muay thai

You might just have heard about it, or seen it on TV— the furious punches, crushing elbow strikes, lethal kicks, powerful grappling and artful feints. Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing, is the Thai name for a form of hard martial art practiced in several Southeast Asian countries including Hong Kong. Muay Thai is referred to as "The Science of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, elbows and knees are all used extensively.

So when we got offered to buy tickets to go and experience a proper fight night, we did. The fight night was Monday night, and off to experience this was Tiina, Juuse, me and Ben (“the cute guy from the restaurant down the street”).

And let me tell you, seeing fights like these executed to loud cheers and heart-racing tune of an accompanying wind-and-percussion ensemble is really cool. It is hard core, sweat and blood is shed and it is filled of adrenaline. (Even I, just sitting there watching, got all pumped up and I was kind of surprised of how much I enjoyed watching men beating the hell out of each other…).

Sum up: fun, exciting and cool. We had a good time, all of us enjoyed our evening event and think we definitely might go and see more fights in the future. (Actually, my box-instructor Joey will fight on the 2nd of June in Macau, I might just be in the audience then…).