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| INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF MUAY |
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| The Legend of Saolin Temple The Origins of Muay History at a Glance Early Muay Contests Muay Khaad Chuek Early Training Methods Royal Muay The Muay Renaissance: Rama V & Rama VI Regional Varieties of Muay Muay Chaiya The First Permanent Arena From Thailand to the World: Rama VII - The Present Ancient Muay Towards the Future Gallery of Legendary Muay Heroes Muay Arenas & Stadiums |
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| CHAPTER 2: MUAY OUTFIT, AMULETS & INCANTATIONS | |
| Traditional Muay Outfit Outfit of Professional Muay Thai Fighters Today Outfit of Amateur Muay Thai Fighters Today Amulets Incantations |
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| CHAPTER 3: THE TRADITION OF WAI KHRU | |
| The Concept of Wai Khru Why Wai? Informing the Spirits Ceremony Initiation as a Trainee Fighter Annual Homage-Paying Ceremony Initiation as a Teacher |
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| CHAPTER 4: PRE-CONTEST RITUALS | |
| The Muay Thai Ring Women and the Muay Thai Ring Musical Accompaniment to Muay Thai Approaching the Ring Rituals Ritual Dance of Homage Removal of the Head Circlet |
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| CHAPTER 5: BASIC MUAY THAI SKILLS | |
| Warm-Up Exercises Clenching the Fist Hand-Bindings Muay Thai Stance Vulnerable Targets Basic First Aid |
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| CHAPTER 6: FOOTWORK | |
| Muay Shuffle Alternating Stance Footwork Step-Slide Shuffle Diagonal Footwork Leg-Block Footwork Boxing Skip Leaping |
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| CHAPTER 7: MUAY THAI WEAPONS | |
| Punch Straight Punch Hook Swing Spinning Back Fist Uppercut Jump Punch Overhead Punch |
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| Elbow Strike Elbow Slash Horizontal Elbow Uppercut Elbow Forward Elbow Thrust Reverse Horizontal Elbow Spinning Elbow Elbow Chop Double Elbow Chop Mid-Air Elbow Strike |
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| Knee Kick Straight Knee-Kick Diagonal Knee-Kick Curving Knee-Kick Horizontal Knee-Kick Knee Slap Knee Bomb Flying Knee-Kick Step-up Knee-Kick |
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| Kick Straight Kick Nutcracker Kick Round Kick Diagonal Kick Half-Shin, Half-Knee Kick Spinning Heel Kick Down Round Kick Axe Heel Kick Jump Kick Step-Up Kick |
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| Foot-Thrust Straight Foot-Thrust Sideways Foot-Thrust Reverse Foot-Thrust Slapping Foot-Thrust Jumping Foot-Thrust |
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| CHAPTER 8: BASIC PLUS | |
| Up-Grading the Muay Thai Arsenal Blocking and Avoiding |
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| THAI - ENGLISH GLOSSARY | |
| INDEX | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| PHOTO CREDITS | |
| THE BOOK TEAM | |
| THE MUAY THAI MODELS | |