Muay Thai

[Shaolinlueb]

Originally posted by Royal Dragon
The only thing I know about it is those guys have a round kick that is dam near criplling, and it hurts like hell!!

thats about the extent of my knowledge.

[SanShou Guru]

They eat side kicks like turkey on thanksgiving.

[Kristoffer]

I got 7/10 on http://www.black-eagle.org/mtquizhard.htm
but I guessed alot of the names. Went with what sounded right.

[Water Dragon]

Originally posted by SanShou Guru
They eat side kicks like turkey on thanksgiving.

heh

[Black Jack II]

Traditional Muay Thai two man form sets. Found it interesting, even more so when you compare it to tcma two man forms, this seems much more stripped down in outlook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxB-wKox5iQ

[sanjuro_ronin]

Every MA has two man sets, best way to learn why a move works, then you apply it for real, which is the best way to learn how a move works.

[Ben Gash]

This is what we would term basic application work, rather than 2 man forms. Personally I'd do a lock or throw after the punch each time. What surprises me is how "dead" the drills are, they would look completely at home in a low contact TCMA class.

[GeneChing]

This trainer was so pwned! They should have been able to see that Germaine Yeap had it going on just by looking at her body. She feigns clumsiness well, but her thighs and her guns are a dead giveaway that she's got some skills.

[-N-]

This trainer was so pwned! They should have been able to see that Germaine Yeap had it going on just by looking at her body. She feigns clumsiness well, but her thighs and her guns are a dead giveaway that she's got some skills.

Cute chick. Nice moves

[GeneChing]

[SEAMA]

The world of Muay Thai is changing--the camps are now more open to training women and people who want to come for fitness.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regi...it-to-help-ot/

[GeneChing]

How One Model's Sport Became Her Salvation
Mia Kang on Muay Thai and its role in helping her heal from addiction and an eating disorder.
By Sara Spruch-Feiner
Sep 30, 2018


JOSH K. BREDE

For model, Muay Thai fighter, and body positivity activist Mia Kang, no two days are alike. She often splits her time between glamorous photo shoot locations and sweat-filled gyms, which is just one example of the many contrasts that punctuate her life.

“I think that people look at me and get confused,” she says. “People don't really know how to categorize me because I'm not quite Asian, not quite Caucasian. In the [modeling] industry, I'm not big enough, not small enough, not tall enough, not short enough. It’s always: ‘You're too feminine to be a fighter, you're too masculine to be a model.’”

When Kang was in her early teens, she was told by her doctor that she needed to lose weight. As a 13-year-old with little nutrition knowledge, she practically stopped eating altogether and, as a result, nearly halved her weight. This should have raised red flags, but instead, modeling offers piled up. The pressure to stay thin led to more than 15 years of disordered eating. Kang developed anorexia and bulimia and began using narcotics, diet pills, diuretics, and laxatives to remain thin—which left her feeling miserable.

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missmiakangLeft: 2015. size 2. I hadn't eaten solid food in 10 days and smoke a pack of Marlboro Lights a day. I was obsessed with my collarbones, ribs and hip bones showing. I was obsessed with having a thigh gap. I was about to shoot Sports Illustrated Swimsuit for the first time and was trying to look like a VS angel. I was told by the industry I never looked better but still had a little more weight to lose. I hated how I looked so much I thought I was fat and lived in constant anxiety.

Right: Now. Size 8. I feel like I finally became a woman. I love my thighs, my curves. I love my strength and the fact I can probably whoop your ass. I still have insecurities as I adjust into my new body, just like everyone else. But I know my body, respect it, and love it.

A shift in perspective
In 2016, seeking respite and a space to recover, she fled to Thailand; there, she discovered Muay Thai. For Kang, the sport provided a form of rehabilitation.

“The gym was right by my house in Thailand, and I would just drive past and stare... I saw the little boys training, and it was like watching this violent ballet. I thought it was so graceful,” she says.

So one day, Kang put on a pair of gloves and joined them. It was a turning point—one that, over time, allowed her to connect with her body in a way that she never had before. She began to look at exercise as a fun, rather than an arduous.

“I think people look at exercise as this tedious thing that they have to do and treat it like it's a punishment for eating,” she laments. “I really encourage people to go find something that they genuinely like, whether it’s a fighting thing, a dance class... If you find something that you actually enjoy, then it's not tedious anymore.”

Sticking to her new, balanced lifestyle
It’s been two years since Kang started practicing Muay Thai. She aims to train six days a week, but above all she tries to remain balanced. She’s the first to admit that even though the practice makes her feel great, she sometimes faces the same pre-workout dread as the rest of us.

I learned that food isn't a reward for starvation. Food is nourishment.

“I guarantee there are days where Serena Williams doesn't even want to go pick up a tennis racket,” she says. “I think that's also a misconception—people think that once you get good at something it becomes easy, but even at the highest level of professional athlete, you have to push yourself.”

