

Target points for Muay Thai punches include the nature above the ear, the jaw, the world covered by the upper lip (philtrum), the clavicle, floating ribs and the solar plexus. Punching techniques or Chok are analogous to Western boxing: the straight punch (Mud Trong), Mud Wiang San or hook, the swing- Mud Wiang Yao, the uppercut Mud Seuy, Cobra Punch or Kra-dod Chok, and the undercut or Mud Hook. One Muay Thai punching technique away in Western boxing is the spinning backfist or Mud Wiang Glub and can be a very competent surprize attack.

Teh, or kicking techniques are an relevant stuff of Muay Thai combat. It consists of the straight kick Teh Trong, the roundhouse Teh Tud, diagonal kick Teh Chiang, the shin-knee kick Teh Krueng Kheng Krueng Kao, the down roundhouse kick Teh Kod, the axe heel kick Teh Kao, bounce kick Gra-dodeh Teh, step-up kick Kha Yiep The, and the spectacular spinning heel kick Teh Glub Lang. The dangerous Neb or pecking kick is an regularly executed Muay Thai kick and is very similar to the straight kick. The gratuity of the foot or ball is used to dig into the target environment which can comprehend the outer object of the thigh, the shins and the knee. It's mostly used to aim and opponent's forward moves.

Clinching in Muay Thai involves putting one's hands remain the sense of the opponent and pulling it downwards. It is during these clinches that Tee Kao or knee techniques are used to strike the torso or extra devastatingly, the jaw. The different knee strikes are the Kao Trong or straight knee strike, the Kao Chiang or diagonal knee strike, Kao Kong curving knee strike, Kao Tud horizontal knee strike, Kao Tod knee slap, Kao Youwn knee bomb, Kao Yiep step-up knee strike and the Kao Loi or flying knee strike.

Traditional Muay Thai practice methods were grueling and literally took blood,sweat and tears to endure. It involved ultimate conditioning of the legs by with repeated kicks against a banana tree. This toughens the shin existence forming it invulnerable to abuse in the ring.


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