Muay Thai recognised by International Olympic Committee

[Thaiger]

Muay Thai might soon be an Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee has fully recognised the traditional martial art and its governing body, the International Federation of Muay Thai Associations, or IFMA, a committee member announced yesterday during the 138th IOC session in Tokyo. “This is the beginning of the possibility of Muay Thai to become an Olympic sport.” Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who is also president of the country’s National Olympic Committee, was the government will support IFMA’s decision to recognise Thailand’s traditional martial art and national sport. “I can assure you that the Thai government will […]

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[AussieBob]

Great news - Thailand men do very well in boxing and I bet they will do very well in Muay Thai too.  

[Faraday]

Well deserved...

[Dedinbed]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon

They want a credible , professional , untainted approach to this so having a gaseous , decrepid , creepy , watch keeper for the departed to big it up may be counter productive .. 

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[SickBuffalo]

Looking forward to seeing the some impressive wins by trans athletes in women's Muay Thai at the next olympics.

[HolyCowCm]

Some of those Thai male boxers are as strong as a herd of ox and hard as cement. And the girls scary as well. Will this also go into the Special Olympics too? 

[HolyCowCm]

8 minutes ago, SickBuffalo said:

Looking forward to seeing the some impressive wins by trans athletes in women's Muay Thai at the next olympics.

It is a transnational sport now. 

[gummy]

5 minutes ago, HolyCowCm said:

It is a transnational sport now. 

So is Conkers but that is not an Olympic sport. Guess that is because the thought of no one hurting another participant doesn't turn people on quite as much.

[HolyCowCm]

33 minutes ago, gummy said:

So is Conkers but that is not an Olympic sport. Guess that is because the thought of no one hurting another participant doesn't turn people on quite as much.

Speaking of hurting. I think we need NCC to chime in on that thought for his sport of Hurts So Good and if that should one day be considered for the Olympics. Or maybe he was a world class or Olympic athlete at one time judging from the night time stories that go on there at  the camps at night.

[AlexPTY]

One positive news about Thailand. Unfortunately has nothing to do with saving lives and reality