WAI KHRU MUAYTHAI | THAILAND 🇹🇭
โพสท์โดย อ้ายเติ่งไหว้ครูมวยไทย 📸 Credit: Banchamek Gym (Buakaw Banchamek, บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ
✦ Wai khru is a universal concept that exists in almost all of Thai performance art - from Thai traditional music to classical Khon dance and fighting arts, such as krabi krabong and Muaythai.
✦ Wai Khru Muaythai: The Wai is a traditional greeting by the Thai people where they put their hands together like a prayer. Khru means teacher. As a whole the wai khru is a way to pay respect to your coaches, gym, training partners and family. The wai khru is the portion of the muaythai dance where the fighter circles the ring 3 times before kneeling and bowing 3 times to show respect to God and man.
Ram means dance and Muay means boxing… so put them together and you got a ‘boxing dance!’ The ram muay is simple (or complex) movements that the fighter demonstrates to the crowd to show their style and control. Each "ram muay" is personal and unique ranging from very elaborate to easy and simple.
Sometimes you are able to tell what gym the fighter trains at because most fighters from the same gym have a similar ram muay wai khru.
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✦ The Amazing Muaythai Festival 2023 held during 4-6 February 2023 at Rajabhakti Park, HuaHin, Prachuap Kiri Khan successfully promoted Muaythai to the world.
A group of 3,660 boxers performed a mass Muaythai ceremony in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Monday, beating the Guinness World Record for the largest 'Wai Kru,' a pre-fight dance showing respect to teachers, parents, and ancestors.
✦ The event showcased Muaythai exhibition, Muaythai industry promotional activities, and sales of merchandise and local cuisine to enjoy. The highlight of the event was the mass performance of the traditional “Wai Khru” ceremony with 3,660 participants, led by the famous Muaythai fighter Sombat “Buakaw” Banchamek, successfully setting the new Guinness World Record.