Muay Thai

Muay Thai (Thai มวยไทย, IPA /muai32 tʰai32/) ("Thai Boxing") is the Thai name for a indigenous form of martial art practiced in several southeast Asian countries including Cambodia (where it is known as Pradal Serey) and Myanmar where it is generally known as Lethwei .

Media depiction

Recently the films Ong-Bak, Born to Fight, and Tom Yum Goong helped to popularize Muay Thai.

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The video game characters Sagat and Adon (Street Fighter), Joe Higashi (Fatal Fury), King (Art of Fighting), Zack (Dead Or Alive 3), Bruce Irvin and Bryan Fury (Tekken), and Brad Burns (Virtua Fighter) are Muay Thai fighters.

Related Topics:
Video game - Sagat - Adon - Street Fighter - Joe Higashi - Fatal Fury - Art of Fighting - Bruce Irvin - Bryan Fury - Tekken - Brad Burns - Virtua Fighter

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