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Krabi Krabong is a Thai weapon-based martial art closely related to Burmese Banshay and Malay Silat. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Banshay is a term for martial arts of Myanmar, focusing on weapon use. ... This article is about a martial art forms practiced throughout the Malay Archipelago. ...

It was seen in the James Bond movie, "The Man with the Golden Gun"^{[citation needed]} when an unconscious Bond is left at Hai Fat's dojo. In the scene, 007 watches two fighters fight against each other using the styles, complete with the two swords. The weapons techniques include training in these weapons:

Double daab

• ดาบ Daab[(sword)],single-edge sword
• กระบอง Krabong, staff
• โล่ Loh, buckler
• พลอง Plong, stick
• ง้าว Ngao, halberd
• ดาบสองมือ Daab Song Mue, two handed swords, one in each hand
• ไม้ศอก Mai Sawk, or Mai Sun Sawk, a pair of clubs which are worn on the forearms.

Aside from weapons, Krabi Krabong incorporates unarmed techniques as well. The empty-handed form is kick-based but also uses pressure points, locks, holds, and throws. A Wooden Tonfa The tonfa, also known as tong fa or tuifa, is a traditional Okinawan weapon from which the modern side-handled police baton is derived. ... For the use of pressure points in first aid, see Emergency bleeding control In the study of martial arts, practitioners do not focus just on increasing the brute strength of their strikes, but also on the target of their strikes to maximum the impact, and to achieve specific outcomes. ... A joint lock (in Japanese, 関節技 kansetsu-waza) is the general term for martial arts techniques involving painful manipulation of the joints. ... Two wrestlers clinching. ... Sacrifice throws are considered risky since they put the thrower in a disadvantagous position. ...

One school of Krabi Krabong today is the Buddhai Swan Sword Fighting Institute in Thailand, which was led by Ajarn Sumai until his death in 1998. Khru Ajarn Pramote Mesamana studied Krabi Krabong from the age of 6 from his father Semai Mesamana. This tradition of teaching father to son has a long history line of warriors going back to the time Ayutthaya.^{[citation needed]} Today at 68 he runs the Buddhai Sawan Krabi Krabong in Lad Prao.

External links

• Antonio Graceffo writes about Krabi Krabong in Thailand