Muay Thai is a martial art that focuses on powerful strikes, close-quarters combat (also called clinch work), and conditioning. A martial art is a system of combat that comes from a specific culture.

BANGKOK - Clad in a pink tank top and shorts, her face made up with rouge and red lipstick, transgender Muay Thai fighter Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk is a formidable opponent. Just ask Karun "Priewpak" ...

Muay Thai, also sometimes called Thai boxing, is a centuries old combat sport that has exploded worldwide in popularity in recent years. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — For people who are looking to ...

On a typical wet English November night, a bell rings sharply in an old church in Hackney. But instead of signalling the start of mass, it pulls Muay Thai kickboxer Georgie Starkie, 23, into a corner ...

U.S. Muay Thai boxing champion, Angela “Riptide” Whitley, never intended to become a fighter. She says she didn’t choose Muay Thai; it chose her. By chance, seven years ago, she came to Puerto Rico, ...

EVERYONE WAS ALREADY sweating when I arrived at Pacific Muay Thai in White Center. Had they worked out, and the foundations class I was about to take was a cool-down? I won’t leave you guessing — the ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 9-YEAR-OLD MUAY THAI BOXER, PORNPATTARA PEACHAURAI, SAYING: "My mom told me if I continue boxing like my sister, one day I can afford to buy her a house, car and earn more money for ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Jayden Reeves knows what he wants to be when he grows up. In fact, he's already living it! The 7th grader at Keystone Academy Charter School took up a passion for Muay Thai, a ...

South Sudanese fighter James Majok Gau was crowned the champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai belt in Africa, ...

NANNING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The sun beamed in through the gym window, lighting up the sweaty boxers who are busy practicing new moves and skills. The Muay Thai gym opened by Ye Xiaofei in south China ...