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  2. Muay boran - Wikipedia

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    Muay Boran originally is a martial art system which has deadly techniques, grappling techniques and ground fighting [citation needed] techniques apart from its stand up techniques. This differs from modern-day Muay Thai, which consists only of stand up and is only a ring sport. [6] Matches between practitioners of the art then began to be held.

  3. Portal:Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles of the Indian cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Benjang and Tomoi. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay. Western practitioners in Thailand are sometimes called Nak Muay Farang, meaning "foreign boxer".

  4. Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Muay Thai Foot-thrust (Thip) Muay Boran (Thai: มวยโบราณ, RTGS: muai boran, pronounced [mūa̯j bōːrāːn]; lit. ' ancient boxing ') is an umbrella term for the unarmed martial arts of Thailand prior to the introduction of modern equipment and rules in the 1930s. It is the predecessor of modern Muay Thai or Thai boxing.

  5. Martial arts timeline - Wikipedia

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    The history of martial arts is challenging to document precisely, because of the lack of historical records, secretive nature of the teacher-student relationships and political circumstances during much of its history. It is likely that many techniques were learned, forgotten, and re-learned during human history.

  6. Filipino martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Filipino martial artists are noted for their ability to fight with weapons or empty hands interchangeably and their ability to turn ordinary household items into lethal weapons. Weapons-training takes precedence because they give an edge in real fights, gears students to psychologically face armed opponents, and any object that can be picked up ...

  7. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Many other Indian martial arts such as Mardhani Khel and Paika Akhada survived by practitioners practicing the art in secret, or by telling the colonial authorities that it was a form of dance. While many regional Indian martial arts forms are fading into obscurity, martial arts such as Gatka and Kalaripayattu are experiencing a gradual resurgence.

  8. List of martial arts - Wikipedia

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    It is not trivial to distinguish "traditional" from "modern" martial arts. Chronology is not the decisive criterion, as, for example, "traditional" Taekwondo was developed in the 1950s, while the "modern" hybrid martial art of Bartitsu was developed c. 1900.

  9. Muay Thai - Wikipedia

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    Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles of the Indian cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, [7] [8] Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Benjang [9] and Tomoi. [10] A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay. Western practitioners in Thailand are sometimes called Nak Muay Farang, meaning "foreign boxer". [11]