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Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.
It is similar to other Indochinese styles, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos.
Descended from muay boran, muay Thai is Thailand's national sport.
The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya.
Muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in other more regulated martial arts sports, such as kickboxing, boxing, and savate.
A practitioner of muay Thai is known as a nak muay. Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang, meaning "foreign boxer."
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Name: Mark Casserly
Muay thai
I.M.C Pro 76.4kg Irish Champion
U.K.M.F Pro 76.4kg British + Irish Champion
I.S.K.A Pro 78KG 4 Nations Champion
W.K.A Pro 78kg British+Irish Champion
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Olympic Taekwondo
Olympic Scholarship to Kyung-hee University South Korea
Competed in 2007 World University games Bangkok
Trained in Papendal , Dutch Olympic Camp
6 Times National Olympic Taekwondo Champion + 1 time Athlete of the tournament award
2 Times British International open Champion,+ 1 time Athlete of tournament award
Andorran International open Champion + 1 time Athlete of the tournament award
Iranian Alberstone cup (Tehran) Silver medalist
2 Times Belgium international open bronze medalist
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Name: Colm Neill
Age: 27
Fight weight: 85 to 95 kgs
I have been training in stand up martial arts since the age of 16. I hold black belts in two different styles of Kickboxing and have also done extensive training in Karate and Tai kwon do.
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For the past few years I have been concentrating on Muay Thai and Boxing which I have found to be the most practical styles which incorporate all the techniques a stand up martial artist will need (just my opinion).
I am also a qualified N.C.E.F fitness instructor.
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