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Opinions on Muay Thai (lemmygrad.ml)
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So with the increasing far right movements and their violent thugs getting more confident, I figured it might be the time to get some self defence training going.

From a young age I have been doing judo and boxing though it has been some years since I got lessons. I occasionally spar or shadow box but I need to do more I feel.

My eye fell on Muay Thai but I have no experience in it. It seems like it is a respected self defence art by many but I wanted some opinions before I went.

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[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Not directly related but I found this talk really interesting and informative. Its about "liberation martial arts." They mention Muay Thai occasionally. At 19:25 the interviewee talks about the origins of martial arts and how they were mostly just "off balancing" games and the "striking/submission" martial arts are creations of colonial/hegemonic cultures.

Just an interesting talk all round.

[–] Lobster@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Thailand was never colonised.

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Colonial cultures means the colonizers not the colonized. and as I said that part of the discussion was about the origins of martial arts and how they have changed and been regimented. So even though Thailand was never colonized it interacted with Colonial powers and the interaction caused changes in Muay Thai.