Buakaw Por Pramuk

Lets talk about this guy... Buakaw Por Pramuk. Everybody knows him right? Well after numerous victories under Por Pramuk gym, he went missing in March 2012. Claiming he was poorly treated at the gym, he apologized to fans on a TV show for going missing after making his appearance in Mid March.

Lets face it, great working environment but abusive management is not really the place you want to be working in right?

Later that month, Buakaw's sponsor announced that he would resume fighting under Banchamek gym(named after himself) but the Sports Authority in Thailand prevented him from fighting until he files a complaint about his claims that he was being "poorly treated " in Por Pramuk gym. Well it basically means the sports authority doesn't let him fight until he whines to them bout why the gym bullied him.*winks*

So his whining paid off and he resumed fighting in April 2012. His opponent was  Rustem Zaripov. 

He announced that he may not be using "Por Pramuk" in his fight name for this fight. Well apparently it seems like he still used it..:)

Checkout the video to see the match.

The History (Muay Boran)

Muay Boran, the general term of unarmed combat of Ayutthaya (Thailand). The origin of Muay Thai.

While Muay Thai is also known as "The Science Of Eight Limbs", which utilizes eight "weapons" of the body e.g Punches, Kicks, Elbows and Knees, The Muay Boran is known to use the nawa awut or "Nine Weapons", adding headbutts to their arsenal of strikes.( If Mike Tyson was in their days, it might be Ten Weapons, adding biting of ears to the library as well.)

Interesting Fact:-

When the Thais were invaded by the Burmese, they brought back a group of Thai prisoners with them.

The best part is, most of the prisoners are THAI BOXERS. (Now why would someone do that...).

Anyways, the Burmese King, King Mangra as the Thais called it, decided to organize a seven days festival. This festival consists of comedy acts sword fighting etc. but no merry-go-rounds. At one point,

the King wanted to see how a Thai Boxer would fair against one of his champions. So one of them (Nai Khanom Tom) was chose to fight.

What happened next? The same thing that happens when you try to brand a horse's ass. The Burmese champion got his ass kicked. But the referee (of course, a Burmese) claimed that the champion was distracted by the Wai Khru performed by Nai Khanom Tom before the fight.So the Burmese king offered him to fight nine other Burmese, including a boxing teacher, to prove himself. So the horse gets to kick nine other asses, or in other words, he defeated all of them claiming his freedom from the King.

Some version of the story said that he claimed his freedom and left for Siam with 2 Burmese wives.

Another version said that he claimed the freedom of his other prisoned comrades.

[Information extracted from Wikipedia. I just tell the story the way I see it. ;)]

The Art Of 8 Limbs

So u watched all the Ong Bak films. Or maybe you travelled to thailand and decided to curiously watch a Muay Thai fight. Or maybe, you find kicking banana trees is a good way to kill time. For everyone who started picking up Muay Thai, there must be something that triggered that interest. You start searching for gyms in your local area that offers Muay thai classes, you start buying all the necessary equipments that a Muay Thai fighter would have, you start searching the web for everything you want to know about Muay Thai. And you just might end up landing on this page.

Hi and welcome to Maximum Muay Thai. This page will discuss information regarding the Art Of The 8 Limbs. The hottest gyms, online shops (most convenient way to shop!), the most lethal fighter, heck, we will even discuss about Muay Thai related movies!

So stay tuned for further postings here!