Mae Mai Muay Thai

Mae Mai Muay Thai: for decades forgotten even in the motherland of Muay and in the last few years often used as spectacular fighting maneuvers employed to amaze the audience in shows and demonstrations. In reality, the 15 traditional martial principles called Mae Mai or mother (Mae) techniques (Mai) of Thai fighting (Muay) represent a technical and cultural treasure that has to be preserved at all costs. The Mae Mai or Mai Khru techniques, far from being just seemingly basic offensive and defensive maneuvers, are the “distillate” of a very rich and sophisticated Thai fighting system. The author went back in time to research and study in detail all the elements that make up the “martial puzzle” currently known as Muay Thai Boran. With the priceless help of some of the greatest Thai experts in this field, Arjarn Marco De Cesaris has come to define the true principles upon which the warrior Art of Muay is built. The result of his research is revealed for the first time in this one-of-a-kind manual.
In this text book illustrated with 900 high quality colour photos you will find all the fundamental techniques of the Art, many martial applications of Mae Mai fighting principles, the combinations of counterattacks, the training systems and for the first time the complete solo Form of the Mai Khru system.