Taison u still owe me a beer when i come over to BKK!

Tom, when you get to Thailand.

I'll buy you a pint of ale!

As for Pradal Serey, don't know much about it to be honest.

-Taison out

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Welcome in and start contributing. I have no idea about Pradal Serey so maybe some info here could help a bit.

-Taison out

Pradal Serey as you may have already known is Khmer Kickboxing. It's name Kbach Kun Khmer, Sovanna Phum, Traditional Khmer Boxing or Brodal Serei depends on the translation. It is technically the same as Muay Thai and it was possibly influenced Muay Thai as well.
Wow..This forum has quite a lot of emotes.
heh cats.

What about Mai Mae MT? A more traditional and less sport oriented version according to a friend of mine who has taught me a bit of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxB-wKox5iQ

Mae Mai MT~

It means 'mother branch' of Muay Thai. All of the basic and standard techniques of Muay Thai, for example, roundhouse kicks, standard punches, etc etc.

Luk Mai MT~

Means the more advanced and subtle 'tricks' of MT. For example, spinning elbows, hanuman tawai waen, pra ram jieb longka (Rama steps on the earth), etc etc.

It's not a style in itself.

Plus, don't learn from a non-thai teacher. They don't know it either, like your friend there has no clue whatsoever.

Note that many Luk Mai doesn't work because of the standard MT guard used nowadays, which is totally different from the elongated guard used 60 years ago which made Luk Mai possible.

~Donnie