| Muay Boran is the Other name of Ancient Thai Boxing. | | | | (during this period) as "Muay Kaad Chuak" although at |
| It is a traditional form of Muay Thai which is still taught | | | | the time, this isn't the term people used. "Muay Kaad |
| and practiced in Thailand. Muay Boran is still practiced | | | | Chuak" began to decline around the 1920's, finally |
| and taught in order to preserve the Boxing Techniques | | | | ending in 1929 with a death in the ring. Although the |
| from Muay Thai's History before the introduction of | | | | government of the time prohibited this style of |
| formalized rules and the introduction of gloves in the | | | | fighting(with wrapped hands) people still continued to |
| 1930s. Muay Boran is the ancestor of the modern day | | | | practice the arts and fight underground. Eventually, by |
| Muay Thai Boxing. Most of the Facts of Muay Boran | | | | introducing rules, and providing fighters with better |
| have been extinct now, many of the original records | | | | protection, competition became safer, and the sport of |
| from Thailand regarding this fascinating subject were | | | | Muay Thai was born. Here are some information of |
| destroyed in the sacking of Ayuddhaya in 1767 and | | | | the techniques used: Technique 6 (Buddhai Swan) - |
| others lost in the mists of time. The late Arjarn Samai | | | | The boxer grabs the opponent's neck twisting him |
| Messamarn from the Buddhai Swan Institute in | | | | from side to side, and then throwing a knee to the |
| Thailand was able to make a study of the Thai empty | | | | opponent's body, finally the boxer will push the |
| hand system using the scant resources available in | | | | opponent away finishing with a high kick to the |
| Thailand. This research also took him to Burma where | | | | opponent's neck. To clarify, the name given to the |
| he was able to gain access to historical records on the | | | | technique usually refers to an action within that |
| subject of the Siamese systems of warfare. Using this | | | | technique, not necessarily the whole technique or even |
| information and the painstaking research done within | | | | the end result but for instance the action of breaking |
| Thailand, Arjarn Samai was able to document and | | | | (hak) the neck (kor) in Hak Kor Erawan or the action |
| confirm 60 Awudt Muay Boran techniques and fighting | | | | of presenting or offering something up in Hanuman |
| methods. Only two records of the techniques, | | | | Tawai Wen. From the 60 major techniques in the |
| hand-painted on parchment now exist. Arjarn Samai's | | | | Buddhai Swan syllabus there are other minor |
| son, Arjarn Werayut Messamarn recently visited | | | | techniques plus many different variations and additional |
| England bringing with him one of these unique | | | | moves that can follow on from the main techniques. A |
| documents. It is believed that the Siamese people had | | | | good example of this is the technique "GAA JIK KAI" |
| their own styles of fighting, in each Kingdom a different | | | | translated Crow pecks the egg which is basically fast |
| style. These fighting systems have clearly been | | | | jabs to the opponent's face but from the jab one could |
| evolving for many hundreds of years and have been | | | | choose any technique e.g. round kick (daet), front kick |
| known under many different names such as; "Arwut | | | | (teep), right uppercut (uppercut kwaa) or many others. |
| Thai" (meaning Thai Weapons), "Pahuyut" (armed, | | | | Besides the Buddhai Swan techniques, we have |
| unarmed combat). Much later, at the end of the | | | | uncovered at least another 60 different techniques |
| Ayuthaya Period, or around the beginning of the | | | | from various sources including Arjarn Yodthong from |
| 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. Today, people refer to this style of fighting | | | | Krabong. |