Originally Posted by
Pork Chop
EDIT: re: forms in Muay Boran. There are many that wonder if this was a creation for the Ong Bak movie, because many traditional forms of Thai boxing do not in fact have forms. More common, instead, were "master techniques" (Mae Mai) - usually done with a partner. The "form" in the Ong Bak movie was really a collection of single techniques that may or may not have traditionally been done with a partner.
I never learned forms in the old Thai that I was exposed to, but we did have flowery, happy yoga names, like cracking the coconut, which was an elbow to the head. the use of the 9 striking surfaces were the 9 flowers. most of my training was modern Muay Thai pre western boxing integration, but we were shown some older stuff as well
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