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Muay Thai Boxing - History And Overview
Muay Thai is an international professional sport and a fighting art. Known as the "King of the Ring" in kickboxing circles, Muay Thai is an art of fighting that originates from Thailand and is their national sport.
Whilst still very much a sport based in Thailand, Muay Thai Boxing is now gaining acceptance in America and the rest of the western world, with local and international tournaments hosted a lot more frequently. The Thai fighters are very tough opponents to beat due to their technique and conditioning, however the rest of the world is catching up, claiming victories against some of Thai's best.
Modern Muay Thai fights are fought in a ring, very similar to the western boxing matches. Perhaps the most attractive and interesting aspect of Muay Thai is the crowd of spectators that gathers to see a match. With techniques including kicks, punches and the extensive use of knees and elbows, Muay Thai is often referred to as the science of 8 limbs.
Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand and it dates back 3000 years Muay Thai was used by the Thai military for unarmed combat training. Many modern Muay Thai fighters have taken up the sport as a career path. I think it has gained such popularity, especially in Thailand, because many Thai national people saw it as a way to make a good living if they were successful at it. You have to remember the average income in Thailand is pretty low, so the attraction to earn a lot more money doing something they love and are good at was strong.
Fighting Strategies of Muay Thai is the first book to reveal actual fighting strategies and tactics as taught in the boxing camps in Thailand. As you may expect, the conditioning regimen in Muay Thai is legendary for its intensity and rigorous demands. This is an age old question; which fighting style is better? Everyone who practices Muay Thai will say Muay Thai is better and the same with Karate.
Muay Thai kickboxing is no longer a man's sport, with many women nowadays coming to boxing gyms to train for fights, get fit, tone up and learn self defense. Muay Thai is not about throwing wild punches. It teaches crisp strikes that are fast and dangerous. If you have watched a Muay Thai fight in real life or on TV, you would know that while Muay Thai is famous for its leg kicks, the great fighters turn to the neck kick for knockout power. The key to beating the opponent in a Muay Thai fight is shin kicks, delivered in roundhouses to the legs, ribs, and head.
David Di Cristo is Editor of the http://www.twinsboxing.com Muay Thai Boxing blog.
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Muay Thai Boxing - History And Overview
Muay Thai is an international professional sport and a fighting art. Known as the "King of the Ring" in kickboxing circles, Muay Thai is an art of fighting that originates from Thailand and is their national sport.
Whilst still very much a sport based in Thailand, Muay Thai Boxing is now gaining acceptance in America and the rest of the western world, with local and international tournaments hosted a lot more frequently. The Thai fighters are very tough opponents to beat due to their technique and conditioning, however the rest of the world is catching up, claiming victories against some of Thai's best.
Modern Muay Thai fights are fought in a ring, very similar to the western boxing matches. Perhaps the most attractive and interesting aspect of Muay Thai is the crowd of spectators that gathers to see a match. With techniques including kicks, punches and the extensive use of knees and elbows, Muay Thai is often referred to as the science of 8 limbs.
Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand and it dates back 3000 years Muay Thai was used by the Thai military for unarmed combat training. Many modern Muay Thai fighters have taken up the sport as a career path. I think it has gained such popularity, especially in Thailand, because many Thai national people saw it as a way to make a good living if they were successful at it. You have to remember the average income in Thailand is pretty low, so the attraction to earn a lot more money doing something they love and are good at was strong.
Fighting Strategies of Muay Thai is the first book to reveal actual fighting strategies and tactics as taught in the boxing camps in Thailand. As you may expect, the conditioning regimen in Muay Thai is legendary for its intensity and rigorous demands. This is an age old question; which fighting style is better? Everyone who practices Muay Thai will say Muay Thai is better and the same with Karate.
Muay Thai kickboxing is no longer a man's sport, with many women nowadays coming to boxing gyms to train for fights, get fit, tone up and learn self defense. Muay Thai is not about throwing wild punches. It teaches crisp strikes that are fast and dangerous. If you have watched a Muay Thai fight in real life or on TV, you would know that while Muay Thai is famous for its leg kicks, the great fighters turn to the neck kick for knockout power. The key to beating the opponent in a Muay Thai fight is shin kicks, delivered in roundhouses to the legs, ribs, and head.
Muay Thai In Thailand
Learning Muay Thai in Thailand is always a special experience.
Today Muay Thai might have been become very popular in various other countries as well, resulting into top level training infrastructures in those countries.
However, the training experience in no other country can be matched with that in Thailand. It is not a question of training facilities or infrastructure, but of the ambiance.
Thailand is the country that gave birth to Muay Thai. And from the early days of its birth to date this great martial art has enjoyed immense popularity, craze and passion in Thailand.
