Muay thai boxing

[dazdaz]

Having been to Lumpini Stadium and sat at ringisde, wow what an experience, I wondered if there was enough interest here for a forum on Muay Thai boxing?  I'd like to learn a lot more.

Does anyone have a good list of web resources?  I've found a couple, but not quite content with them.

This one is quite an interesting read!

http://www.lannamuaythai.com/

I have a lot to learn, but it appears more a way of life for the boxers than a sport.

Regards

[chonabot]

Daz, I have been away from the sport for 5 years, but trained/fought for a good few years. It's a fantastic sport/self defence. Having tried other Martial Arts ( Jap/Korean/Chinese)

Muay Thai is the only one I felt actually works in real life situations, as well as being an excellent way to keep fit.

What sort of info do you need? If you are interested in training/learning in Thailand or Uk I can give you contact numbers.

I think Simon43 posed a similar question a few weeks ago, but my input was not acknowledged. Regards websites, theres only so much you can get off the net, but if your interests are as a spectator I'm sure a serch on google will help!

Phil

[dazdaz]

Thanks for the information, it's useful and very interesting.

I'd like to see things like who is top of the league, how the league works, boxer profiles.

Can you still practice if you wear glasses?

I'm more interested in speactating in Thailand and the UK at the moment.  How much are tickets in the UK? Where can you go and watch it?

There is something special about it, but I can't put it down in words yet.  I noticed they do that drumming when the match starts, it really creates an atmosphere which gives a big impact, anyone else noticed that?

So you did Thai boxing as a career, hmmm.  How does that work?  Do you need to win fights to earn enough from the prize money.

Out of interest, which other martial arts have you tried?

Regards

[chonabot]

Daz , glad you like the info , heres a bit more, if the old grey matter still works..lol

Firstly, I didn't box Muay Thai as a career, just an intense hobby, its very difficult to pursue Muay Thai in that sense in the Uk.

Even the Uk's top Thai Boxers ( Ronnie Green etc) couldn't earn enough, its just not a big enough spectator sport in the Uk. In Holland and Germany and France, there are quite a few pro Thai boxers, most of them also fight in Thailand and Japan.

You can learn/train if you are short sighted , but obviously need to remove the specs first!

In the uk Thai boxing is more popular up north, but also in London there are fights usually every month, I'll see if I can rustle up some info. I spend my life between Oxford and Isaan these days, but still have some contacts.

I studied Tae-Kwon-do,Karate (Goju-ryu),Jiu-jitsu,Judo,Lau Gar, and a few others that didn't really work for me.

All enjoyable but, everyone has their favourite, for me it was Muay Thai. Also that was the reason that I first came to Thailand.........long...long..time ago

Most of the rituals practised at the fight itself, music,Wai Kru,Ram Muay, have spiritual meanings, but a lot of the Westerners skip this and just concentrate on the fighting, a shame really.

HTH

Phil

[muay_thai]

Hi, I've been doing the stuff for 7 year now and you can train

with glasses although I would advise getting contact lenses

as they stay in easier, I've fought a few times in UK & once

in Thai, and although your not supposed to wear contact lenses I've got away with it. However often in sparring if

a good punch catches you in the eye your lense may often

end up on the other persons glove however if you don't

intend to fight then this is ok.

In the UK prices can range from about £12 - £25 ringside

to watch fights, the best billed fights are probably were

there are some thais also fighting as it's interesting to

see the two differing styles.

As far as websites go you could try looking under the

thai boxing association sites, as with boxing there are

more than one (eg. WBA, WBO, WBC), you will probably

find over 10 in england which equates to their not

being any one person at one weight that can call themselves

british champion.

Try these:

www.iamtf.org/

www.imtf.net/

www.ipmto.org/

Also there is a world professional mixed kickboxing / thai

etc. named k-1 league which is in japan, interesting

ready if you wanna make it pro style for money !

www.k-1.co.jp/

As for a way of life it's a good earner for a young thai man, & if you go to some of the gym's and see the kids training and putting there hearts into it, its ace !

If your still in thailand I would advise to start training over

there as the technique training is so much better and you

will pick it up faster without anyone else's bad habits. It's

the little things over there they show you that count.

If in BKK not sure where to train I went to a place of Khao

San but not much cop, a few of my friends have praised

a place in Lamai on Koh Samui, if not try the thai national

stadium near lumpini park i'm sure one of the organisations

is based there.

Keep up interest !!

Sok Khlab !