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WBC Muaythai UK 2013 Events
Mike Egan defends his super welterweight title against John Kaufman.
This could be one of the most outstanding title bouts of the year as both fighters are superb technicians in the art of Muaythai. |
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Any person who wishes to compete for a WBC Muaythai Championship should be put forward by
an event promoter or gym instructor to the committee along with a fight record.
A promoter wishing to stage a WBC Title on an event should also contact Daniel Suarez on the Committee Page.
an event promoter or gym instructor to the committee along with a fight record.
A promoter wishing to stage a WBC Title on an event should also contact Daniel Suarez on the Committee Page.
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World Boxing Council Muaythai or WBC Muaythai is commissioned under the jurisdiction of the World Boxing Council (WBC) as a non-profit organization to regulate, control and supervise professional Muay Thai (Muaythai) events and their respective jurisdictions worldwide. The organization also adheres to the standard rules and regulations for all Muay Thai competition as approved by the Board of Boxing Sport (Office of Professional Sports) Sports Authority of Thailand. WBC Muaythai has its own Constitution and Rules and Regulations, aiming to promote the sport as an acclaimed fighting art, and foster muaythai championships in all weight divisions with the highest levels of professional competition,gain greater popularity, recognition and professional status and evolve into becoming the world’s premier fighting art.
Muay Thai - Wikipedia
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos. Descended from muay boran, muay thai is Thailand's national sport.
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya which means "to bind together". Muay thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in other more regulated combat sports, such as kickboxing, boxing, and savate. A practitioner of muay thai is known as a nak muay.
Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang, meaning "foreign boxer.
Muay thai, like boxing and various forms of kickboxing, is recognized as a very effective striking base within MMA, and is very widely trained among MMA fighters. Fighters (some of whom have won titles) such as Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Thiago Silva, Alistair Overeem, Duane Ludwig, Jose Aldo, Amir Sadollah, Gina Carano, Cristiane Santos employ a broad range of tactics born of muay thai. Countless other mixed martial artists have trained in the art, and it is often taught at MMA gyms as is BJJ and Wrestling.
Many techniques associated with muay thai are often seen in MMA, such as punches, elbows, clinch fighting, leg kicks and knees.
Interest in Muay thai has risen in the past ten years, due to the popularity of martial arts in film and television.
The most notable practitioner of Muay thai is martial arts sensation Tony Jaa.
Yet one of the first popular films that included Muay thai was Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1989 movie Kickboxer.
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos. Descended from muay boran, muay thai is Thailand's national sport.
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya which means "to bind together". Muay thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in other more regulated combat sports, such as kickboxing, boxing, and savate. A practitioner of muay thai is known as a nak muay.
Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang, meaning "foreign boxer.
Muay thai, like boxing and various forms of kickboxing, is recognized as a very effective striking base within MMA, and is very widely trained among MMA fighters. Fighters (some of whom have won titles) such as Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio Rua, Thiago Silva, Alistair Overeem, Duane Ludwig, Jose Aldo, Amir Sadollah, Gina Carano, Cristiane Santos employ a broad range of tactics born of muay thai. Countless other mixed martial artists have trained in the art, and it is often taught at MMA gyms as is BJJ and Wrestling.
Many techniques associated with muay thai are often seen in MMA, such as punches, elbows, clinch fighting, leg kicks and knees.
Interest in Muay thai has risen in the past ten years, due to the popularity of martial arts in film and television.
The most notable practitioner of Muay thai is martial arts sensation Tony Jaa.
Yet one of the first popular films that included Muay thai was Jean-Claude Van Damme's 1989 movie Kickboxer.
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