Muay Thai Boxing History

Muay Thai Boxing ( Thai Boxing) is a martial art that has originated in the country of Thailand. Muay Thai history is profoundly rooted with the history of Thailand. Due to the fact of on-going invasion attempts from countries bordering with Thailand, the people of Thailand relied on their capacity to fight and defend their land and families. In the early years of Thai History  hand-to-hand fighting techniques were deveolped can quickly that allowed the body's natural weapons such as the head, fists, elbows and feet to be utilized in a combat enviroment. One can argue that the systematic development of unarmed combat  devised as a usefull fighting skill for the battlefield  became to be known as Muay Thai boxing.

Thai boxing now has becomethe National Sport of Thailand. This effective combat style has also been subject to an increasing popularity especially in the mixed martial arts arena. Through out the world and nemerous accredited associations has been established. In traditional Muay Thai the combatants are allowed to utilize strikes such as  punches, kicks, elbow strikes and knee strikes. In the Kingdom of Thailand a Muay Thai match has  five rounds which are  five minutes in length and the fight is fought in ring. There usually is one scorer of the fight in the ring, and a couple of  judges outside the ring. Moreover each fighter has two people in the corner who are dealing with cuts and advising the fighter. In Muay Thai boxing, there are divisions in the weight categories, just as in Boxing or Kickboxing. You can win a match in four ways. Firstly on points, secondly by scoring a TKO (technical knockout) or thirdly by knockout. One can also win the fight if the other fighter is disqualified.

There are numeous techniques that can be utilized in the fight. These include the following outlined below:

Thai Boxing Elbow
Thai Boxing Knee
Thai Boxing Front Kick (also reffered to as the teep)
Thai Boxing Roundhouse Kick
Thai Boxing Punches

These techniques are considered to be amongst the most devastating in the martial arts fraternity. The rigorous traing allows these techniques to be delivered accurately and with devastating power. It has been said that most techniques in Muay Thai, if connected cleanly and accurately can end the fight with a single blow. This is backed up my many fights ending with a accurately placed elbow or knee.

Muay Thai Boxinghas enjoyed a huge surge in  popularity as fighters utilize these techniques in mixed martial arts fights such as the UFC and Pride FC. MMA fighters such as Anderson Silva, Mauricio Rua and wanderlei Silva have shared many striking elements of  Thai Boxing with Brazilian Jiu jitsu, Wrestling, Judo and western boxing into a hybrid style which has been successful in the mma arena.