Invigorating, isn’t it?

This could possibly be one of the coolest martial art forms, its right up there with Capoeira. Although significantly less dance ‘like’ than Capoeira, Muay Thai shows us just how fast a human can become, as well as how deadly. Called “The Deadly Art”, fighters using this style square off, fists held away from their faces, in contradiction to the modern form of boxing and strike each other quickly with shins, elbows, hands and knees.

Muay Thai was brought to my attention upon seeing the movie Ong Bak, which predominantly features a young Muay Thai master named, Tony Jaa, who is quite simply an amazing martial artist. If you haven’t seen this movie I highly recommend it.