As Thailand's national sport, Muay Thai has developed over
more than a thousand years, originally growing from the
necessity to defend the country from expansionary China.

Muay Thai initially developed with bare-knuckle fights and
went on, seeing fighters bind their knuckles with hemp rope. During this period there were no rounds, no weight divisions,
no gloves with the winner being the one still standing at the
end of the fight!

In the 1930's the Thai government enforced changes in response
to the carnage that resulted from such Muay Thai 'competitions', this subsequently saw the sport's entry into the international fighting scene.

Many international boxing rules such as rings, weight divisions
and gloves were adopted with many dangerous techniques such
as head-butting, limb-breaking and choking techniques
banned.

Now in the new Millennium, Muay Thai is undisputed king o
f the kickboxing ring with the sport enjoying unprecedented popularity around the world.