Wai khru ram muay (Thai: ไหว้ครูรำมวย) is an action of respect in Thai culture that is performed by participants in Thai fighting competitions. Wai is an action of Thais to show respect to others by putting the hands together like in prayer. Similar practices are as in pre-contemporary China where they place the left hand over the right fist or as in Japan where they bow. Khru means teacher. Ram means dance in the old Thai traditional style. Muay means boxing. Usually Thais prefer to call it short "Ram Muay" or "Wai Khru". Ram Muay is the way to show respect to the teachers and the trainers. Also, in past Muay-Thai was usually fought in front of the king, so Ram Muay was also to apologize to the King for the brutality in fighting. Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... // Boxing Wiki For further information refer to the mediawiki based Boxing Wiki 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ...
Although Muay Thai is considered by some to be a derivation of a general indigenous martial art style native to southeast Asia, it was the first to be popularized outside of southeast Asia.
Muay Thai along with savate and karate heavily influenced the development of kickboxing, which was later created in Japan, Europe, and North America.
There exists a Malaysian derivative of Muay Thai known as tomoi or Muay Malay by the Thais that is practised primarily in northern Malaysia, in the states that share a border with Thailand.
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