A presentation about Muay Thai and the history of the sport with the legend Nai Khanom Tom.

1. Muay Thai
vs.
Kickboxing
By
Think Blue

2. Muay Thai
• Muay Thai Kickboxing is currently one of
the fastest growing full contact sports in
the world. In Thailand, Muay Thai which
translates as "Thai Boxing" is as popular
as soccer in the U.K. Thousands of camps
around Thailand are teaching and training
The Sport of Kings to eager students.

3. continued
• Many martial artists consider
the Thai style the ultimate in
hand to hand fighting
• The high incidence of death
and physical injury led to the
Thai government to institute a
ban on Muay Thai in the
1920's, but in the 1930's the
sport was revived under a set
of regulations

4. continued
• Common blows include high kicks to the
neck, elbow thrusts to the face and head,
knee hooks to the ribs and low kicks to the
calf, a contestant can even grasp the
opponents head and pull down to meet an
upward knee thrust. Punching is
considered the weakest of all blows and
kicking merely a way to 'soften up' one's
opponent: Knee and elbow strikes are
decisive in most matches.

5. History
• Originated over 1000 years ago
• Originated in India
• Used during battle
– Myanmar and Thailand
• Nai Khanom Tom

6. Popularized By
• Chuck Norris
• Anderson Silva
• Bill “Superfoot” Wallace
• Mike Stone

7. Kickboxing
• true roots of kickboxing date back to Asia 2,000
years ago
• modern competitive kickboxing actually started
in the 1970s
• Because of health and safety concerns, padding
and protective clothing and safety rules were
introduced into the sport over the years, which
led to the various forms of competitive
kickboxing practiced in the United States today.

8. continued
• Kickboxing is one of the youngest martial
Arts systems and one of the fastest
growing too. Its conception came about
because of the desire of Martial Artists to
test their skills against each other in a safe
and controlled environment. In fact in the
safe way and manner that Judo evolved
from Jujitsu.

9. Kickboxing
kick

10. Kickboxing
kick