True, today public craze for Muay Thai can be witnessed in other countries as well. But the enthusiasm and madness found in Thailand is unparalleled. Virtually every second Thai just eats, sleeps and drinks Muay Thai. This great art of fighting is a quintessential part of the Thai culture, enjoying almost a demi-god status in the Thai society.
The Thais’ passion for the sport is reflected in the huge public craze enjoyed by every Muay Thai fight in every Muay Thai event. All the successful Muay Thai fighters enjoy a position of high status, glamour and recognition. They enjoy a huge load of love and affection that nobody can overlook.
This unique level of love, craze and madness has given a special status to Muay Thai in Thailand. You can certainly witness public craze about this sport in other countries. But that craze comes nowhere near what you will witness in Thailand.
This unique ambiance makes learning Muay Thai in Thailand an outstanding experience. You will always have the feeling of learning the art on the soil of its origin. It alone will give you a spectacular charm and pleasure, adding enchantment to your training.
Where in Thailand will you train?
There are a huge number of Muay Thai gyms in Thailand. Apart from the capital Bangkok, there are many a gym in other cities as well. For example, you can learn Muay Thai boxing in Phuket in Thailand
No communication problem
Do not get tense about having any language problem. You are not supposed to learn Thai language to train in Thailand. English is quite in practice in Thailand. And no person who speaks English can have any communication problem in that country. So you will have no communication problem in Thailand despite being unable to speak a single Thai word.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Thailand Introduction
Thailand Introduction
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 | The city also boasts of numerous international restaurants of all kinds as well as a thriving night life. Nearby Sankampaeng is busy with the time honoured crafts of local artisans. Here the crafts folk utilise their traditional skills to produce intricate products from hand made umbrellas, teak furniture, leather goods, silver / bronze objects and hand made spun silk. You do not have to travel too far to reach the lush rain forest and exotic tribes that host, just some, of the adventure highlights that have made the North a favoured intrepid visitors destination for over two decades. Simple tribal villages adorn the mountain sides and offer simple overnight lodgings for adventurous wayfarers. Bamboo rafts are constructed to navigate the many rivers and elephants are harnessed to provide novel transportation means for the adventurer. The sights, sounds and scents of the forest will leave an indelible mark of enchantment on visitors of all ages. Mighty waterfalls proliferate throughout the area naturally supplying an ideal picnic point. The cool, benevolent climate of the North encourages vast assortments of fruit, vegetables and plants to flourish. Visitors can purchase this delicious mouth watering morsels at incredibly low prices. The latest addition to the areas attractions includes a new conservation site for elephants and the surrounding forest. To learn more of this project you can hot link now to the Elephant Nature Park pages. |
Visit Thailand
Visit Thailand
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Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country of southeast Asia on the Gulf of Thailand (formerly the Gulf of Siam), an arm of the South China Sea. Bangkok is the capital and the largest city. Population: 59,396,000. Standard Thai is the national and official language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group. Thai comes from the Tai group of the Tai-Kadai language family. The Tai-Kadai languages are thought to have originated in southern China. It is a tonal and analytic language. The combination of tonality, a complex orthography, relational markers and a distinctive phonology can make Thai difficult to learn for those who do not already speak a related language. In addition to Standard Thai also known as Central Thai or Siamese, which is the official language of Thailand, it is home to other related Tai languages and many of these languages are spoken by larger numbers outside of Thailand. Most speakers of dialects and minority languages speak Standard Thai as well, since it is the language used in schools and universities all across the kingdom.
Standard Thai is composed of several distinct forms for different social contexts. Street Thai, which is informal and without polite terms of address. Elegant Thai, which is the official and written version, and includes respectful terms of address. Rhetorical Thai which is used for public speaking. Religious Thai which is heavily influenced by Sanskrit and P?li used when discussing Buddhism or addressing monks. Royal Thai which is used when addressing members of the royal family.
Saying I Can (Dai) and I Can't (Dai mai) In Thai
Saying I Can (Dai) and I Can't (Dai mai) In Thai
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Useful Thai Phrase: Learning how to express Can and Cannot in Thai
Dai means can and Mai dai means cannot.
To express that you can do something in Thai, you can use the word "Dai" which means, can. If you would like to express that you can't do something, simply negate the verb dai with "Mai".
Dai krap/ka. Yes, I can.
Mai dai krap/ka. No, I can't
In Thailand, you would use the polite particle krap at the end of your sentence if you're male and ka if you're female. The purpose of using krap or ka is to make the sentence polite, much like Japanese's version of -masu.
Let's say you want to ask someone if he can speak Thai. How would you ask him in Thai?
Koon poot passa Thai dai mai? Can you speak Thai?
Koon is you, Poot means speak, and passa is langauge. Literally, the above sentence would mean "You speak language Thai can?"
