The thirty names

Fifteen mother techniques and fifteen that come after. Twenty-nine of the thirty are named after something you can picture.

30names

29are a picture

14from the epic

4an animal

6a person

1the movement

The Thai names and the descriptions beside them are lifted off the Thai Wikipedia article at revision 13177866, which cites the Thai Encyclopedia for Youth. The English gloss and the classification in the last column are this project's reading, marked as inference wherever they appear. The table is printed in full so a reader who would classify a row differently is looking at the same row.

Where the names come from

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A war epic, painted on a wall

Rama, Hanuman, Thotsakan, Erawan, the nagas. The Ramakien was the state's own narrative property, and the curriculum is built out of it.

The epic in the ring

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แม่ไม้ — the fifteen

No.	In Thai	RTGS	What the name says	What it points at
1	สลับฟันปลา	salap fan pla	Alternating fish teeth	An object or a chore the zigzag of a fish's jaw
2	ปักษาแหวกรัง	paksa waek rang	The bird parts its nest	An animal a bird
3	ชวาซัดหอก	chawa sat hok	The Javanese hurls the spear	A person a Javanese
4	อิเหนาแทงกริช	Inao thaeng krit	Inao stabs with the kris	Out of the epic Inao
5	ยอเขาพระสุเมรุ	yo khao phra sumen	Lifting Mount Meru	Out of the epic Mount Meru
6	ตาเถรค้ำฝัก	ta then kham fak	The old monk props up the pod	A person an elderly monk
7	มอญยันหลัก	mon yan lak	The Mon braces against the post	A person a Mon
8	ปักลูกทอย	pak luk thoi	Driving in the wedge	An object or a chore a wooden wedge
9	จระเข้ฟาดหาง	chorakhe fat hang	The crocodile lashes its tail	An animal a crocodile
10	หักงวงไอยรา	hak nguang aiyara	Breaking the elephant's trunk	Out of the epic Airavata
11	นาคาบิดหาง	nakha bit hang	The naga twists the tail	Out of the epic a naga
12	วิรุฬหกกลับ	wirunhok klap	Virulhaka turns over	Out of the epic Virūḷhaka
13	ดับชวาลา	dap chawala	Putting out the lamp	An object or a chore an oil lamp
14	ขุนยักษ์จับลิง	khun yak chap ling	The giant catches the monkey	Out of the epic Thotsakan and Hanuman
15	หักคอเอราวัณ	hak kho erawan	Breaking Erawan's neck	Out of the epic Erawan

ลูกไม้ — the fifteen that come after

No.	In Thai	RTGS	What the name says	What it points at
1	เอราวัณเสยงา	erawan soei nga	Erawan tosses its tusks	Out of the epic Erawan
2	บาทาลูบพักตร์	batha lup phak	The foot strokes the face	The movement itself
3	ขุนยักษ์พานาง	khun yak pha nang	The giant carries off the lady	Out of the epic Thotsakan and Sida
4	พระรามน้าวศร	phra ram nao son	Rama draws the bow	Out of the epic Rama
5	ไกรสรข้ามห้วย	kraison kham huai	The lion crosses the stream	Out of the epic Kraison, the mythic lion
6	กวางเหลียวหลัง	kwang liao lang	The deer looks back	An animal a deer
7	หิรัญม้วนแผ่นดิน	hiran muan phaendin	Hiran rolls up the earth	Out of the epic Hiranyaksha
8	นาคมุดบาดาล	nak mut badan	The naga dives to the underworld	Out of the epic a naga
9	หนุมานถวายแหวน	hanuman thawai waen	Hanuman presents the ring	Out of the epic Hanuman
10	ญวนทอดแห	yuan thot hae	The Vietnamese casts the net	A person a Vietnamese
11	ทะแยค้ำเสา	thayae kham sao	The thayae props the pillar	A person a thayae
12	หงส์ปีกหัก	hong pik hak	The swan with the broken wing	An animal a hamsa
13	สักพวงมาลัย	sak phuang malai	Threading the garland	An object or a chore a flower garland
14	เถรกวาดลาน	then kwat lan	The elder sweeps the courtyard	A person an elder monk
15	ฝานลูกบวบ	fan luk buap	Slicing the gourd	An object or a chore a gourd

