Muay Thai History and Thai Culture

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- V6 S, R% z. ?. U, [. ]History of Muay Thai Long history of Muay Thai (มวยไทย) It began to be used in warfare in the past. At present, Muay Thai has been adapted for use in the army called "Lertrit" which is different from Muay Thai today that is used as a sport. with the use of a glove to prevent danger from occurring Muay Thai is still known as The art of eight attacks, which include two hands, two feet, two elbows and two knees (some texts may be Naowa weapons which include the use of the head attack or the weapon which includes the use of the buttocks to attack as well) Muay Thai inherited from ancient boxing, which is divided into It is each line according to that locality, with the main main lines such as Muay Tha Sao (Northern region), Muay Korat (Northeastern region), Muay Chaiya (Southern region), Lop Buri boxing and Phra Nakhon boxing (Central region). Boxing physical education has a saying that " Muddy Korat, Clever Lopburi, Tha Dee Chaiya, faster than Tha Sao, complete with physical education equipment."2 _9 v9 \& w2 @% V/ b9 ]! z+ [5 ]
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Sukhothai period Muay Thai tradition was considered a high art that was included in the King's educational curriculum. to train the king to be a brave warrior have excellent physical performance As it appears according to the chronicles that Father Khun Sri Inthrathit sent his second son to train Muay Thai at Samor Khon School. Mueang Lopburi or that King Ramkhamhaeng composed a composition for Pichaisongkram with some passages mentioning Muay Thai Along with using weapons such as swords, spears, knives, shields or bows as well.3 T) S8 W- c0 `2 Z( }* |5 r5 g