Muay Thai, in Thai, is called ? In Thai, it is called "Mai Thai". in Thai, and "ThaiBoxing" in English. With a history of more than five hundred years, Muay Thai has been regarded as the most ferocious and cruel sports. The following is what I have organized for you: the development history of Muay Thai. Welcome to read!
History of Muay Thai
Since the creation of mankind, there has been a sprout of unarmed fighting skills. In primitive society, people in order to survive and obtain the means of subsistence, gradually learned to use boxing, kicking, wrestling and other basic fighting movements, and in the long-term production and labor and fight with nature, constantly refine and develop fighting skills, and make it more and more sophisticated and perfect. Muay Thai, like other national martial arts programs, has a long history.
It has been proved that the Thai culture is y influenced by the culture of China and India, and the Thai people and the Chinese people have inseparable blood relations. But for hundreds of years, the Thai people in the area of the Central and Southern Peninsula, living and reproducing. In their long struggle against foreign invasion, they gradually formed their own unique boxing. Therefore, we can say that Muay Thai is the Thai nation in the long-term resistance to foreign aggression in the historical context of war.
The Thai people originally lived in the southwest of China around the region, historically known as ? Southern Barbarians? According to records, in 649 AD, the Thai ancestors still live in China's Yunnan Province, the Tang Dynasty history called? The six imperial edicts were called in Tang history. After the unification of the six edicts, Mengxinuluo made himself king and established the state of Nanzhao, which was later renamed as ? Dali? Afterwards, it was dominated by the land, and its power became more and more powerful. According to the new tang book " south barbarian biography " records, at that time the south edict's political organization has been quite sound, its culture, art achievements can even be comparable with the central plains. In the military system of martial arts, there? In terms of military system, there is? This shows that the ancient Nanzhao has been the existence of martial arts activities. To the Song Dynasty Nanzhao became China's vassal. To the Yuan, China's growing power, Dali was destroyed by the Yuan army, became the administrative region of China.
The Tai people then moved south to the northern border of present-day Thailand, and gradually along the Mekong River downstream to 1275 AD, converging into a strong ethnic group, the capital of Sukhothai, the establishment of the Kingdom of Siam. After the founding of the Kingdom, the Thai people suffered from years of wars and frequent invasions by their powerful neighbors. Therefore, all the emperors of the past dynasties advocated the use of force in order to consolidate their dynastic rule and deal with the frequent internal and external disputes. Most of the ancient Siamese kings were present on the battlefield to lead their troops, and many of them were masters of Muay Thai. Soldiers used swords, spears, swords and vectors in the battlefield, and fists, elbows, knees and feet as offensive weapons in close combat.
The history of Muay Thai
The earliest record of Thai people practicing Muay Thai can be found in the Northern Chronicle, which is an account of the Thai people into the Central and Southern Peninsula, the Sukhothai Dynasty to the Ayutthaya Dynasty's early books. According to the records, there was already boxing in the military as a pastime for the kings during the truce period. Although boxing did not become a professional game, the lords already had a culture of keeping warriors to fight to please the king.
As the palace fighters and retired soldiers returned to their hometowns, the skill of fighting gradually spread to the people. According to historical records, at the beginning of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, laws were enacted that exempted those who killed or injured their opponents in fights from punishment. At the height of the Ayutthaya Dynasty (1350 A.D.), boxing became more and more popular and spread throughout the country. Thai people gradually realized that the new art can defend the country and the state, so the practice of martial arts is very strong, not only the adult good martial arts, and Thai children can also swing kicks, practice boxing. Boxing has developed into a fashionable folk entertainment.
Today's Thai martial arts, has been gradually divided into two forms, one is to dance the way the performance of martial arts, including sword to sword, stick to stick, double sword to double sword, double sword to double stick, long stick to short stick, double knife to shield knife, double crutches on the long stick and so on. The other is purely confrontational performances or competitions. When performing, they can be real or fake each other in order to perform brutal fights, similar to professional wrestling. In recent years, to cater to the taste of Western tourists seeking excitement, as well as the influence of gamblers, gradually absorbed karate, judo, wrestling, Western boxing and other techniques. Muay Thai is not only popular in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar and other Southeast Asian countries, but also more than a hundred years ago by the French seamen brought to Europe. 1830 into France was evolved into a kind of? The Thai people are not only popular in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, but also in Europe more than a century ago by French seamen.
