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Muay Thai is performed with boxing gloves in Western-style boxing rings, but boxers are allowed to use knees, elbows and legs, in addition to fists, as weapons. It is considered the most violent of ...

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Muay Thai is a martial art that focuses on powerful strikes, close-quarters combat (also called clinch work), and conditioning. A martial art is a system of combat that comes from a specific culture.