Martial arts like Muay Thai may boost your physical and mental health. (Photo Credit: Digitalvision/Getty Images) Muay Thai is also called kickboxing, Thai boxing, and the “art of eight limbs." ...

Today’s page looks at Muay Thai boxing champ, Kru Phil Nurse and his mastery of a sport that tones up the mind as well as the body. The sport of Muay Thai boxing is more than 1,000 years old.… ...

But here's why authentic Muay Thai training in Thailand is definitely worth traveling for. Photo: Stocksy/Michela Ravasio What is Muay Thai boxing?

Launched in 2013, the Max Muay Thai network airs a slickly produced slate of fights every night on TV and online — usually Thais matched up against boxers from overseas.

(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 9-YEAR-OLD MUAY THAI BOXER, PORNPATTARA PEACHAURAI, SAYING: "My mom told me if I continue boxing like my sister, one day I can afford to buy her a house, car and earn more money ...

Muay Thai, also sometimes called Thai boxing, is a centuries old combat sport that has exploded worldwide in popularity in recent years.

Muay Thai boxer Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk (R), 21, who is transgender, kicks Priewpak Sorjor Wichit-Padrew during a boxing match at the Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2017 ...

U.S. Muay Thai boxing champion, Angela “Riptide” Whitley, never intended to become a fighter. She says she didn’t choose Muay Thai; it chose her. By chance, seven years ago, she came to ...

Later, Ye learned martial arts, boxing, and Sanda. "While I was studying Sanda, I learned that the rules of Muay Thai were the most open by far.

Refinery29 finds out what it's like to be one of the few professional female Muay Thai fighters in the UK.