The Tai people originally lived in southwest China and were known as the "Southern Barbarians". The Tai were originally from the southwest of China, known as the Southern Barbarians. According to records, in 649 AD, the ancestors of the Thai people still live in China's Yunnan Province, the Tang Dynasty called? The six imperial edicts were called in Tang history. After the unification of the six edicts, Mengxinuluo made himself king and established the state of Nanzhao, which was later renamed as ? Dali? Afterwards, it was dominated by the land and became more and more powerful. According to the new tangshu "south barbarians" records, at that time the south edict political organization has been quite sound, its culture, art achievements can even be comparable with the central plains. In the military system of martial arts, there? In terms of military system, there is? said, it can be seen, the ancient Nanzhao has been the existence of martial arts activities.
Muay Thai also has a long history, from the ancient times has been passed down to the present day, is still not buried in the flood of time, enough to prove that it is the advantage of this boxing attack, and challenging, so by many men's favorite.
During the Song Dynasty, Nanzhao became a vassal of China. By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, China was becoming more powerful, and Dali was destroyed by Yuan forces and became an administrative region of China. The Thai people then moved southward to the northern border of present-day Thailand, and gradually down the Mekong River, to 1275 AD, converging into a strong ethnic group, the capital of Sukhothai, the establishment of the Kingdom of Siam.
After the founding of the Thai nation, wars were fought for many years, and they were frequently disturbed by their powerful neighbors. Therefore, all the emperors of the past dynasties advocated the use of force to consolidate their dynastic rule and to deal with the frequent internal and external disputes. Most of the ancient Siamese kings were present on the battlefield to lead their troops, and many of them were masters of Muay Thai. Soldiers used swords, spears, swords and vectors on the battlefield at a distance, and fists, elbows, knees and feet as offensive weapons in close combat. The earliest record of the Thai people practicing martial arts can be found in the "Northern Chronicle", which is a description of the Thai people into the Central and Southern Peninsula, from the Sukhothai Dynasty to the early Ayutthaya Dynasty.
According to the records, there were already boxing activities in the military, as a recreation for the kings during the truce. Although the fights did not become professional, the lords already had a culture of keeping warriors to fight for the pleasure of the king. As the palace fighters and retired soldiers returned to their hometowns, boxing skills were gradually introduced to the people. According to historical records, the law enacted at the beginning of the Ayutthaya Dynasty exempted those who killed or injured their opponents in a fight from punishment.
By the heyday of the Ayutthaya Dynasty (1350 AD), the fighting style became more and more popular throughout the country. Thai people gradually realized that the new art can defend the country and the state, so the practice of martial arts is very strong, not only adults good martial arts, and Thai children can also swing kicks, practice boxing. Boxing has developed into a folk fashion entertainment.
During 1411 AD, the King of Chiang Mai died, the two princes for the throne held, and finally decided to send a martial arts teacher as a representative of the competition, the provisions of the fight to the side of the blood until the end. After a few hours of intense fighting, the result of the southern martial arts division due to foot injuries and bleeding defeat, the northern martial arts division victory. This is the first record of boxing in Thai history.
In 1518, the King of Siam reformed the military system and ordered the compilation of the book "The Art of Victory", which included aspects of weaponry, martial arts, and armament.
In ? The book was published in the ? era (1555-1606 AD), boxing was included in the military training program. The historical name ? The Black Prince. Pannarisuen the Great, a man of great valor and skill in martial arts, led the Thai people to liberate Siam from the Burmese occupation and restored the Ayutthaya dynasty. After years of war, Pannarisuen knew that in order to stabilize the country, there must be a brave and good at fighting, martial arts strong army, it will be specially included in the military training of boxing boxing, named? Penan?
? Penan? For the Siamese earth boxing, vicious and venomous, moves include headbutt, mouth bite, punch, kick, kick, sweep trip, elbow strike, knee top, shoulder against, arm hit. Push and pull, grab and pinch, pressure and wrestling and so on. Any part of the body, available for use, is a boxing for actual combat. Ancient Thai soldiers practicing boxing, all strong and brave.
