Fighters

Muay thai has given born to many great fighters who are now known all over the world. Samart Payakaroon is one of the best among legendry muay thai heroes; he held the title of “Baby Face Tiger”. He accomplished both Muay thai and World Super Bantamweight championship in his carrier. One of the most promising muay thai boxer is Buakaw Por Pramuk. He won the title of K-1 Max World Champion two times till now. First in 2004 at the age of 22 and he reclaimed this title again in 2006. The K-1 Grand Prix is a famous competition which is held in Japan to determine the single best standup fighter in the world. In Atlanta Olympics 1996, Somrak Khamsing is the first Thai boxer who won a gold medal in feather weight class. He is well known, from then for his swiftness and his reflexes. Another Muay thai hero in K-1 world competition Kaoklai Kaennorsing once held the title of K-1 grand prix championship in 2004. He is talented at quick maneuver and effective hit. He was called the giant killer after he beat tougher competitor by his technique.

Training Basic Element

Thare are 10 basic elements in Muay Thai traning to build up the skills and abilities to become succesful in Thai boxing

1. Warming up - Warming up is an important part of the Muay Thai training. This can help waking up the muscle, making them more flexible, and loosing the joint, so the body is ready for the heavy training.
2. Building Endurance - If you just getting started in Muay Thai boxing training, it should take about 6-8 weeks of Muay Thai kickboxing training for a new student to reach the point where he can have a good enough endurance.
3. Training Session Duration - Muay Thai training session length should not be too short or too long to prevent the counterproductive effect of over training or under training. For the beginners, the Muay Thai boxing training should not be too long. The length should not be more than two hours for a single session. If you are the trainer, you should make sure that the trainee is not too tired which can result in muscle pain or damage in muscle tissue.
4. Physical Ability Limits - Different Boxers have different limitations and they need different resting period to recover from exhaustion.
5. Physical Strength - This is one of the important requirement for Muay Thai boxing training. Therefore, a boxer should work on the strength. After the boxer’s strength increase, speed and endurance will increase also.
6. Persuasive Powers - The teacher or trainer has to prepare the new type of training for him so that he does not become bored with the training
7. Intensity - An increase in intensity of the training exercises can increase a strength and ability. However, when the intensity of training increase, the length of the session should decrease proportionately
8. Special Exercises - This exercise can help develop the physical strength, flexibility, and relaxation. The exercise should be practice after training sessions.
9. Massage - Massage can help increase blood circulation and reduce stress.
10. Regular Exercise - This exercise help increase the physical capabilities. The examples of regular exercises are shadow boxing, workouts with the punching bag, etc.

Muay Thai Training

Muay Thai training is not different from other kinds of sport. The trainee need a discipline and train regularly with a strict and intensive program. The trainee has to listen to what his trainer says.
Here, I will update the information that you need for Muay Thai kickboxing training. My information is for everybody who interests in Muay Thai including trainers, boxers, trainees and Muay Thai lovers.

Wai Kru

In Muay Thai, the boxer will always preface the fight with Wai Kru and this tradition is still practiced nowadays. This ceremony is usually performed to rousing Thai music from pipes and drums, and with the initial Ram Muau (the boxing movement). The Wai Kru and Ram Muay are useful, since the boxer gains encouragement from paying homage to his teachers and feels that he is not on his own: he has his teacher and the other teachers of the discipline to support him. The Wai Kru process will also give him time to concentrate and revise what he has learned, as well as display the nature of his weapons and the high degree of his skill. The steps, movement and use of his weapons are designed to warm up the bodyґs muscles, survey the field of play, and conceal the contestantґs style of fighting. "Wai" means to pay respect by putting both hands together in front of the chest.

Defensive techniques

It as categorized into six groups:
Blocking: Defenders hard block to stop a strike in its path, so preventing it reaching its target.
Redirection: Defenders soft parries to change the directions of a strike so that it misses its target. Avoidance: Moving a body part swiftly out of the way or range of a strike, making the position of the opponent for a counter strike.
Evasion: Moving the body out of the way or range of a strike.
Disruption: Pre-aiming an attack.
Anticipation: Defender catching a strike or countering it before it strike.

The Arm Clinch Position

There is a difference in Muay Thai from the western Boxing. During the arm clinch position the fighters are separate in western boxing; however they are not in Muay Thai.
There are several clinching techniques in Muay Thai including:

• Arm Clinch
• Side Clinch
• Low Clinch and
• Swan Neck.