Boxing is
popular in many countries. Two fighters wear boxing gloves on
their hands. A bell rings. The boxers hit each other until one knocks
out the other. Each part of the fight is three minutes long. It is called a
round. Thai boxing is different. The boxing match
begins with music from drums and flutes. Then the
two fighters kneeland pray to God. Next they do a slow dance that copies
the movement of Thai boxing. During this dance, each fighter tries to show the
other that he is best. Then the fight begins. In Thai
boxing, the fighters can kick with their feet and hit each other with
their elbows and knees. Of course, they hit with their hands too. Each
round is three minutes long. Then the boxers have a two-minute rest. Most
boxers can fight only five rounds because this kind of fighting is very
difficult. Thai boxing began over five hundred (500)
years ago. If a soldier lost his weapons in a battle, he needed
to fight with just his body. The soldiers learned how to use all the parts of
their body. in 1560,the Burmese army captured Naresuen, the King of Thailand, in a war. King
Naresuen was a very good boxer. He won his freedom from Burma by defeating all
the best Burmese fighters. When he returned to Thailand, his people were very proud
of him. Thai boxing became a popular sport.
History of Thai Boxing
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