chok
ชก
What the corner shouts when it wants hands.
Words
What the corner is shouting, and where the words come from.
Words
The words a corner shouts, with their roots, so you know what just happened.
fimue
ฝีมือ
The word behind *muay femur*, the technician's style.
Khom, and the scripts it is not
อักษรขอม
The Khmer-derived script used in central Thailand for Pali, Sanskrit and anything sacred — including yant done there. It is not the only script a…
khru
ครู
What a trainer is, and what the ceremony before the fight is aimed at.
muay
มวย
The first half of the sport's name, and a word that on its own means boxing.
nak muay
นักมวย
What a fighter is called. *Nak* is the prefix Thai uses for anyone who does a thing as their work.
Reading a ram muay
อ่านรำมวย
What the four minutes before the bell will tell you, if you watch them.
te
เตะ
The other thing the corner shouts, and the one that scores.
wethi
เวที
The word for a boxing ring, and for a stage.
yok
ยก
The unit a fight is divided into. Five of them.