Muay Thai Boxing 101: An Introduction

We get ringside seats when Urban Fitness TV looks at Muay Thai boxing. This video gives you an overview of the sport of Thai boxing, briefly touching on multiple topics from the history of the sport to what a training session and match look like. The Muay Thai fighting style is approximately 3000 years old and traces its origins back to India. Before the invention of boxing gloves, boxers would bind their hands in rope. Muay Thai utilizes all parts of the body, including fists, feet, knees, and elbows. It is estimated that round kicks make up 60-70% of a fight. Matches are 5 rounds of 3 minutes each and, like regular boxing, can be won by a knock out, surrender, decision, or points. Muay Thai also involves a spiritual element, and each match begins with a spiritual dance from each of the two contenders.

Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru.

As a personal lifestyle fitness guru and trainer, I have had the good fortune to work with some of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities (John McEnroe, Demi Moore, Maria Shriver, Tatum O’Neil, and Michael J. Fox) and most recently, I got the opportunity to serve as both host and executive producer of Urban Fitness TV on the Fit TV channel. After working with an extensive list of high performance athletes, high fashion models and actors who have little time to work out, but still have to look as if they live at the gym, I created the ‘focus touch’ visualization technique that can boost the effectiveness of any exercise. This technique is part of the Body Noble Method, which is a safe,...

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