Mart Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Sorry ive come into thsi late but there were comments really early about choosing a ring art over a battle field art. Thai boxing is a battle field art that is also a ring system. Thai boxing has been used for real batttle more than ANY other martial art. Thai boxers used to have blades on their knees and elbows and sword in each hand. In this manner an elbow or knee were lethal. Thai boxing has records dating back to 3000 years ago. So get your facts right. You can still train with the weapons in thai boxing and you can do the neck breaks and ground fighting as well. What you see in the ring is a cut down version. Dont know if you have ever watched a thai boxing match. When they first enter the ring the fighters wear a head band and arm bands as well. The head band traditionally has a brass plate at the top on the inside. This is a tourniquet for the leg which in battle would be taken off the head places on the leg and tightened to close the femural artery. The arm bands have a brass plate between the tricep and bicep. This is a tourniquet for the arms should they be chopped off in battle. Seize the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 (edited) y'know, i could've sworn that i read somewhere that the headgear and armband were prayers and stuff rolled up to 'protect' the fighter.... also, isn't the weapons aspect a totally different set of arts to the un-armed muay thai? krabi krabong? Edited May 4, 2004 by Drunken Monkey post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Yes that is true , prayers are written and roled inside them as well. Seize the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 and these prayers are a very sacred thing. getting blood on them doesn't seem fitting to something like this which is so entwined with buddhist ritual... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 The prayers were there to protect them, they had a double use, what more can i say. Seize the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 just cos i'm curious, where is your gym? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 london Seize the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 yes.... where? london is quite big. town name? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treebranch Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Shouldn't Combative MA's have extensive weapons training as well strategies and tactics of warfare? "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken Monkey Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 well, he's mentioned some weapons training but like i said, i always thought that it was regarded as a separate entity. anyway, as far as i was aware, historically, muay thai was primarily a sport in thailand. the fact that it was used in wars and other such events is that most people in the country have trained in it. does that actually mean that the style itself was a war art? i mean, is it a style that happened to be used on the battlefied or a style that was designed for the battle field? post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts