A French diplomat, 1687 — Muay Thai Simon de la Loubère, envoy of Louis XIV to the court of King Narai, wrote down what Siamese men did with their time. motdang.net/muay-thai/story/la-loubere-1687/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The King's Guard, 1455 — Muay Thai Under the Law of the Military and Provincial Hierarchy of 1455, boxing was folded into the Ayutthaya court as the King's Guard Department — with a sub-division, the *Krom Nak… motdang.net/muay-thai/story/kings-guard/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The foot strokes the face — Muay Thai The one name in the thirty that says what the movement is. motdang.net/muay-thai/move/batha-lup-phak/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
History — Muay Thai History — Muay Thai motdang.net/muay-thai/history/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 59K
The law that would not punish it — Muay Thai A clause in the Miscellaneous Laws of the reign of King Ekathotsarot, 1590 to 1605, quoted in the English article. motdang.net/muay-thai/story/ekathotsarot-law/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 48K
Muay Korat — Muay Thai The northeastern line, from Nakhon Ratchasima. The rope was wound to the elbow here, and the punch it is known for travels furthest. motdang.net/muay-thai/style/korat/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
The epic in the technique list — Muay Thai The Ramakien — the Thai telling of the Ramayana — supplies the cast of the curriculum: Rama, Hanuman, Thotsakan, Sida, Erawan, the nagas, the kumbhanda, Hiranyaksha. motdang.net/muay-thai/art/ramakien-in-the-ring/ · 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
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