Talking about ancient sports of south East Asia, Thai boxing (Muay Thai) has a very prominent space. This way of boxing started in 15th century when Thailand had conflict with Burma. Muay Thai is fusion of classical boxing techniques with low kicks and elbow\knee strikes and grappling is also allowed. Muay Thai is one of the tourist attractions in Thailand even 17th march is celebrated as National Muay Thai Day. Muay Thai Boran (Old Muay Thai) has four branches.
Muay thasao, which deals in fast, moves to your opponent. Muay chaiya is way of defending with the use of elbow and knees. Muay korat means simply power. Muay lobburee is art of using brains with smart moves.
Muay Thai Boran (old version of Muay Thai) stresses on clever moves and intelligence, but now days Muay Thai is all about strength.
With the new technologies gyms, punch bags and equipments were widely became available in decade before 1st world war and Muay Thai training developed. Now days it is one of the favorite sport in Thailand and people are getting more interested in Muay Thai training, eve small villages organizes contests and prizes are given.
There are numbers of camp training Muay Thai all over the world but training in Thailand has different meaning because of the society. One of them is suwit Muay Thai training camp located in Phuket. The training Muay Thai depends on your level, basic Muay thai training of two hours includes stretches, run, shadow boxing, skipping, clinching, pad work, cool down stretches. The size of the ring is same that is used for boxing with red and blue corners. The red corner is usually allotted to defending champion or the boxer who has advantage. Muay Thai is growing popular internationally and has been included in Asian games.
Suwit Muay Thai training camp is twenty years old and has best instructors from the country. Suwit Muay Thai training camp provides accommodation and training for each level at very low costs. Suwit Muay Thai training camp is located in Phuket which is one of the most popular places of tourist attraction in south East Asia. Whenever think of Thailand, think training Muay Thai and experience this great form of art.