As Thailand’s national sport, Muay Thai has developed over more than two thousand years, originally growing from the necessity to defend the country from expansionary China. In the 1930’s the Thai government enforced changes in response to the carnage that resulted from such Muay Thai ‘competitions’, this subsequently saw the sport’s entry into the international fighting scene.
Many international boxing rules such as rings, weight divisions and gloves were adopted with many dangerous techniques such as head-butting, limb-breaking and choking techniques banned.
Now in the new Millennium, “The Science of Eight Limbs” is the undisputed king of the ring with the sport enjoying unprecedented popularity around the world.