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Thai Bare-Knuckle Boxing is one of the partially lost areas of Muay Boran ; this happened partly due to the use of rope wraps, which increased the damage with knots but also protected and stabilized the hand, and mainly due to the implementation of gloves and the hybridization with British boxing in the 20th century. Fragments of Thai bare-knuckle boxing are scattered all over the Muay Boran styles. What is missing is a coherent system that encloses all the tools , separates them from those working only with gloves, and explains when, where, and how you should use them in a logical and effective way. In the last years, I worked to reconstruct the art by enclosing the fragments, filling in the missing pieces, and reorganizing the repertoire. I've researched Bare-Knuckle Boxing from around the world, and the more I deepened the topic, the more things clicked in my mind; the fragments of Thai Bare-Knuckle Boxing started linking together like a puzzle, and everything made sense. The ...

When I started my Youtube Channel I shared the Muay Boran style I founded,  Muay Nam , under the name " Modern Muay Boran" , mainly for keyword reasons. Some of my followers argued that Muay Boran means " Ancient Boxing " so the name " Modern Ancient Boxing " apparently doesn't make sense, it is an oxymoron , however, I was not the first to use it, this name is an umbrella term. The first to properly coin the name was Grand Master Chaisawat Tienviboon , defining its style, Muay Chaisawat, as a Renew-Traditional or Modern-Traditional  style (Both synonyms of my expression " Modern Muay Boran "). Grand Master Chaisawat is one of the oldest and most knowledgeable Muay Boran masters still alive, and when talking about the Thai martial art he inherited he likes to say that they are a damaged picture that has to be restored; according to Master Chaisawat a part of the Muay Boran repertoire has been lost or has not been handed down in its entirety, ...

In Muay Boran there are a series of techniques that use the principle called Ruam Awuth (Combining the Weapons) or Ruam Mai (Combining the Techniques), which consists of using more than one weapon at the same time during offensive actions; for example knee and elbow, leg and fist, knee and fist etc. The weapons can be combined either from the same side (right knee and right elbow as in the technique " Hanuman Hak Dan ") or from opposite sides  (left knee and right elbow as in the technique " Take Dti Chud "). Hanuman Hak Dan (Horizontal Elbow + Knee Strike, same side) Take Dti Chud (Horizontal Elbow + Knee Strike, opposite sides) Combining weapons sacrifices some of the defense in order to double the offense and make the attack more unpredictable and difficult to block, in many cases, the enemy can block only one of the two weapons, and if he manages to stop both, we would still be in a suitable position to continue the offensive. Ruam Awuth, however, has the do...

Originally Muay Boran Styles were not differentiated, they were all under the names;  Muay ,  Dtoi Muay,  or  Chok Muay.  In 1909 King Chulalongkorn requested the governor of Chaiya,  Kham Sryiyapai , and the governor of Korat,  Phra Mesamahan , to bring skilled fighters to compete at the funeral of his son. Three fighters that dominated the bouts received the title of  Muen ; a fighter from  Korat  became known as  Muen Changatchoengchok  (effective tactic of punching), a fighter from  Chaiya  became known as  Muen Muaymichue  (elegant boxing style), and a fighter from  Lopburi  became known as  Muen Maemahd  (skillful and precise punches). These titles gave the 3 boxers the duty of maintaining Muay camps in their hometowns to train and bring fighters for future fights in front of the throne. A Muay Boran bout at the funeral of the son of King Chulalongkorn (1909) After this event a sayi...

Muay Boran (Thai: มวยโบราณ, literally " Ancient Boxing" ) is an umbrella term for the unarmed martial arts of Thailand before the introduction of modern equipment and rules in 1928 which led to the birth of  Muay Thai  (Thai: มวยไทย, literally " Thai Boxing "). While Muay Thai has the title of Art of 8 Limbs, Muay Boran is known as Gaai Awuth   (Thai: กายอาวุธ, " The Whole Body as a Weapon "). The traditional nine weapons of Muay Boran (Thai:  นวอาวุธ,  Nawatawut ) are; 2 Punches (หมัด,  Mahd ), 2 Elbows (ศอก Sok ), 2 Legs (เท้า, Thao ), 2 Knees (เข่า, Kao ) The head (หัว,  Hua ). The main difference between Muay Thai and Muay Boran is the approach to combat ; while Muay Thai follows a sporting approach, with rules and scores, Muay Boran follows an unregulated approach in which each shot is valid, and whose goal is to defeat the opponent in the shortest possible time.  In the Muay Boran repertoire, there are strikes, holds, throws, sweeps...