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Puravis · 11-20-2007, 03:58 PM

Muay Boran is quite an effective style. However if you were to practice it now you would most likely have to study a certain deriative of the original. The styles of Muay Boran the main ones Chaiya,Korat,Tha sao. Now it is important to note the similarity between modern Muay Thai and the Tha Sao style of Muay Boran. As one would see usually in most Muay Thai stances is an arch in the back one foot in front and hands high protecting the face. Now if you compare that to Muay Tha Sao it's almost the same stance. In my opinion they also share the same philosophy. Muay Tha Sao is legendary for it's fast kicks and finishing the oponent as quickly as possible differing from the styles of Chaiya, Korat and other Muay Boran styles that relied on wit. Now Muay Boran also relied on subranches defence
Kon muay: defence of the body with the eight limbs
Cherng muay: attacks varios combos with the eight limbs
Mai Mae muay : masterful tricks

By the dawn of modern muay thai these concepts were excluded.
Now the stance of most modern muay thai as said was the Tha Sao stance
a style that might have took rise because it was fast and efficient and was safer for the airing in of the sport Muay Thai. The techniques of kon,cherng and Mae Mai muay were excluded as well and those techniques listed are the essence of Muay Boran. Those techniques are not used in modern day but you can find them in muay thai textbooks and other documents. If your serious about Muay Boran start with those techniques first, really they are the techniques that were used in Muay Boran no matter what style of Muay Boran these techniques were shared by them all. The stance is more complicated however and the reason is that it is the only factor in itself that makes these styles different with execption to Chaiya and a few minor styles. I myself think that deriatives of styles of Muay Boran could be reconstructed that could be effective in modern day competition. If you wish to see Kon,cherng and Mae Mai muay thai techniques on the web go to www.muaythai.com, you will see the difference.

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Puravis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Muay Boran is quite an effective style. However if you were to practice it now you would most likely have to study a certain deriative of the original. The styles of Muay Boran the main ones Chaiya,Korat,Tha sao. Now it is important to note the similarity between modern Muay Thai and the Tha Sao style of Muay Boran. As one would see usually in most Muay Thai stances is an arch in the back one foot in front and hands high protecting the face. Now if you compare that to Muay Tha Sao it's almost the same stance. In my opinion they also share the same philosophy. Muay Tha Sao is legendary for it's fast kicks and finishing the oponent as quickly as possible differing from the styles of Chaiya, Korat and other Muay Boran styles that relied on wit. Now Muay Boran also relied on subranches defence Kon muay: defence of the body with the eight limbs Cherng muay: attacks varios combos with the eight limbs Mai Mae muay : masterful tricks By the dawn of modern muay thai these concepts were excluded. Now the stance of most modern muay thai as said was the Tha Sao stance a style that might have took rise because it was fast and efficient and was safer for the airing in of the sport Muay Thai. The techniques of kon,cherng and Mae Mai muay were excluded as well and those techniques listed are the essence of Muay Boran. Those techniques are not used in modern day but you can find them in muay thai textbooks and other documents. If your serious about Muay Boran start with those techniques first, really they are the techniques that were used in Muay Boran no matter what style of Muay Boran these techniques were shared by them all. The stance is more complicated however and the reason is that it is the only factor in itself that makes these styles different with execption to Chaiya and a few minor styles. I myself think that deriatives of styles of Muay Boran could be reconstructed that could be effective in modern day competition. If you wish to see Kon,cherng and Mae Mai muay thai techniques on the web go to www.muaythai.com, you will see the difference.