Muay, Thai Boxing footage from 1920's

[ehisey]

@Blueprophet: It was not so much the boxing technique as it was the boxing glove. The glove really transformed what boxing used to look like to what it looks like to day. The same thing occurred in the late 1920's to MT when the "modern" boxing glove was introduced to the sport..

[GregYong]

elbow jabs and knee punches?

[FansOfK1]

Lovely, thank you very much!

[siddepoo]

wow so in old muay boran they count to 20 for da knock out

[LilHemiAKA47]

martial arts is diverse boxing is in a way but not like the types of martial arts take kung fu for example with different styles inside its own art.

boxing stance is not the same as when it came out either watch a jack johnson fight.

[AntonioLargoArco]

I think the reason behind the old style Muay Thai is that they used to use elbows for blocking ,smash you're hands against an elbow block without globes and you're hand is broken ,could be the reason behind the bandages .Muay Thai started as a martial art for war not as a sport with globes .

[blueprophet9]

Wow, you can see from this old footage and others from other martial art styles, how much western boxing(50s & up) has changed all martial arts in terms of stances, movement and combos in full contact fighting. This looks nothing like current ring and barenuckle matches in action today. Reason being...boxing. How was Asia not able to invent western style boxing naturally centuries ago? Tradition...TOO MUCH tradition AND subservience to the MASTERS. IMO of course.

[nakmuaytiger]

Korat boxer owned lol

nice to see real old skool muay,love the stances.

If i remeber right,i think,korat boxers used to dominate bac then.but there were all kinds of specailities bac then.

modern muay is a hybrd of these old skools.

chaiya is pretty well know nowadays as well.

[fistfork]

what do you have against the korat tradition of boxing. it's quite formidable. for the record, chaiya is a younger format than the other provinces and it's origins are quite possibly of chinese. nothing against it, though. pretty to watch. good for movies.

[arubian06]

@nakmuaytiger by the way both of the guys fight i'd say it is korat vs. lopburi. too bad lopburi is dead

[SealasLT]

awesome, i would like to learn some old style of muay thai ;)

[AvEryBadApPLe]

Muay Thai #1!!!

[tokyo333]

Nice footage!!! Excellent find!

[insanox]

theres benjamin button

[GuardianShisa]

This is an awesome find man!

[Anatda]

I guess they've mixed all their virety regional muay to become the today muaythai art.

[Anatda]

Mann!It's took Siamese/Thai people a long time through fighting arenas to finally created the today's guard, stance,footworks and striking technique.

[sewoo55]

@ 0:57 'siamese boxing is the real art of self defence. it teaches defence against eveything, kicks, fist blows, elbow jabs, knee punches, or what have you?'

i have guns

[homero24]

thats because you are a weak idiot

[drink4jesus1]

sonned

[Gooddogfilms]

Came from the Thai film archive, would be nice to be caught in Thailand right now :)

[zenU27]

that Muay Thai Chaiya isnt???...

[psunthor]

FYI, Ancient Muaythai will seperate to 4 parts of Thailand

North=Muay Saw, Muay Jerng focus on fast kick both left and right style wrap hand to half arm

North East=Muay Lum, Muay Korat focus on hard round kick and round punch style wrap hand from hand up to elbow to absorb impact from hard kick

Central=Muay Lopburi, Muay Pranakorn focus on straight punch, fast get in and out wrap hand to half arm

South=Muay Chaiya focus on concisely offence and defence very good with elbow wrap hand and wrist

[gsg9ff]

NO GLOVES

[wayoftheforesthand]

love the video. its interesting to see how different this is to modern day thai boxing. this looks like something you might see in china, burma, or else where in the asia pacific. very cool.

[mzambo666]

This film is so awesome!!!!!

[Killnem301]

yooooooooo where did you obtain this treasure??

[juicediesel94]

where did you get this

[sisophon]

thanks, gooddogfilms for posting this. this is truly the real muay thai of ancient. two of these fighters come from different provinces based on the way they fight and wrap their hands.

[banglabird]

i enjoyed watching the footage thanks gooddog for taking the time to transfer it onto digital

[maherdotcom]

Excellent footage and i've also been waiting to see Fight or Flight for about 2 years since I saw a little write up about it on boards and then in the IFI program. Can't Wait to get a copy, well done Peter.

[kasakee]

Western boxing sorry its just the gloves western didnt do shit ASIA FOR LIFE!

[brightfighter]

I guess thats evolution - different elements are going to effect the sport.

[1trume]

cool!

[ghostykev]

bai

[burningknuckle26]

MT boxing is still much different from western boxing.

[kingnek]

brilliant footage

[tillerbear]

Looking at this you can see how much the influence of Western Boxing has changed Muay Thai Over the years.

[TheShatterFreak]

Eh, Western Boxing in the 1920's was remarkably different to what it is today. Hard to draw comparisons between two things when neither has been static for the duration.