Muay Thai Boxing: An Introduction To Thailand's National Sport

By Jack Hicks

If you look at Muay Thai Boxing you might think that this sport is one of the most aggressive and dangerous disciplines know to man but in fact it can become a way to learn how to control your anger and become very self-disciplined.

In the old days of Thailand, Muay Thai Boxing fights often went to the death of one opponent and at that era there have been no time limits or other rules. It was only until around 50 years ago that time limits, rules and muay thai shorts and muay thai gloves were introduced and the ancient art was transformed into a sport.

In Muay Thai Boxing, fighters are allowed to use all parts of their body as opposed to normal boxing where kicking is not allowed. Muay Thai Boxers are allowed to punch wearing muay thai gloves and to kick, often wearing ankle guards and utilizing the shinbone to hit their opponent with and for training there are shinguards and headguards available to avoid further damage.

While the form is the same for almost every short, there are numerous patterns to choose from when looking at muay thai shorts. All shorts sport a wide and strong elastic waistband that will hold the short in place no matter how frantic a fight gets. The ability to allow leg movement and strong fabric are characteristics of muay thai shorts as bouts are often dominated by high fast kicking and leg movements.

When training in the sport of Muay Thai Boxing, every fighter will wear a muay thai short by either Twins Special, Windy, Raja Boxing or Top King. Nowadays, there are web-shops all over the internet that can provide buyers or gym owners with muay thai shorts as they are mostly located in Thailand and able to ship worldwide.

Many would think that Muay Thai Boxing is a men's sports, however many women participate in Muay Thai Boxing as well because it is a very good cardiovascular workout for your heart, your muscles, your bones as well as your mind.

The clothing female fighters wear is the same as men but women also wear t-shirts in addition. Due to the design of a muay thai short it is not necessary to manufacture shorts especially for women as all shorts are unisex and both men and women require leg and movement freedom alike.

Both men and women can order various styles of the Muay Thai Boxing shorts or custom design their own Muay Thai Boxing shorts. Many of the Muay Thai Boxing shorts feature variations of a dragon, a mighty fighting symbol on the front of the shorts. By designing your own you can come up with your own design that may or may not have anything to do with Asia. - 30300

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