User:Borja.eguino/sandbox/Templates/Muay Thai
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 USA vs. Thailand, M-1 Grand Muay Thai Championship Match | |
| Also known as | Muay Thai, Thai boxing, Tharshanning |
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| Focus | Clinch fighting, striking |
| Country of origin | Thailand |
| Famous practitioners | Tony Jaa, Gina Carano, Apidej Sit Hrun, Samart Payakaroon, Buakaw Banchamek, Changpuek Kiatsongrit, Sakmongkol Sithchuchok, Yodsanklai Fairtex, Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Diesel Noi, Kru Tony Moore, John Wayne Parr, Alexey Ignashov, Dany Bill, Maurício Rua Ruqsana Begum, Imran Khan (kickboxer) |
| Parenthood | Muay Boran, Krabi Krabong |
| Olympic sport | no |
Muay Thai (Thai: มวยไทย, RTGS: Muai Thai, [mūaj.tʰāj] ) is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.[1][2][3][4] This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as "the art of eight limbs" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient.[5] Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other martial arts.[6] A professional league is governed by the World Muay Thai Council.[7][8]
- ^ "Fighting into the night". Malaysia Star. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ Colman, David (2005-01-09). "It's Hand-to-Hand for a Keeper of Faces". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Fuller, Thomas (2007-09-16). "Sugar and Spice and a Vicious Right: Thai Boxing Discovers Its Feminine Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Perry, Alex (2001-06-11). "Fighting for Their Lives". Time. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ "Get fit the Muaythai way". The Jakarta Post. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "The History of Muay Thai Boxing". Horizonmuaythai.com. July 2007. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|autor=(help) - ^ "IFMA Governing body of Muay Thai". Ifmamuaythai.org. January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|autor=(help) - ^ "World Muaythai Council for Professional Muaythai". Wmcmuaythai.org. January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
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