Muay Thai

/ ˈmuːeɪ ˈtaɪ /

noun

1. a martial art developed in Thailand in which blows may be struck with the fists, elbows, knees, and shins

Example Sentences

In over 300 fights across Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and boxing, just three of those have been defeats - which she later avenged.

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In 2023, Thai kickboxers boycotted the Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia after the sporting event they recognised as Muay Thai was introduced as Kun Khmer - which is what Cambodians call it.

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She has, after all, been training in Muay Thai boxing for the past two years.

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“If Luke wants to settle it, I get down really well. Anything. Muay Thai, whatever.”

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Set in Thailand, it gave us cobra bites, Muay Thai fights and Buddhist insights; suicide trees, queasy sexual sprees and lots of screaming monkeys, not to mention an early image of a corpse floating face down in a pond as a panoply of gunshots rang out.

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