Category: Muay Thai

Trainee Fighter Initiation

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Trainee Fighter Initiation (Kuen Khur,Yok Khur) In the past, before a teacher accepted a new student, he first spent a great deal of time considering the proposition, trying to ascertain whether or not the person was really worthy of becoming his student. Some young fighters even initially had to act as servants to their prospective […]

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Informing the Spirits Ceremony

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Informing the Spirits Ceremony (Buwong Suwong) The enduring belief of the Thai people in the unseen, the spirits which inhabit all places and which have to be kept happy or, if necessary, appeased when they are angry, is mentioned several times elsewhere in this book. There are visible signs of this redolent animism, which coexists […]

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Traditions of Wai Khru

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The Traditions of Wai Khru The following heading will present you with an in-depth incite into the unique tradition of Wai Khru (Paying Respect to the Teacher). Three forms of the ceremony – initiation as a Trainee Fighter, Annual Homage-Paying Ceremony and Initiation as a Teacher – are detailed here, while the fourth form – […]

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