Mia fighting with her trainer Paul Bamba.
Muay Thai has also played a significant role in helping her heal from her eating disorder. “In Muay Thai, it’s simply about how strong you feel,” Kang explains. The sport, she explains, forces her to focus on how she feels on the inside—an exact contrast with the focus on the external required by her modeling work.

“I'm fully aware of all my insecurities and all my 'flaws,' but I accept them and I'm not letting them weigh me down anymore, because they're not going anywhere," she says. “It's my decision whether I want to struggle with them or whether I want to make peace with them. You can only find that balance when you listen to yourself.”

Kang's sport has also taught her that food is not the enemy. “I learned that food isn't a reward for starvation. Food is nourishment,” she says proudly. “That's when I learned what my body was actually capable of, and I found strength in myself that I never, ever thought I would have.”

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[PalmStriker]

Definitely a knock-out, https://www.google.com/search?q=mia+...w=1440&bih=789

[GeneChing]

Female muay thai champ found hanged in Ratchaburi



Breaking News December 18, 2018 19:30 By The Nation

A world muay thai champion was found hanged in her room at a boarding house near her university in Ratchaburi’s Mueang district yesterday morning, police said on Tuesday.



Police were alerted after Nitiyaporn Srisalai, 22, was found hanging from a nylon rope attached to the door frame at the back of the room, in Moo 5 village in Tambon Don Tako. Police did not find any trace of foul play, but there was a half-finished bottle of whisky in the room.
Nitiyaporn was a fourth-year student at Rajabhat University, Moo Ban Jom Bueng, majoring in muay thai. She was well-known through her muay thai alias as Hong Khao of Rajabhat Moo Ban Jom Bueng. She first became a World Muay Thai Organisation champion in the 51-kilogram category, before going on to winning the title in the 52kg category. Nitiyaporn’s friends told police that they had been drinking with her at 8pm on Sunday night, before returning to their rooms. One of the friends called on her the following morning, but she did not answer persistent knocks on the door. They asked the owner of the boarding house to open the door with a spare key, only to find the body.



Charnchai Yommadit, president of the International Muay Thai Study Association, said on Tuesday that Nitiyaporn had been a highly capable muay thai boxer and her death was a great loss to the sport. Nitiyaporn’s parents were divorced and she had had to earn her own living and pay for her studies by boxing, he added.

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[GeneChing]

MINNEAPOLIS 544461312
Martial arts fighter suffers serious brain injury during bout in Minneapolis
The former Minneapolis phy ed teacher suffered significant brain injury.
By Paul Walsh Star Tribune AUGUST 15, 2019 — 9:43PM


– PROVIDED BY KAITLIN YOUNG
An ambulance raced Nate Kosberg the few miles from Dinkytown to HCMC in downtown Minneapolis. Credit: Provided by Kaitlin Young

A martial arts fighter suffered a significant brain injury during a bout in Minneapolis over the weekend, underwent emergency surgery and is said to have "a very long road to recovery."

Nate Kosberg, 26, who trains out of the Academy gym in Brooklyn Center, was injured during his amateur Muay Thai bout Saturday at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis and was in serious condition Thursday at HCMC.

The 137-pound Kosberg, who lost the fight in a decision, "didn't appear hurt at all … after the fight and was talking and laughing," said Kaitlin Young, a fellow fighter who helped put together the 14-bout card.

Once outside the ring and while taking off his gear, "he started to pass out," said Young, who was ringside during Kosberg's bout.

An ambulance hired by the promoter to be at the venue in case of such an emergency raced Kosberg the few miles from Dinkytown to HCMC in downtown Minneapolis for what Young described as a life-threatening cerebral hemorrhage, and Kosberg underwent surgery to remove a blood clot.

Kosberg "has a very long road to recovery but is thankfully still with us," Young said in a posting on a fundraising web page set up on the fighter's behalf.

Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, uses stand-up striking with fists and feet along with various clinching techniques. Bouts are held around the world, and some online videos have drawn millions of views each.

Kosberg's bout of three two-minute rounds and the rest of the card had a doctor ringside, and the fights were sanctioned by the Iowa-based Thai Boxing Association-Sanctioning Authority, Young said.

Minnesota's Office of Combative Sports, which sanctions boxing and some other forms of organized fighting in the state, does not sanction Muay Thai and did not oversee this card, said agency spokesman James Honerman.

Away from the ring, Kosberg just ended his time on staff at Windom Dual Immersion School in south Minneapolis as a physical education teacher in order to concentrate more fully on his fighting career, said school district spokeswoman Julie Brown. He joined the district in January 2016 as an associate educator before becoming a teacher in September of that year.

He's also been teaching at A Work of Art boxing and fitness gym in Minnetonka, Young said.

The Minneapolis South High School graduate received a child psychology degree from the University of Minnesota and also minored in Spanish, according to his Windom school biography page.


Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota.
pwalsh@startribune.com 612-673-4482 walshpj

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