Muay Thai, that’s what we all did in the Arboretum. Though, we aren’t fully equipped with skills to fight in the UFC, I hope everyone got a good workout out of it.

Again, Muay Thai is the “Art of 8 Limbs” – fists, elbows, knees, and kicks. Hands become like swords and daggers, the shins and forearms are hardened in training to act as protective armour against impact, elbows become hammer and mace-like, and the legs and knees became an axe.

Before Muay Thai, there was Muay Boran, a more fatal version of the sport where boxing gloves are replaced with barehands or hemp rope. Below is a demonstration of Muay Boran in an exhibition setting. Note: It is not a real fight.

Muay Thai has grown a lot the past 30 years and that is because of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts.

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Richard Long, sculptor and land artist is responsible for works such as ‘A Line Made by Walking’. He uses photography to capture the work he has done on a landscape. ‘A Line Made by Walking’ was created while he was travelling St. Martin’s. Long walked forwards and backwards on the field until the turf was flattened.

http://www.richardlong.org