Muay Thai is from Indochina and it is a popular form of martial arts. Over the years, it has become very popular in the South Pacific. As for today's Muay Thai, it is typically a ring sport with gloves that resemble boxing gloves in the west. It is common for a mixed martial arts trainer to have a Muay Thai bag in their facility for clients to use.
The primary idea behind Muay Thai is that there are not two, not four but eight different places on the body that can be used to attack the opponent. The hands and feet make up four and the other four are made up by savage attacks from the elbow and knee.
Because of the unique types of attacks, training equipment for Muay Thai has to be specialized. The Muay Thai bag is a special type of hanging heavy bag that was developed to meet the needs of practicers of this martial art form.
Different in size from the average boxing bag, a Muay Thai bag is thinner and longer. To accommodate for high and low punches and kicks, the bag averages between five and six feet in length. As for the diameter, it is designed to be the same size as a person; this enables the practicing of holds.
As for weight, it has similar weight ranges like most heavy boxing bags. On average, most Muay Thai bags are at least eighty pounds; making them ideal for extreme fighters, as well as lots of kicks and punches.
Unlike other heavy bags, many Muay Thai bags are shipped to gyms and at home users unfilled. This allows an experienced Muay Thai trainer to customize the filling of the bag the way the feel should be optimal.
Although a Muay Thai bag is similar to a heavy boxing bag, it is designed to handle more force. It is because of this force that many Muay Thai trainers use different fillers. Typically, most experienced trainers will fill the bag's bottom with sand; the sand is dense and keeps the bag from moving too much.
From there, filling the rest of the bag can be with packed down rags, flour or even rice. Each has a different benefit and reason or being included in the bag. Flour is not nearly as dense as sand but has a similar feel, cloth absorbs blows well and rice is a happy medium between the two.
Muay Thai is a sport that is exciting like no other; the blows are amazing! Since there are benefits to utilizing special training and equipment, it is no wonder why these Muay Thai heavy bags are found in the homes and training centers of martial arts participants all around the globe.
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