| Muay Boran is the Other name of Ancient Thai Boxing. | | | | period) as "Muay Kaad Chuak" although at the time, |
| It is a traditional form of Muay Thai which is still taught | | | | this isn't the term people used. "Muay Kaad Chuak" |
| and practiced in Thailand. Muay Boran is still practiced | | | | began to decline around the 1920's, finally ending in |
| and taught in order to preserve the Boxing Techniques | | | | 1929 with a death in the ring. Although the government |
| from Muay Thai's History before the introduction of | | | | of the time prohibited this style of fighting(with wrapped |
| formalized rules and the introduction of gloves in the | | | | hands) people still continued to practice the arts and |
| 1930s. Muay Boran is the ancestor of the modern day | | | | fight underground. Eventually, by introducing rules, and |
| Muay Thai Boxing. Most of the Facts of Muay Boran | | | | providing fighters with better protection, competition |
| have been extinct now, many of the original records | | | | became safer, and the sport of Muay Thai was born. |
| from Thailand regarding this fascinating subject were | | | | Here are some information of the techniques used: |
| destroyed in the sacking of Ayuddhaya in 1767 and | | | | Technique 6 (Buddhai Swan) - The boxer grabs the |
| others lost in the mists of time. | | | | opponent's neck twisting him from side to side, and |
| The late Arjarn Samai Messamarn from the Buddhai | | | | then throwing a knee to the opponent's body, finally the |
| Swan Institute in Thailand was able to make a study | | | | boxer will push the opponent away finishing with a high |
| of the Thai empty hand system using the scant | | | | kick to the opponent's neck. |
| resources available in Thailand. This research also took | | | | To clarify, the name given to the technique usually |
| him to Burma where he was able to gain access to | | | | refers to an action within that technique, not |
| historical records on the subject of the Siamese | | | | necessarily the whole technique or even the end result |
| systems of warfare. Using this information and the | | | | but for instance the action of breaking (hak) the neck |
| painstaking research done within Thailand, Arjarn | | | | (kor) in Hak Kor Erawan or the action of presenting or |
| Samai was able to document and confirm 60 Awudt | | | | offering something up in Hanuman Tawai Wen. From |
| Muay Boran techniques and fighting methods. Only two | | | | the 60 major techniques in the Buddhai Swan syllabus |
| records of the techniques, hand-painted on parchment | | | | there are other minor techniques plus many different |
| now exist. Arjarn Samai's son, Arjarn Werayut | | | | variations and additional moves that can follow on |
| Messamarn recently visited England bringing with him | | | | from the main techniques. A good example of this is |
| one of these unique documents. | | | | the technique "GAA JIK KAI" translated Crow pecks |
| It is believed that the Siamese people had their own | | | | the egg which is basically fast jabs to the opponent's |
| styles of fighting, in each Kingdom a different style. | | | | face but from the jab one could choose any technique |
| These fighting systems have clearly been evolving for | | | | e.g. round kick (daet), front kick (teep), right uppercut |
| many hundreds of years and have been known under | | | | (uppercut kwaa) or many others. |
| many different names such as; "Arwut Thai" (meaning | | | | Besides the Buddhai Swan techniques, we have |
| Thai Weapons), "Pahuyut" (armed, unarmed combat). | | | | uncovered at least another 60 different techniques |
| Much later, at the end of the Ayuthaya Period, or | | | | from various sources including Arjarn Yodthong from |
| around the beginning of the Thonburi | | | | the Sityodthong Camp, Arjarn Panya Kraitus author of |
| Teaching Ancient Muay Thai" Period after a long | | | | the book "Muay Thai Most Distinguished Art of |
| history of fighting against the Burmese, King Phra | | | | Fighting", the late Khun Bunyuen Suvanatdha former |
| Thaksin "The Great" finally pushed all invaders from | | | | head of the Amateur Muay Thai Association of |
| the Kingdoms of Siam and with this the Chakri dynasty | | | | Thailand and Kru Lang of the Sitpralang Camp in |
| began. The Chakri dynasty with King Rama I on the | | | | Ayuddhaya. |
| throne, marked a period when nearly all of the | | | | The discovery of Muay Boran in the West has taken |
| separate Kingdoms of Siam joined together to | | | | us on a journey back through time. The modern sport |
| become the country we now know as Thailand. At | | | | of Muay Thai has been established here for nearly 30 |
| the end of the 1700's, with wars against invaders | | | | years, we are now moving backwards and have |
| over,fighters began to compete locally, and often in | | | | discovered the time before sport when contests were |
| front of the King to see who had the best style. Most | | | | fought for honour or freedom. It is merely a blink of the |
| people recognize this period in the history of Muay | | | | eye in time before we reach our final destination and |
| Thai as fighters used to wrap their hands in cotton | | | | find the mother of the Thai martial arts - Krabi |
| twine. | | | | Krabong. |
| Today, people refer to this style of fighting (during this | | | | |