Thai Boxing

10/10/2020 6:22:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Muay Thai or Thai Boxing originated in Thailand during the Medieval period as a form of hand-to-hand combat in times of war.
  • This kind of sports has been the fastest growing martial art in the world for the last 80 years. And it is over 2,000 years old.

Let's explore this kind of sport!

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Thai Boxing is an excellent cardio workout. Image: shutterstock.com

Listen and answer the questions.

  • What do boxers wear on their hands?
  • When did Thai boxing begin?
What do boxers wear on their hands?
  • gloves
  • bells
  • rings

When did Thai boxing begin?

  • over 500 years ago
  • over 200 years ago
  • over 300 years ago

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Thai Boxing

is popular in many countries. Two fighters wear boxing gloves on their hands. A bell rings. The boxers hit each other until one the other. Each part of the fight is three minutes long. It is called a round.

Thai boxing is different. Thai boxing match begins with music from drums and flutes. Then the two fighters kneel and to God. Next they do a slow dance that copies the movements of Thai boxing. this dance, each fighter tries to show the other that he is best. 

Then the fight begins. In Thai boxing, the fighters can kick with their feet and hit each other with their elbows and knees. Of course, they hit with their hands too. Each round is three minutes long. Then the boxers have a two-minute rest. Most boxers can fight only five rounds because this kind of fighting is very difficult.

Thai boxing began over five hundred (500) years ago. If a soldier lost his in a , he needed to fight with just his body. The soldiers learned how to use all the parts of their body. In 1560, the Burmese army captured Naresuen, the King of Thailand, in a war. King Narusean was a very good boxer. He won his freedom from Burma by all the best Burmese fighters. When he returned to Thailand, his people were very him. Thai boxing became a popular sport.

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thai Boxing

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Muay Thai uses the body to mimic weapons of war. Image: stocklib.com

Boxing is popular in many countries. Two fighters wear boxing gloves on their hands. A bell rings. The boxers hit each other until one knocks out the other. Each part of the fight is three minutes long. It is called a round.

Thai boxing is different. Thai boxing match begins with music from drums and flutes. Then the two fighters kneel and pray to God. Next they do a slow dance that copies the movements of Thai boxing. During this dance, each fighter tries to show the other that he is best. 

Then the fight begins. In Thai boxing, the fighters can kick with their feet and hit each other with their elbows and knees. Of course, they hit with their hands too. Each round is three minutes long. Then the boxers have a two-minute rest. Most boxers can fight only five rounds because this kind of fighting is very difficult.

Thai boxing began over five hundred (500) years ago. If a soldier lost his weapons in a battle, he needed to fight with just his body. The soldiers learned how to use all the parts of their body. In 1560, the Burmese army captured Naresuen, the King of Thailand, in a war. King Narusean was a very good boxer. He won his freedom from Burma by defeating all the best Burmese fighters. When he returned to Thailand, his people were very proud of him. Thai boxing became a popular sport.

Source: Thoughts and Notions

Why do the fighters dance before the fight?

  • They want to pray to God.
  • They want to show they are better than the other one.
  • They want to show respect to each other.
  • They want to make the fight more exciting to watch.
Thai boxers don’t hit with their ____.
  • elbows
  • heads
  • feet
  • hands

What made Thai boxing become a popular sport?

  • The war between the Burmese and the Thai
  • The loss of the Thai against the Burmese
  • The experience of fighting with all body parts of soldiers who lost their weapons
  • The win of the King Naresuen against the best Burmese fighters

Put the right word in the blanks. The sentences are from the text.

  1. The boxers hit each other until one the other.
  2. If a soldier lost his in a , he needed to fight with just his body.
  3. Then the two fighters kneel and to God.
  4. When he returned to Thailand, his people were very of him.
  5. is popular in many countries.
  6. this dance, each fighter tries to show the other that he is best. 
  7. King Narusean was a very good boxer. He won his freedom from Burma by all the best Burmese fighters.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

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  2. Most countries in the world spend too much on for the army.
  3. His father had been killed in .
  4. Davis Morris by eight points in the semi-final.
  5. He does in his free time.
  6. Jean was my roommate our first year at university.
  7. I to the Lord and hoped for the best.
  8. The champion Nick in the seventh round.