Really, no one has anything…jeeze, i guess its not that popular then eh.
Maybe someone can answer this, did/does muy thai used to/still have bear knuckle fights, as bando seems to, as a regular occurence?
muay thai is a ring sport. I’m sure any bare knuckle fights in some shady bar would be considered low level.
It’s not a “popular” style, in some sense, because there’s an edict against commercial bando schools. You don’t see them. People who teach bando do so as a hobby. Not a job. Making schools more a rarity.
There is one near here, mind you. Mr. John Collins, if memory serves.
Stuart B.
thaing.net is as good as you’ll get
ahh thanks
apoweyn, can you explain a little more on the edict against commercial bando schools?
muchas gracias
I know that there used to be or may still be a bando full contact tournament. Some of my older classmates went around 90 or 91 and won the tournament cup. I thought bando was burmese, more or less the same as thai boxing but with weapons training and some military training also, but I’m probably wrong.
yeah, it’s burmese and some aspects of it bare similarity to muay thai. I’ve got an old issue of IK from around 1994 that has a write up about it.
burmese boxing is rad, check it
Watch the other video of the Burmese boxer vs. Japanese boxer.
Beautiful ending! :eek:
the question people have had for years is which came first, bando or thai boxing. Since the records were lost, nobody knows for certain.
The history is very intertwined with different empires spreading over the areas now defined as ‘Burma’ and ‘Thailand.’ Kinda hard to determine the whole ‘first’ thing.
A buddy of mine went to a Muay boran camp in Thailand, then crossed over to Burma and fought in Burma. As he put it ‘Those cats are good.’
yeah, cambodia, vietnam, thailand, laos… all very intertwined.
Don’t forget to add Golden Village Boxing to that list of what came when and what came where.
that sh*t is hardcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L9jVcKb1k
waiting for knifefighter to com in and say it isnt crap cause they dont fight on the ground.
[QUOTE=Shaolinlueb;777715]that sh*t is hardcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L9jVcKb1k
waiting for knifefighter to com in and say it isnt crap cause they dont fight on the ground.[/QUOTE]
I think that Bando has some GnP…
[QUOTE=Shaolinlueb;777715]that sh*t is hardcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L9jVcKb1k
waiting for knifefighter to com in and say it isnt crap cause they dont fight on the ground.[/QUOTE]
that isn’t at all his style, he appreciates anything that is REAL…
[QUOTE=Shaolinlueb;777715]that sh*t is hardcore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L9jVcKb1k
waiting for knifefighter to com in and say it isnt crap cause they dont fight on the ground.[/QUOTE]
he wouldn’t say that because they fight with decent level of contact.
Anyone have info on the structure of the art? There’s a guy that teaches it at Georgia State Univ. where I’m going to grad school…taught it since '73. I’m gonna try and take it, once they announce the schedule. I heard it’s mostly muay thai/kickboxing oriented, and they train it like that. But I also read that once they teach beginners all the basics, punching, kicking, and drills, there’s some forms associated with it…
Anyone know anything about that? I’ll ask when I get contact info for the guy, once the schedule’s posted. Just wanna see if any of you know.
I put up a thread elsewhere to see if we can get Phil Dunlap’s attention, when it comest to Burmese martial arts, he’s the guy to talk to