My Muay Thai

Articles Posted by natb19

Starting with Judo at the early age of 7, Nathan Brown was a student martial arts (Taekwondo, Kung Fu, Chinese Boxing, Tai Chi, Jeet June Do) and eastern philosophy long before moving to Thailand in 2002, looking for a life more attuned to the Taoist philosophies that he had come to love. The first meeting with Ajarn Lek made a great impression, especially after sparring with Tae for the first time and seeing the beauty in simplicity which is Muay Thai Chaiya. Seeing the practicality in defense, and efficiency and directness of attack, he also saw many similarities with the more advanced concepts of fighting that he’d learnt from studying the Jeet Kune Do concepts of Bruce Lee. Kru Nathan has learnt Muay Thai Chaiya for over 7 years from Ajarn Lek, who refuses to teach the fancy superfluous moves which now seem to be the trademark of Muay Boran, instead teaching the style in it’s practical, useful form. Kru Nathan has spent over two years teaching the style in Thailand (teaching in both Thai and English), and 8 years after coming to Thailand Kru Nathan is now looking to take Muay Thai Chaiya international, starting workshops and private tuition. Check out his websites (www.mymuaychaiya.com, www.learnmuaythaichaiya.com ) and his youtube channel for more information on learning Muay Thai Chaiya.

  • Where’s the tradition?

    Where’s the tradition?

    by natb19 on Jul 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

    I noticed something funny a while ago when I was looking through the comments in mymuaythai.com (ok, more interesting than funny).

    Posted in All, MMT Featured, MuayThai

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    More Chaiya

    by natb19 on Apr 01, 2009 | 11 Comments

    By Nathan Brown aka natb19 After my last post comparing the raised knee guard of Muay Chaiya and modern Muay Thai (interesting comments there… worth a read!) a few people showed interest in how us Chaiya boys practice our balance and conditioning to pull off this guard and the follow up moves. I’ve been meaning [...]

    Posted in All, Technique and Training, Tradition and Culture

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    Yok Khao (Rising Knee) guard of Chaiya

    by natb19 on Oct 23, 2008 | 45 Comments

    Here is our monthly Muay Chaiya lesson… many thanks to our Muay Thai brother Nathan for taking the time to educate us.  If you guys haven’t been over to his blog yet, mymuaythaichaiya.com It is worthy of a bookmark. Yok Khao by Nathan After some thought and talk with some muay thai friends, I decided [...]

    Posted in All, MuayThai, Technique and Training

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    Close Relatives

    by natb19 on Sep 12, 2008 | 20 Comments

    Hi guys- One of the most rewarding things about having this blog, is that you get to meet (albeit virtually) lots of interesting people, living there dreams and doing it.  I recently met Nathan who’s been living, training and teaching Muay Chaiya (MC) in Thailand.  I’m really interested in MC and asked him to write [...]

    Posted in All, Technique and Training, Tradition and Culture