Gao yod, the nine spires — Muay Thai A column of nine spires, placed in the centre of the upper back and running a little onto the neck. At Wat Bang Phra it is the standard first tattoo; other lineages start… motdang.net/muay-thai/ritual/gao-yod/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The hermit's school — Muay Thai A school at Khao Samo Khon in Lavo — now Lopburi — kept by a hermit called Sukkathanta, teaching a subject called *Mai Sastra*. motdang.net/muay-thai/story/mai-sastra/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The rules — Muay Thai Five rounds, ten points, one winner — and almost none of it works the way boxing does. motdang.net/muay-thai/rules/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The same sport, four borders — Muay Thai Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and the Malay peninsula each have a striking art with the same eight weapons and a different name. motdang.net/muay-thai/story/neighbours/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Suea phen, the leaping tiger — Muay Thai A tiger in mid-leap, usually one on each shoulder blade, for strength, command and the turning away of an attack. motdang.net/muay-thai/ritual/suea-phen/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
Muay Chaiya — Muay Thai The southern line, from Chaiya district in what is now Surat Thani. Known for defence: elbows in, shoulders up, and a triangle of footwork underneath. motdang.net/muay-thai/style/chaiya/ · 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
Isan — Muay Thai Twenty provinces on the Khorat plateau, Lao-speaking, the driest farmland in the country and the lowest household incomes. motdang.net/muay-thai/place/isan/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
Takrut — Muay Thai A sheet of metal — often copper, sometimes lead, silver or gold — inscribed with a yantra and rolled into a tube, then bound with cord and worn on the body. motdang.net/muay-thai/kit/takrut/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
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