Introduction to Muay Thai

Introduction to Muay Thai.
Hey guys, I'm Marcus Lee From Ngee Ann Polytechnic currently studying in Diploma in Information Technology . Within the next few weeks, the duration of this project, I will be sharing with you more about Muay Thai.

Muay Thai is a form of martial art which originated from the Kingdom of Thailand mroe than 2000 years ago. Other than calling it Muay Thai it is also popularly known as "thai boxing" all around the world. Muay Thai is the art of fighting without any use of weapon.

In this form of martial art it is trained to be aware of the weak and the fatal points of the opponent’s body. By using the fist, leg, knee and elbow, thus using eight “points of contact”. A fighter can easily defeat the other in less time if he has good knowledge of his weak positions. I will be sharing more information about the "eight points of contact" in the near future.

Muay Thai Weight Classes.
There are many different weight classes in Muay Thai. By referring to the information below, which class do you fall in?

Category	Weight (up to)
Super Heavyweight	209 lb+ (95 kg+)
Heavyweight	190 lb+ (86 kg+)
Cruiserweight	190 lb (86 kg)
Light Heavyweight	175 lb (79 kg)
Super Middleweight	168 lb (76 kg)
Middleweight	160 lb (73 kg)
Junior Middleweight	154 lb (70 kg)
Welterweight	147 lb (67 kg)
Junior Welterweight	140 lb (64 kg)
Lightweight	135 lb (61 kg)
Junior Lightweight	130 lb (59 kg)
Featherweight	126 lb (57 kg)
Junior Featherweight	122 lb (55 kg)
Bantamweight	118 lb (54 kg)
Junior Bantamweight	115 lb (52 kg)
Flyweight	112 lb (51 kg)
Junior Flyweight	108 lb (49 kg)
Mini Flyweight	105 lb (48 kg)

Adapted from http://muaythai.sg/muay_thai_weight_categories.

Found your Weight class?
Well that concludes my first blogpost. I will be updating this Muay Thai part of the blog in the near future. Thank you for reading and please tune in again soon.