Classes Every Thursday Evening Laytown Parochial Hall
Laytown
Co. Meath
8pm - 9pm
087 7918467
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About Muay Thai Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asia such as: pradal serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos. Muay Thai has a long history in Thailand and is the country's national sport. Traditional Muay Thai practiced today varies significantly from the ancient art muay boran and uses kicks and punches in a ring with gloves similar to those used in Western boxing.
Muay Thai is referred to as "The Art of the 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.
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Brendan Donnelly (Kroo) was appointed senior instructor in 1996 by Master Woody.In the same year he was appointed as National representative to Ireland and was the first Muay Thai instructor to take a team of fighters to compete in the world championships in Thailand.
In 1997 he was one of only 6 representatives out of a total of 75 world wide to recieve an award from the Thai Ministery of Culture and Education for his promotion of Muay Thai.
Since 1996 he has Travelled to Thailand on numerous occasions in the pursuit of more knowledge on the Art of Muay Thai, training at Klong Toey camp Bangkok famous for it instructor Master Pek who has trained some of the top fighters at Lumpinee Stadium Thailand's most renowned Muay Thai Stadium of Champions.
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