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Muay Thai is a form of martial art that was originated in Thailand. It has several fighting techniques. In Muay Thai, the fighters are allowed to use every part of their body, unlike the standard rules. Even though the fighting follows the rules of the standard boxing, it has a few exceptions. The fighters can use their elbows, fists, feet, knees and shins.

You can get the accessibility of Muay Thai training in Thailand. The training is not an easy task. To excel in the fighting, one needs to endure a lot of strains physically as well as mentally. To become successful fighter, the trainee needs to have absolute devotion and “never-say-die” mind-set. One can find Muay Thai camp in Thailand to take the lessons on Muay Thai.

The fundamental techniques of Muay Thai are punch techniques, elbow techniques, and kicking techniques. The punch techniques are consisted of straight right or hook, jab and uppercut. The elbow techniques include horizontal, diagonal-upwards, downward, diagonal-downwards, uppercut, backward-spinning and flying. Finally, the kicking techniques involve the push kick, roundhouse kick and others like that.

The Clinch is an exclusive technique that is used in the fights of Muay Thai. The procedure of this technique is that the fighter holds around the head and neck or the body of his opponent with his forearm pressing against the collar bone of his opponent. The hands of the fighter have to be around the head of the opponent rather than the neck. Another way to use this technique is to knock the head of the opponent downward followed by a throw. If the opponent is using his knew from the right, the fighter can easily know him towards his left side. This way, the opponent would lose the balance and be defeated.

Another technique of Muay Thai is the Kru, which is a bit hard. To learn this technique, the trainee has to do a lot of hard work. The fighters give honor and respect to his trainer and teacher by the ritual of Wai Kru.

Not to forget the techniques of running, stretching and shadow boxing. A fighter has to run for 18 kilometers every day and practice stretching for about 20 to 30 minutes, which develops the elasticity of their muscles and decreases the reflex of the stretch. Shadow boxing has to be practiced for 20 minutes, which is generally practices standing in front of a mirror.