The schools name their own

Korat — five teaching techniques and twenty-one older ones

In Thai	RTGS	What the name says	What it points at
ชักหมัดมาเตะตีนหน้าพร้อมหมัดชัก	chak mat ma te tin na phrom mat chak	Draw the fist, kick with the lead foot as the fist draws	The movement itself
ชักปิดปกด้วยศอก	chak pit pok duai sok	Draw and cover with the elbow	The movement itself
ชกห้ามไหล่	chok ham lai	Punch, checking the shoulder	The movement itself
เมื่อเข้าให้ชกนอกเมื่อออกให้ชกใน	muea khao hai chok nok muea ok hai chok nai	Going in, punch outside; coming out, punch inside	The movement itself
ชกช้างประสานงา	chok chang prasan nga	Punch as elephants lock tusks	An animal elephants
ทัดมาลา	that mala	Wearing the garland at the ear	An object or a chore a garland
กาฉีกรัง	ka chik rang	The crow tears the nest	An animal a crow
หนุมานถวายแหวน	hanuman thawai waen	Hanuman presents the ring	Out of the epic Hanuman
ล้มพลอยอาย	lom phloi ai	Falling as if ashamed	The movement itself
ลิงชิงลูกไม้	ling ching luk mai	The monkey snatches the fruit	An animal a monkey
กุมภัณฑ์หักหอก	kumphan hak hok	The kumbhanda breaks the spear	Out of the epic a kumbhanda
ฤาษีมุดสระ	ruesi mut sa	The hermit dives the pool	A person a ruesi
ทศกัณฑ์โศก	thotsakan sok	Thotsakan grieves	Out of the epic Thotsakan
ตะเพียนแฝงตอ	taphian faeng to	The carp hides by the stump	An animal a carp
นกคุ้มเข้ารัง	nok khum khao rang	The quail enters the nest	An animal a quail
คชสารกวาดหญ้า	khotchasan kwat ya	The elephant sweeps the grass	An animal an elephant
หักหลักเพ็ชร	hak lak phet	Breaking the diamond post	An object or a chore a post
คชสารแทงโรง	khotchasan thaeng rong	The elephant charges the stockade	An animal an elephant
หนุมานแหวกฟอง	hanuman waek fong	Hanuman parts the waves	Out of the epic Hanuman
ลิงพลิ้ว	ling phliu	The monkey slips away	An animal a monkey
กาลอดบ่วง	ka lot buang	The crow slips the snare	An animal a crow
หนุมานแบกพระ	hanuman baek phra	Hanuman carries the lord	Out of the epic Hanuman
หนูไต่ราว	nu tai rao	The rat runs the rail	An animal a rat
ตลบนก	talop nok	Flipping the bird over	An animal a bird
หนุมานถอนตอ	hanuman thon to	Hanuman pulls up the stump	Out of the epic Hanuman
ตอแหล	to lae	The liar	A person a liar

Chaiya — seven

In Thai	RTGS	What the name says	What it points at
ปั้นหมัด	pan mat	Moulding the fist	The movement itself
พันแขน	phan khaen	Winding the arm	The movement itself
พันหมัด	phan mat	Winding the fist	The movement itself
พันหมัดพลิกเหลี่ยม	phan mat phlik liam	Winding the fist, turning the angle	The movement itself
กระโดดตบศอก	kradot top sok	Jumping elbow slap	The movement itself
เต้นแร้งเต้นกา	ten raeng ten ka	The vulture dance, the crow dance	An animal a vulture and a crow
ย่างสามขุม	yang sam khum	The three-pit step	An object or a chore three pits in the ground

Lopburi — six, and five of them are out of the epic

In Thai	RTGS	What the name says	What it points at
เอราวัณเสยงา	erawan soei nga	Erawan tosses its tusks	Out of the epic Erawan
ขุนยักษ์พานาง	khun yak pha nang	The giant carries off the lady	Out of the epic Thotsakan and Sida
พระรามน้าวศร	phra ram nao son	Rama draws the bow	Out of the epic Rama
กวางเหลียวหลัง	kwang liao lang	The deer looks back	An animal a deer
หิรัญม้วนแผ่นดิน	hiran muan phaendin	Hiran rolls up the earth	Out of the epic Hiranyaksha
หนุมานถวายแหวน	hanuman thawai waen	Hanuman presents the ring	Out of the epic Hanuman

Thasao's list is recorded as twelve upper and twelve lower techniques with no names attached. That is what the source carries.

Written up

The foot strokes the face

บาทาลูบพักตร์

The one name in the thirty that says what the movement is.

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Fighter throwing a lowkick during an amateur muay thai competition.

Checking the kick

เช็กแข้ง

Lifting the shin to meet an incoming round kick, so that the two bones collide and the thrower takes the worse end.

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The crocodile lashes its tail

จระเข้ฟาดหาง

Number nine of the fifteen, and the only one of the thirty whose Thai name is still said out loud in gyms from Sao Paulo to Sheffield.

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The clinch

จับคอตี

Hands locked behind the other man's head, forearms on his collarbones, both men fighting for the inside position — and knees going in the whole time.

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Breaking Erawan's neck

หักคอเอราวัณ

The last of the fifteen, and the plainest thing in the sport: the clinch knee, named after killing the mount of a god.

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The Ramayana is a Sanskrit language Hindu epic attributed to Valmiki, whose first redaction is dated between 5th-century to 4th-century BCE (see J. L. Brockington Academic The Sanskrit Epics, p

Hanuman presents the ring

หนุมานถวายแหวน

The only technique named by three of the four regional schools as well as by the standard list. If anything in the curriculum is bedrock, it is this…

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Bang Kung Barracks - Thai Boxing Sculptures For Learners

The fifteen that come after

ลูกไม้มวยไทย

The second set of fifteen, taught after the first. The Thai encyclopedia's line is that a student works the mae mai before the luk mai will take.

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This is a photo of a monument in Thailand identified by the ID

The fifteen mother techniques

แม่ไม้มวยไทย

The first fifteen named techniques, taught as a set. *Mae* is mother, *mai* is a move; the fifteen that come after are called *luk mai*, child moves.

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The dump

ทุ่ม

Catching a kick, stepping past a leg, or turning a man out of the clinch so that he lands. Legal here; not legal in most kickboxing rulesets.

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Muay Thai spectacular Kick, Sitsiam camp Student.

The round kick

เตะเฉียง

The kick the rest of the world copied. Thrown upward at an angle, cutting under the arm and into the ribs, and named for the triangle it travels.

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One fighter executes a Muay Thai teep kick against her opponent in a women's Muay Thai match.

The teep

ถีบ

The straight push with the ball or sole of the foot, into the stomach, hip or chest. The article calls it a foot jab and that is what it does: it…

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Top maphap

ตบมะผาบ

The Lanna display in which a man slaps his own arms, chest and thighs in a driving rhythm. Thai Wikipedia's article on Lanna performing arts names it…

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The three-pit step

ย่างสามขุม

Chaiya's first lesson, and the one thing on its list of seven that is not a strike at all.

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