The origin of Muay Thai

1. Ancient Muay Thai or Ancient Method Muay Thai is simply called Ancient Muay Thai. Ancient Muay Thai techniques and moves were formed in the fourteenth century or earlier, in fact, for the ancient Siamese royal dynasty of Ayutthaya era. Every major festival, there is a program of martial arts competition, and the trend has been very strong. At first, the "unarmed" style was used, but later it was changed to the "fist armor" style, in which the fists were wrapped with leather strips. A little later developed into a "hemp-type", that is, with coarse hemp wrapped around the wrist; the fist surface is more solid and rough, more lethal. As for the linen-type fist, for hundreds of years, has been the representative image of Muay Thai, until the 1930s, began to introduce the Western boxing gloves, called "wearing gloves". For the future of Muay Thai to the world to lay the foundation.

2, has been a long time, in ancient times, princes and lords to feed the warriors and let them fight for the theater, which and today's Thai boxing fans love boxing is from the same kind of thrill-seeking mentality. Muay Thai culture and the Thai people in the traditional culture of close relations, its religious color is strong. For example, the rituals of initiation, competition, and the rituals of boxing dance in the ring before the match all have a clear religious art background. As for the classical poems, dramas and dances created in Thailand, many of the movements and details have been realized and integrated into the art of kung fu. For example, many of the fixed ancient boxing moves and boxing dances can be traced back to theater and dance art. Thus, it is not far-fetched to consider Muay Thai as a national art of Thailand, but a very representative skill.

3. Xu Songshi, a famous Thai-Chinese scholar, has analyzed the real meaning of the Thai word "Thai" in his book "Thai-Tongue-Guangdong", and his final conclusion is that the word "Thai" means "native" or "indigenous". The final conclusion of the study was that the word "Thai" means "native" or "local". This conclusion, although it is not certain to reject the interpretation by other scholars through research, but it is also supported by some Thai ethnographers; therefore, it is possible that the Thai people say that Muay Thai means "indigenous martial arts". However, the word "Thai" has another narrower meaning, and its source is most likely from the Chinese language; the phonetic translation can also be with the word "too" **** common, the meaning of the "Tai Chi", The meaning of the word is "too extreme" and "supreme". If we use this meaning for its destiny, then the true meaning of the name of Muay Thai is "supreme boxing". The legal definition of Muay Thai is intriguing, but what is less well known is that, according to Tim Boon, a celebrity who has been involved in Thai boxing for thirty years, "In Thai law, Muay Thai is a form of gambling. Boxers fight each other and win winnings, in the same compendium as cockfighting and fishfighting." It's another way to see boxers fight each other as hard as they can and put life and death on the line.

4. Although the progress of the times and the commercialization of society have made the boxing world corrupt and morally degraded, the spirit of kung fu and righteousness remains unchanged. Especially in the countryside, the martial arts style is unchanging. Whenever these places have a temple festivals or major celebrations and other programs to be held, boxing is not only for the program necessary for the after show; and often listed as the General Assembly towards the end of the play axis, because the Thai people both boxing, boxing, boxing, gambling boxing for fun; in other words, Muay Thai is the local entertainment aspect of a program, the wind from

5, Muay Thai boxing that is, Thai boxing, Muay Thai (Muay Thai) is a legendary Muay Thai (Muay Thai) is a legendary fighting skills, is a sport known for its strength and agility. Muay Thai is originated in Thailand, the promotion of the world's combat technology, known as the "eight legs of the movement", "eight body science". The main use of human fists, legs, knees, elbows, four limbs and eight bodies as eight weapons to attack, out of the fist and legs, so that the knee and elbow power smooth and smooth, the power to show extremely abundant, fierce and sharp attack, known as the strongest fighting skills of standing skills. Now people say Muay Thai generally refers to the modern Muay Thai, and does not refer to the ancient Muay Thai (Muay Boran).

6, Muay Thai, in Thai, called "Moi Thai", English for "ThaiBoxing". With a history of more than five hundred years, Muay Thai has always been regarded as the world's most ferocious and cruel sports. Thai Boxing has evolved from a long history of fighting in ancient times. In martial arts, there are cultural training, martial arts training and horizontal training, and Muay Thai belongs to horizontal training, which has a strong killing power. As a result of the slimming craze, some fitness instructors have proposed to use the high calorie consumption of Muay Thai to replace the consumption brought about by aerobic dance; while helping women to slim down, it also enables them to acquire a skill for personal defense purposes. Muay Thai is of course a martial art, and it is one of the best of the best. A skilled fighter can use his limbs and body as weapons to knock out an opponent in a matter of seconds. Classical Muay Thai still has a lot of very artistic flower-shaped moves, these moves are not only wonderful, but also practical, which will be ten according to the Thai name of the original meaning of the translation and with an explanation to show the majority of enthusiasts.