Wai khru ram muay

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (May 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Wai khru ram muay in muay boran

Wai khru ram muay (Thai: ไหว้ครูรำมวย, RTGS: wai khru ram muai, IPA: [wâːj kʰrūː rām mūɛj]) is a ritual performed by participants before fighting in muay Thai competitions.

Wai khru is a universal concept that exists in almost all of Thai performance art - from Thai traditional music to classical Khon dance and fighting arts, such as krabi krabong and Muay Thai. The wai is a traditional Thai greeting with the palms together as a sign of respect. Khru is the Thai form of the Sanskrit word guru meaning 'teacher'. Ram is the Thai word for dancing in classical style, and muay means 'boxing'. The full term can therefore be translated as 'war-dance saluting the teacher', but Thai speakers generally shorten it either to wai khru or ram muay. The ram muay shows respect and gratitude to the boxer's teacher, parents, and ancestors. In the days when boxers fought in front of the royalty, the ram muay also paid respect to the king.

Upon entering the ring, fighters circle the ring in a counter-clockwise direction and pray at each corner. They bow their heads at every corner three times in salutation to Buddha, Dharma, and the sangha of monks. They then commence the ram muay, the movements of which are said to be based on Hanuman. The ram muay is a personal ritual, ranging from the very complex to the very simple, and often contains clues about who trained the fighter and where the fighter is from. The ram muay is accompanied by music, providing a rhythm to the boxer's movements.

See also[]

• Wai khru
• Sarama (Thai music)

References[]

External links[]

Look up ไหว้ครูรำมวย in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wai khru ram muay.

• The tradition of Wai khru
• Article on Ram Muay

This article related to sport in Thailand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t

This article related to the martial arts is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t