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" ...

Anucha Tasako was just 13 years old when he stepped into the Muay Thai ring to fight a boy just two years older for prize money of around 2,000 Thai Baht ($60). He’d done it almost 200 times before, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Muay Thai fighters, boxers, and MMA practitioners took to the ring on Sept. 25 putting their prowess on display in the Valley ...

The event is expected to be the largest international boxing convention of the year, drawing over 2,000 participants from ...