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| Focus | Striking, reversals throwing technique, choke-holds, grappling holds |
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| Country of origin | Thailand |
| Creator | No single creator |
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| Olympic sport | No |
Lerdrit,Muay Lert Rit or,Leert Rit (มวย Muay: boxing, fighting เลิศ leert: superior, excellent ฤทธิ์ rit: formidable force, colossal power) is the generic name attributed to the set of principles and fighting techniques employed bySiamese warriors for centuries onSoutheast Asian battlefields. This form of Muay has been used primarily by theRoyal Thai Army’s Palace Guard, the Capital’s Defense Corps, war elephants’ Defense Units and Special Infantry Corps.[1] Siamese Lert Rit was based on a clever combination of the Nine Natural Weapons (Nawarthawooth), i.e.,hands,feet,knees,elbows andhead, which were used to attack and defend. It was also based on the four ancestral strategies used by Special Infantry Corps: Tum (throwing to the ground), Tap (crush), Chap (grab), Hak (break the joints).[2] Muay of today is a traditionalmartial art born from the ancestral precepts of Siamese warriors, adapted to the self-defence needs of modern practitioners, regardless of their physical characteristics and the conditions under which its techniques are applied.[3] However, several Western martial arts practitioners have developed modern adaptations that combine elements ofMuay Thai with those of other martial arts which they now market asMuay Boran.[3]
Leert Rit fighting strategy places great emphasis on close rangestriking, executed using hard body parts such as: the heel and outside edge of the hands, the legs (heel, shin bone), the knees, the elbows and the skull.[4] The trainee is trained to hit and quickly take the opponent down, so as to efficiently apply a pin or a finishing move. The vital points of the body are identified from the first training sessions, in order to train students to attack with ease and to swiftly defend the weakest areas of one’s anatomy.[3]
Practice emphasizes powerful short range attacks that employ the Nine Natural Weapons; body conditioning is included in every training session and is designed to increase bone density and muscle and tendon strength, making the trainee’s body stronger. Thai stylegrappling (Muay Pram) is the core practice for every Muay student: working out with non-compliant training partners is mandatory in order to learn how to fight at close range.[5] All Muay students are trained to apply holds, strikes, take downs and finishing moves at a very short distance from the opponent. Psycho-physical stress is generated in a controlled environment, so as to reproduce conditions of real-life aggression.[3]
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