Chiang Mai — Muay Thai The northern city, and the densest cluster of foreigner-facing gyms outside Phuket. motdang.net/muay-thai/place/chiangmai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
Lanna — Muay Thai The northern kingdom — Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, Phrae, Nan, Phayao — founded by Mangrai and independent of Ayutthaya and Siam for most of its history. Its people… motdang.net/muay-thai/place/lanna/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Places — Muay Thai Where the schools came from and where the fighters still come from. motdang.net/muay-thai/places/ · 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
Sak yant — Muay Thai A tattoo that is a working object: geometry and syllables in an old script, applied by a master, carrying protection, fortune, charisma or fear — and conditional on rules the… motdang.net/muay-thai/ritual/sak-yant/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Training on a study visa — Muay Thai Thailand's non-immigrant visa categories include study, and a registered muay thai school can be the reason for one. This is a long-standing, ordinary arrangement, not a loophole. motdang.net/muay-thai/gym/ed-visa/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Kham Kaiwai — Muay Thai 25 May 1934 – 24 February 2014, born at Nam Phrae in Hang Dong district, Chiang Mai. National Artist in the performing arts (folk performance), 2535 BE. motdang.net/muay-thai/person/kham-kaiwai/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
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