Posted by Nicky in Muay Thai the most played martial arts today is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world. It is also referred to as “The Science of Eight Limbs”, as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art.
What is Muay Thai? Muay Thai known also as Thai Boxing in English is what the Thai people call their own martial art. The art of Muay Thai has been the country’s most popular spectator sport for hundreds of years. It is unique among other kinds of fighting disciplines in its approach to close quarters fighting. In muay thai, they uses there elbows, knees, feet and fist. In the old days, Muay Thai was a dangerous sport, with no safety gear of any kind for the fighters, and only lengths of cords to wrap around the fists in place of gloves. That’s what we’ve seen in Ong-Bak movie the Muay Thai Warrior.
Equipment that is necessary for Muay Thai matches must be provided by the stadium. There are a stopwatch, a signal gong, a warning bell, and boxing gloves of various sizes according to the rules, equipment to provide water for boxers, and other additional personal accessories for boxers who have not prepared their own such as boxing shorts in red or blue, jock straps, surgical tape, or sacred cords.
A Muay Thai match formally have no more than 5 rounds, each round take 3 minutes to last, with a two-minute rest period in between. No additional rounds are allowed. Boxers must regularly wear gloves, each weighing not less than 6 ounces (172 Gramm). The gloves must not be squeezed, kneaded or crushed to change its original shape.
To learn Muay Thai is to learn about its roots and its purpose, and there is nowhere better to do that than in its homeland.