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Combat Sports : Muay Thai



Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese styles, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos.

Descended from muay boran, muay Thai is Thailand's national sport. The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya. muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science of Eight Limbs" .......

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