Entries Tagged as 'Tradition'
If I had known I could get a Masters in Muay Thai I might not have gone to business school. Any of you guys currently in school? Maybe you should see if you can transfer credits from Chombung Rajabhat University. Good luck though everyone knows Chombung’s a party school.
Ok joking aside, Chombung [...]
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Tags: Muay Thai · Rants & Ramblings · Tradition
This is probably one of the coolest things I’ve read all month. Just as I was scheming and crafting my plan to market Muay Thai in Thailand, I come across this article in the Bangkok Post.
Maj Gen Surachet of the 4th infantry has stepped in with a plan to keep Muay Thai alive. [...]
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There is an interesting article in this week’s Bangkok Post entitled “Lumpini tries to tempt back the fans“. The article basically addresses the rule changes at Lumpini.
posted with the permission of Harman Bakker
You look at the images of the Scandinavia event and even K-1 in Japan they pack those places out. It’s pretty [...]
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Last week Devid Lookmahanak faced off against WBC lightweight boxing champ Jorge Arce in Mexico.
Arce (49-4-1, 37 KO) was the heavily favored fighter coming into the bout. No one thought Devid, (18-1) would make it past the first round of the bout. In the middle of a bull-fighting arena in front of a [...]
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I don’t know if you guys have heard… but a few weeks ago they made some fairly big changes to the clinching in Lumpini.
photo by Michael Soo
From what I understand, fighters can continue to grab opponents from the shoulders up. Knee’s have to be scoring knees not just slaps to the opponents thighs. [...]
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Wuthidej pronounced (woo-ti-date) is widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in Thailand today. His introduction to Muay Thai came, when he won his first fight at a small temple fair at the age of 9.
Some 18 years later the now 122 lbs. Wuthidej has amassed over 200+ fights. He was [...]
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