Muay Thai

GRACIE BARRA CORONA

MUAY THAI PROGRAM SCHEDULE

HEAD INSTRUCTOR: CHARAN DANCER

Charan Dancer has been training and coaching extensively in Thai boxing and kickboxing for the past 7 years, coaching both amateur and professional fighters. Kru Dancer has over 18 years of martial arts training and experience, obtaining 3 black belts in muay Thai kickboxing, Jang Mu Wan Hapkido and Chang Mu Kwan Tae Kwon Do under such notable instructors as Master Bob Chaney, Malaipet “The Diamond” Saisprapa, and Chong S. Kim.

MUAY THAI TERMS:
INSTRUCTOR/COACH: KRU
HELLO: *SA-WAT-DEE (KRAP) MALE *SA-WAT-DEE (KRAH) FEMALE
GOODBYE: *EN-DEE-KRAP (MALE) *EN-DEE-KAH (FEMALE)
YES: KAP (MALE) KRA (FEMALE)

Muay Thai is practiced in many parts of the world and has a long history in Thailand and is the country’s national sport. Muay Thai uses kicks and punches in a ring with gloves.
Muay Thai is referred to as "The Art of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows, and knees are all used extensively in this art. A practitioner of Muay Thai ("nak muay") thus has the ability to execute strikes using eight "points of contact," as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (fists, feet) used in the primarily sport-oriented forms of martial arts.