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The successful entry of Thailand’s national sport into the world’s mainstream culture is undeniable with its martial arts popularity and widespread media attention; and why not? Whoever has watched Ong Bak or played Sagat in the popular Nintendo game Street Fighter knows the excitement and thrill of this mixed martial art form. Bangkok boasts of eight major stadiums where you can watch a weekly dose of the city’s hardest fighters in this “art of eight limbs.” Muay Thai is often called the “Science of eight limbs” as the sport incorporates the use of punches, elbows, kicks, and knees which are known as the eight points of contact.
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Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as "the art of eight limbs" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other martial arts.
