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This video is really interesting because it’s about Muay Boran competition (not sure if it is the real competition or just somekind of training, but there was a referee there so I think that would be a competition). What impress me the most is that this fight was not organised in Thailand, which surprise to me that I even can see this kind of fight only for performance, not real competition. Al though I do not have much knowledge of the correct form of Muay Boran, but I can say that fighting style of they both may not exactly be the pure and original Muay Boran. They recalled me to think about “Muay Kad Chuek” which is fighters wear no gloves but use only string to cover the fists and the rule is similar to Muay Thai. But I have to say that both of fighters

Many of you may already know that there are some more variations of Muay Thai but the most common that we know are Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran. Basically, No matter what kind of variations are, I believe that the “root” of Muay Thai still be the same. The variations of Muay Thai (such as those two examples) were invented, only in my opinion, because the different of culture and region where they live. However, Muay Boran may be different from other, because many people think that they can go to the real original of Muay Thai if they practice Muay Boran. I could tell that it is still possible to learn other type of Muay but they are not compulsory. But these two variations will give you more ideas about how to apply the art of self defense to use in the real situation, not for the fight for competition. So there are two different purpose, for the one who want to develop martial art skills, learning other types of Muay may be a lot of help but for competition fight, these should not be a compulsory, but any one still be able to learn if they want to.

Unfortunately, these variations, even though in Thailand, almost never exist, since the new era of “business” Muay Thai have arrived and we can see the real art of defense in the performance show. Apart from the camps that provide comprehensive lessons, there is very least chance too see these invaluable ancient Thai martial arts. However, there are some of real masters who live overseas and open for training Muay Boran and Muay Chaiya.