Combat Sports - Thai Boxing
Thai boxing is a martial art, and more precisely, a combat sport, classified in the West among the foot-fist boxes.
Thai boxing has its origins in ancestral martial practices. It is the most popular boxing style in South-East Asia (Burmese boxing, Khmer boxing, Laotian boxing, Vietnamese boxing) and owes its popularity to the fact that it is a professionalised national discipline. It represents a lucrative market in Thailand, generating a significant economy around it. Like its cousins, it has the reputation of being a particularly violent fighting practice and is especially criticised for spreading the idea that “no holds are barred”. The ring, which measures between five and seven metres on each side, must be surrounded by at least three rows of ropes. The floor is lined with soft, elastic material, four centimetres thick, and covered with canvas.
