Muay Thai Sub-forum

[chonabot]

Hi Thai Boxing Fans!

I was thinking of starting a Muay Thai sub Forum, within the Main Sports forum.

Similar to the Football forum. I trained in MT for about a decade and had a few fights. I still follow it and train occasionally.

Anyone interested ?

Chon.

[Thaiboxer]

Chonabot, I'm not sure if there are enough people on thaivisa to warrant starting a Muay Thai forum. Like you, I'm a big fan and although I've never competed, I've done a fair bit of training/research. There is an excellent website for Muay Thai fans which is through Kaewsamrit Gym (a respected camp in Bangkok). Here it is: www.kaewsamrit.com Simply click on "forum" and follow that link. I know an English guy from there who covers the fight scenes at Lumpini and Ratchadamnoen stadiums. He publishes fight reports in English for us farang to enjoy reading and people from all over the world read them. Those reports can be found at: www.muaythai2000.com

Enjoy!

[Tingnongnoi]

you never know it may get a few more people interested in the sport on here. I follow it quite a bit and would take part!

Edited July 21, 2006 by Tingnongnoi

[Thaiboxer]

Muay Thai has a lot of practical techniques in relation to real fighting, however the old style (Muay Thai Boran or Ancient Thai Boxing) is even better. Too bad not many people can teach this old style anymore. There is an interesting style called Muay Lerdrit which consists of some Muay Thai Boran mixed in with a bit of Judo and Tae Kwon Do...it's very simple and it's taught to army officers at the military academy. Lerdrit does away with all the unpractical/difficult techniques and focuses on the stuff that actually works; kind of like Israeli Krav Maga.

I've seen Muay Thai live at a few places here in Bangkok but I've never seen the bare knuckle version live...now that's the REAL Muay Thai!

[foolforlove]

know anywhere in bkk for farang to learn lerdrit?

[Thaiboxer]

Sorry...don't know of anyone that teaches Lerdrit in BKK; I think it's taught exclusively to Thai Army officers. There are a few places that teach Muay Boran in BKK though; you could try Master Lek (Ekamai Soi 10) or Sukumvit Soi 71 (Master Preang/www.muaychaiya.com) Good luck!

[mrbojangles]

This is a cracker

http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=EKmoFYYp_0...amp;t=t&f=b

The way he's getting punched at the end but still protecting his "assets" is hilarious

[Thaiboxer]

That is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in Muay Thai! It looked as if both guys forgot their groin protection.