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Entries from November 2008
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January 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Muay Thai
Yaw-Yan “The Deadly Dance”
January 31st, 2007 · 14 Comments
I was trolling around youtube the other day and came across this. To all my Pinoy peeps out there feel free to chime in anytime. Apparently there is a Filipino martial art called Yaw-Yan. When I think of Filipino art’s I think of Kali, Eskrima , Arnis etc. I’ve never seen Yaw-Yan. [...]
Tags: Muay Thai
Jet Li’s Fearless (Deleted Scene)
January 30th, 2007 · 9 Comments
Any of you catch this yet? So apparently if you saw “Fearless” in the States, you didn’t see Jet li fight the Muay Boran guy… Once again Youtube to the rescue. Here is the scene, Oh and welcome to the wonderful world of Thai dubbing. Thai dubbing is [...]
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Yodsaenklai Fairtex Vs. Rafik Bakkouri
January 29th, 2007 · 18 Comments
This fight took place on January 11th at the Fairtex stadium in Pattaya (aka the arm pit of Thailand). For those of you new to Muay Thai, Yodsaenklai is the current Lumpini Stadium and WBC Muay Thai 154 lbs. champion. I think he was acquired by Fairtex back in ‘05. [...]
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Sak Yant - Thai Temple Tatoos
January 26th, 2007 · 18 Comments
I got my first tat back in ‘95 and since then I’ve always had an itch to get another. I’ve been playing around with the idea of getting a Sak Yant, or a Thai Temple Tattoo.
“Sak Yants the Thai name for the Tattooing of Sacred geometrical designs on the skin. Yant (or Yantra, as [...]
Tags: Muay Thai
Wai - Bowing
January 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments
So what is all this bowing (wai) about? If you haven’t noticed a common theme in Asian culture is bowing it’s a way of showing respect. In Thai culture you’re taught from an extremely early age the importance of respecting your elders. This respect, sometimes superficial permeates every aspect of your relationships.
Even [...]
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