The Philosophy of Muay Thai

 

Muay Thai Philosophy - Train the body, mind, and heart. Physical conditioning is useless without developing concentration and dedication. Show patience and persistence with yourself and others. Develop speed as well as Muay Thai techniques. Show respect for your parents, teachers, community, and yourself. Be honest and courteous, and help others when you have an opportunity. Approach all situations with diligence and self-confidence. Contribute to unity and spirit of the Muay Thai brotherhood. Use common sense and intelligence when in a bad situation. Practicing good Muay Thai means resorting to fighting only as a last resort.

Strikeforce Muay Thai unites the concepts and techniques of the ancient styles of Muay Chaiya with some styles of Muay Paak Klang, Krabi-Krabong (Thai Weapons, Buddhai Swan style and Ariyamettha style) and Muay Palm (Grappling techniques from Asian styles) combined with the essence of the teachings of the Buddha.


The information that you will receive while learning Strikeforce Muay Tai is unique and comes from authentic ancient styles and sources.

An essential part of Muay Thai is meditation ("Samathi"). We meditate to stop our mind and to develop better concentration skills. Muay Thai believes in Merit (the accumulation of good actions), and in doing meditation we can gain a good amount of Merit. Meditation is an activity that balances our training. If we only train physically our training will become more rough, but if we practice mediation our training will become smarter.

The 9 Bow's of Respect
Muay Thai philosophy follows the philosophy of Buddhism. Here are the 9 Bow's that of respect .

1. Phra Tam
Bow your head to respect the Teachings of the Buddha: the right code to improve each of our lives, because those teachings are the ones that will lead us to the state of enlightenment.

2. Phra Vinae
Bow your head to respect the practice of the Buddha's teachings, because this practice will help us to improve our skills in each of our lives.

3. Phra Borisutikun
Bow your head to respect the purity of the mind, heart, body and spirit, because purity will help us to cleanse our thoughts, feelings, actions and speech.

4. Phra Kharunatikun
Bow your head to respect the compassion of the ones that want to improve their spirit regardless of age, race, status, rank or religion. Compassion will help us to understand how to make 'collective merit' (good actions by a group).

5. Phra Panyatikun
Bow your head to respect wisdom, because wisdom will help us to see the truth more clearly and choose a better path in every moment of our lives.

6. Khun Po
Bow your head to worship each of our fathers from each of our lives, because our fathers will help us to remember our past lives as well as where we come from.

7. Khun Mae
Bow your head to worship each of our mothers from each of our lives, because our mothers will help us to remember our past lives as well as where we come from.

8. Kruu Ba Ajarn
Bow your head to worship each of our Teachers from each of our lives, because our Teachers will help us to remember what we learned and how we practiced.

9. Pu Mi Upakala Khun
Bow your head to worship relatives and friends that came to help us, because relatives and friends that came to help us will make our path easier, so we can become better people.

 

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