Thai-boxing

This thesis entitled “Opening the world of Thai boxing: relations of between boxer, their boxing camp, and business in the boxing circles” gives an ethnographic account, based mainly on field research, concerning the life, living, body training and relations of business in the boxing stadium, boxing competition manager (Promoter muay), boxing camp manager (Hounaakaymuay) and Thai boxer. The relations of boxing circles has its roots in the traditional patron-client system, especially in the complex, social relationships between master-servant (nai-phrai), leader-follower (hua naa – luk nong), or senior-junior (phu yai – phu noi). Boxing stadium is the top of a relations and Thai boxing is the bottom of relations, which their life was controlled by boxing camp manager.
Thai boxing in Sor.Kiatiyos boxing camp come from Burirum province, Kanchanaburi, and Nakhonsrithamarat, they come from very poor families. They decided to Thai boxer because they want to opportunity, study, and money for them and their families. The boys becoming to Thai boxing, he was trained and socialized which sculpture his personality and bodily ability to be in accord with the Muay-Thai culture, if he want to success in the career.
Thai boxing was a fighting sport, when two men were fighting but one the win, gamble appearance. When a long time boxing gamble was very important to boxing competition. However boxing gamble maintained business in boxing circles. So Thai boxing, boxing camp, and business in boxing circles were relatively always.