Muay Thai
Muay Thai
say that they characterize by the great emphasis put on the refined and precise execution of each defensive and offensive action in order to be effective even in clashes with stronger and heavier adversaries. The best proven method to achieve such mastery and technical correction is the study and practice of the MaeMai forms.
The man who, in recent times, has been committed to a greater extent with the development of a proper understanding of the MaiKhru techniques, through a careful coding of each movement and its many variations, is, undoubtedly, the University Professor Phosawath Saengsawan, a true eminence in the field of historical issues related to the different periods of development of Muay and its stylistic regional currents. Khru Pho( as he likes to call himself) codified the fundamental techniques of the discipline and organized them in order of increasing difficulty, in such a complete way that even today his encoding holds the authority in Thailand.
Also, Master Khru Pho has definitively illustrated the concept of the " variants " of each basic technique, creating a complete and thorough background of concepts( strategies, principles, map of the vital points, use of natural weapons), which is currently the backbone of the technical program of the International Academy of MuayBoran IMBA. Among the more advanced applications of the principles of MaeMaiMuay Thai transmitted by Pho Khru, we should keep in mind the so-called " devastating combinations," techniques combined to the main action that seek to finish an adversary with an additional percussion, an armbar, a strangulation, a takedown, etc..
In the technical sequence, we can observe the strategy MaeMai No. 2, of intrusion into the opponent ' s guard in order to reach his " nest "( ie, vital points located on the centerline of the body, in the Thai language PaksaWaegRang). Once we ' ve gone through the barrier of blows or the oponent ' s arm guard, with special measures, trunk movements or proper deviation techniques, we are in the right place to discharge blows at close range difficult to block. The weapons we ' ll use, obviously, are those which are most suitable for close-in banging: the head, elbows or knees.