The fifteen mother techniques — Muay Thai 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. motdang.net/muay-thai/move/mae-mai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
On screen and on the wall — Muay Thai The statues, the films and the song that taught most of the world the word. motdang.net/muay-thai/works/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
The Tiger King — Muay Thai King Sanphet VIII of Ayutthaya, reigned 1703–1709. Thai Wikipedia's article on the mae mai opens by attributing the fifteen to him, on the authority of a cabinet resolution. motdang.net/muay-thai/person/tiger-king/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The victory drum — Muay Thai The Lanna war drum, beaten going out to battle for good fortune and to hold the soldiers' nerve. Three old melodies are named: *Chaiphaeri*, *Chaithiti*, *Chanamarn*. motdang.net/muay-thai/music/klong-sabatchai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The rules that come with it — Muay Thai A yant is conditional. The bearer accepts precepts and taboos with it, and the power holds only while those are kept. motdang.net/muay-thai/ritual/kho-ham/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The round kick — Muay Thai 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. motdang.net/muay-thai/move/te-chiang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
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