The rules established by the World Muay Thai Council states fighters must be within 5 pounds difference in weight, protective gear to be worn including groin guard and mouth guard. All fighters must perform the “Wai Kru” ritual before their fight, wearing the Mongkol.
There are 3 ways a fight can be won, Knockout, Technical Knockout and Points. The point system is simple. Each round, the highest a fighter can score is 10. If you score a 10 you have performed well, however, your score goes down if you’ve received a warning, or you have not blocked or defended yourself up to par. Muay Thai has 5 rounds of 3 minutes each, with a 2 minute break in between, if both fighter has performed well and received 10 points in all rounds, the fight is then declared a draw.
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Difference between Muay Thai / Thai Boxing and kickboxing,
Muay Thai / Thai Boxing is a sport that uses 8 points of striking, punches, kicks, elbows and knees, while kickboxing has a 4 point striking system involving only punches and kicks. Kickboxing fighters movement and technique to fighting tends to be more defensive and set up, whereas Muay Thai relies on heavy and aggressive motions, finding openings for counter attacks and minimal head movement and weaving that you would typically find in kickboxing. Kickboxing was inspired by components found in Muay Thai by Japanese boxing expert Osamu Noguchi, who developed the fight style wanting to add elements of Karate and Western Boxing as well.
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History of Muay Thai or Thai Boxing.
Muay Thai, also known as “The art of Eight Limbs”, Is a martial art originating from Thailand in the 13th century, used during war against the Burmese as a style of fighting that mimics weapons of war. Muay Thai became a significant part of the Thai culture as the constant threats of war kept young men, at the time, to train and pass down the knowledge to the next generation. With the popularity of Muay Thai rising, the first King of Sukhothai was sent to a training camp to learn the art form, because it became common knowledge that brave leaders were good warriors, and this made them suitable as rulers of the kingdom.
Muay Thai in the Modern day
Muay Thai became popular world wide, rules were established after WWII and began to change to allow the art form to be more organised and established. Rings were built to replace open landscape in the 1920’s and thus began the era of Muay Thai as we know of today. Today, Muay Thai is the most common striking style used in MMA but is also the base of all different forms of kickboxing. Many people learn to improve fitness, develop self defence skills or even just for fun. In Thailand, it is very common for kids as young as 6, to start training and have their first professional fight between the ages of 8-10.
Before a professional fight, fighters are required to perform a ritual known as “Wai Kru” which is directly translated to “Respect your teacher”. The ritual involves the fighter wearing a headpiece called “Mongkol” which is made from rope, thread and silk threaded and woven together and blessed by a Buddhist monk. These headpieces are given to a fighter by their teacher when the effort and skills of a fighter has been recognised.
Today there are more than 3800 Thai boxing specialising gyms around the world.
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