Thai boxing

[tahy bahks-ing]

noun

1. Muay Thai.

Example Sentences

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

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The Devon-born Luxton took up Thai boxing around the age of 10.

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Teenagers tried out hip-hop, Thai boxing and hula hooping at public classes in a shopping center.

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One sport has drawn special attention this year, reflecting deep-seated cultural enmity between Cambodia and its bigger and richer western neighbor, Thailand, whose Thai boxing team is boycotting the games.

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Cambodia on previous occasions had unsuccessfully suggested changing the official name of Thai boxing — a form of kickboxing — from Muay Thai to something with more neutral, less nationalistic connotations.

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