? Tiger King? Pat Buddha Zhao era (1662 to 1708), is the heyday of the development of Muay Thai. The whole country, are devoted to boxing. In the form of fighting, initially the boxer to strip of horse leather wrapped bundled fists, fighting. Later on, they changed to use hemp rope to wrap their fists, which is called? Wrapping hemp? Style boxing. Later, there is also a tampon wrapped fist. Cotton surface can be mixed with stone quiet viscose soak, so that the phase surface is more rough and hard, greatly increasing the lethality. Boxer in the fight, often beaten skin and flesh, blood flow all over the face, the shape of its tragic to see. Boxing activities at that time, in 1687 the French emperor sent a special envoy, Simon? In the book "The Kingdom of Siam" written by Simon Lubier, the envoy sent by the French Emperor in 1687, there is an account of the fights: ? In the Ayutthaya Dynasty's program, there were many different programs, including the performance of wrestlers and warriors who fought with elbows and legs. During the boxing match, they used three or four turns of twine to bind the palms of their hands, instead of the copper rings used in the fights of the same style in Laos (Khmer) Estimates.
According to historical records, the King of Tiger? The Tiger King? He was very fond of boxing, and personally organize, summarize the increasingly complex boxing, the formation of the basic system of Muay Thai. Some of today's Muay Thai techniques are still utilized by King Tiger. King Tiger summarized fighting system. As the king of a country? Tiger King? Often dressed up as a commoner to participate in the ring in the Buddha event. With the mainland fighters against, actually won two consecutive battles, won the Grand Prize quietly left, this move has become a good story in the history of Muay Thai.
According to Burmese historical records, at the end of the Ayutthaya Dynasty, Naik Nong Dung, a famous Muay Thai master, was captured by the Burmese army when they attacked Ayutthaya, and was imprisoned in Burma. In 1774, the Burmese King Mangla held a celebration for the topping of the Great Pagoda in the capital city of Rangoon, and a match between Thai and Burmese boxers was arranged during the event. Naik Nong Dung was forced to fight with the Burmese warriors in front of the royal court, and even defeated nine Burmese masters in a row, which made the Burmese king y impressed: "Thai boxers have extraordinary martial arts skills. Thai boxer martial arts extraordinary, with the courage of a man, but even broke nine, to ten people do not dare to fight with the enemy, if not its king mediocre weak, their generation should be able to avoid the pain of loss of the state.
Naik Nong Dung's exploits in Burma were not recorded in Thai history, but they are well documented in the history of neighboring Burma, and are therefore undoubtedly true. Naik Nong Dong's deeds have written a glorious page in the history of Muay Thai. All the fighters in Muay Thai gyms have been worshipping Nai Khanh Nong Dung as their Patriarch. In the 1950s, under the leadership of Phichai? At the suggestion of Lieutenant General Pichai Rawuwan, the day of Naikh Nong Thom's victory in Burma (March 16) was designated as the Thai Boxer's Day to commemorate this great national hero. This is a later story.
To the Chinese hero Zheng Zhao led a number of warships, along the Chao Phraya River and up, killed the defeat of the Burmese army, the restoration of Thailand, the establishment of the Thonburi dynasty, the Thai people's memory of the pain of losing their country is still fresh, and y feel the role of boxing is huge, more prevalent in the practice of martial arts. Martial arts strong person was worshiped by the generals and feudal lords, there are many people. Such as Ta Cheng boxing teacher Nai Hao and the Royal Palace boxer Nai Mo, that is, for the time of the famous figures.
It is reported that the young boxer Nai Tongli of the Cheng Yifu here, nicknamed ? White teeth? In 1762 A.D., Nai Tong Li went to the old city of Tha Fu Xuan Mangma State for boxing competition, the first thwarted Tha City masters Nai Hao, Zheng Huang's appreciation, and then ordered its and forbidden boxer Nai Muo than martial arts, and won, was awarded by the Emperor of Zheng as? Luang Phi Chai? Nai Thong Li life to follow Zheng Huang east to west, the charge, bloodbath, battle to the sword broken horse, but also to kill the enemy, and returned in triumph. For Thailand to recover the lost, fight for independence, made a great achievement, the name will remain in history. In today's Ching Yai Office Square, still a few bronze statues, known as historians? Broken Sword General?