Different Types of Martial Arts Series

A predecessor of Muay Thai, and from a basic look you could easily confuse this with Muay Thai.  However, muay boran is believed to be more than 2,000 years old. The training regime was probably developed by or borrowed from the ancient military. While different forms have evolved in Thailand, some experts believe the art may have originated in Cambodia.

Originally, fights took place in an improvised space on the ground and lasted until one person gave up. Rules forbade the use of gloves, eye-gouging, hair-pulling, hitting the groin, or hitting a fallen opponent. The style encourages powerful close-quarter knee and elbow techniques aimed at knocking out opponents.