Muay Thai and the Anti-Kickboxing in Thai Society, 1972
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This study uses a historical methodology to investigate the relationships between Muay Thai and the resistance against Kickboxing in Thai society in 1972. Results show that Muay Thai is strongly tided with History and important identities about National and Monarchy, and been a popular sport in Thai society for a long time. By then, Muay Thai is become a national sport with a prominent position. When a Japanese boxing businessman introduced kickboxing into Thai society in 1972, by explaining that a martial art that was older than Muay Thai, and had a fighting effectiveness better than Muay Thai. It caused dissatisfaction among many people in Thai society. Moreover, this dissatisfaction revealed when Japan had influence over the Thai economy and sports.Many groups of people in Thai society viewed kickboxing as another threat from Japan, leading these people to resort to various forms of violence, including Muay Thai. It is an important identity of Thai society, as a tool to resist the Japanese who get involved in kickboxing that reflecting the integration of nationalist ideas with Muay Thai to resist the domination of external
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