Mai, before a verb = no / do not After a verb = question marker
As you have noticed, mai, when used before a verb, means no or do not. If it is used after a verb, it acts like the Japanese version of ka - a question marker.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
The Akha Hill Tribe people of Chiang Mai
The Akha people of the Hua-Fai Community
Live along the banks of the canal in the hart of Chiang Mai, not far from the Night Bazaar. They are a hard working people that spend most of the day in work groups, Hand making all these fine cloths. Then at around 6pm they walk to the Night Bazaar to sell there wears. If they are lucky they will sell $3 or $4us of product. Many times I have seen them sell a belt or hat for cost or less just to make a sale to feed their family that night. A lot of the Farangs (tourists) barter them down trying too buy as cheap as possible, You hear some arrogant woman saying to her boy friend, "what a rip off" for something that only costs 200 Bart ($6us). Sure it is fun bartering with the richer stall holders and it is a barter market but to push a poor lady down below cost is going too far. Most of these lady's have dependents too look after, Children, Parents and Grandparents. You see many old ladies's looking after a grand child that has lost its parents. There is no Social Welfare system in Thailand; some do get subsidized Health care if they were born in Thailand with a ID card or a work permit (that most of the aliens can not afford to buy). The Akha people of Chiang Mai, Thailand have fled the NEVER ENDING WAR of the far North (raging since 1947). The Golden Triangle covers a large area. Traditionally where Thailand, Burma and Loa join is called the Golden Triangle. The "Gold" being the liquid Gold of raw opium. The NEVER ENDING WAR rages on every year (dry season usually), it is a bullshit war designed to keep prying eyes out of the growing fields of Burma who produce a massive 3700 tons of raw opium each year for export. That is very conservative as the Shan State usually produces 300 - 500 tons of refined Heroin a year. That said it is still a very real war for the people at the front line. It periodically spills over into Thailand who quickly quells the intrusion. Many refugees end up in Thailand and work there way south. Many have ended up in Chiang Mai. Akha, Karen, Thai Yai (Shan) There are 13 or so ethnic groups that have carved out there own states in Burma running down Thailand's western border from the far north to well past Bangkok. Most Akha people from Burma are devout Christians who turned to Christianity in the 1800s and last century when the British ruled Burma. They speak Akha, read, and write there language with English (A, B, Cs) British influence once again. After the British, a banded them after the Second World War around 1947 there church went under ground as the never-ending war raged around them. The Military Junta S.L.O.K. that sized power would not let out side contact in or out. Akha Hill, Akha hill tribe products is a community non profit business set up by Mrs. A-Noe Yu-Po, Sie to her friends. Akha Hill's directive is to help lift the Akha people of the Hua-Fai Community and Chiang Mai out of poverty. Akha Hill's Mission in conjunction with the local Christian church is buying land around Chiang Mai, building houses for the poor with no interest rent to buy plans. Giving them land paper for the land. At the moment they live on no mans land with no land paper. To give them meaningful work with a good return for that work. Akha.hill and 1st Baan of Silver selling world wide for them. To get them off the streets and the young out of the bars and "karaoke" red light places. To have them living and working together as a family in a extended family village environment. With such abject poverty you see many young girls walking the Bars selling flowers at 2am, by young I mean as soon as they are old enough to walk and say "only 10 Bart Mr". young Mothers of 15 or 16 with a baby on her back selling Hill Tribe Products late at night. Grandmothers with a young child walking the Night Bazaar selling to support her and the child because the Child's parents have died from Aides or some other disease or accident. To get the children into schools. Most Akha people have no education at all and can not read or write Thai or English. The first resettlement will be out at Sansai. With no land paper they have no why of ever getting out of the poverty that they live in. The Banks wont loan against there houses, The mortality rate from sickness, disease, depression, drug abuse, alcohol etc is horrendous. While building Akha-Hill.com for Sie I have attended 4 funerals at the local Chiang Mai Presbyterian Akha Church of Akha people that I had met. Sorry to have to update this but we are attending another funeral now. The "old" (52) lady died three days before Christmas and will be buried the day after on boxing day. One old lady in her late 40s died of ? old age. A young man in his twenties died of a drug overdose after his wife ran off with a rich Farang (European) One Mother of 3 died in the August floods. The old ladies husband died three or for weeks after her, with no one to look after him he just gave up. The lady that died 3 days before Christmas is a sister of the wife who died before her husband. That family has lost four in the last year. While building Akha-Hill.com I have been living with the Akha people. The lady that died in the August floods lived next to me for one month. After that I used to see her every night sitting on the footpath on the side of the road over the canal with her youngest boy begging. they found her 3 days after the flood further down the canal.
29th October 2007 The Akha of Chiang Mai are working hard to wards building a traditional Akha village on 65 rai of land just 10 kilometres out of Chiang Mai at Sansai. This is in a rural setting with rice fields etc all around. With Tour groups coming out and staying over night. Hopefully this will help lift them out of the poverty cycle that they are in. http://Akha-Hill.com
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