Burmese Boxing: The Most Brutal Boxing In The World?
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
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Burmese Boxing, also known as Lethwei, is an ancient martial art from Myanmar that can be traced back thousands of years. Foreigners often refer to Burmese boxing as “The Art of 9 Limps”
Lethwei is renowned for its extreme and brutal, as it involves using the head as a weapon, which poses a risk of causing brain damage. One of the most controversial aspects of this martial art is the rule that competitors must win by knocking out their opponents unconscious.
Within Myanmar, Lethwei remains popular among the people. However, on the international sports scene, the journey of Burmese boxing only just begun after Myanmar's opening up the country.
This episode has been filmed in 2020.
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Too Too is A Legend... He was Involved in a protest against a military coup In 2021 - In April 2023 he was arrested and tortured to death by the military coup. (1700 others also been killed by this military coup) Too Too died fighting for his people he had the money and time to leave but No he chose to stay with his people and fight. What A fucking Legend.
How sad to know it
ဟုတ်လားဗျ. သူသေသွားပြီလား ကျနော် မသိလိုက်ဘူး
wait...what? they murdered him? omg....no....
@@NA-yb9sj Yes. He's sadly no longer with us.
Rip Legend... rest in power....we still love u.❤
Lethwei in my opinion is the best stand up art. But there were too many things going down in that country for me to stay and train.
Thankfully more and more people are interested in Lethwei. To the people of Burma/Myanmar, I love you, and wish you the best.
Muay Thai better
Nah.
Thank you brother.
@killerpsycho1164 the muay thai guys that went not lethwei got beat.
@@whitejodeci8926 What does that mean?
This sport is definitely the most brutal stand up sport. This is coming from a guy from the United States who trained and fought in Myanmar in Lethwei. I trained under Phoe Thaw, MAM Lethwei Gym, STS Gym with Zaw Zaw, KcK Kickboxing, etc. The training itself is brutal too. They made us do head stands where blood started rushing out of my nose, as a foreigner I went to the more traditional gyms where there were less farangs so the training again is so brutal in itself then the fighting is brutal people die in the ring especially in Kachin.
yeah I know, me too
Yawn 😂👍
You had to do head stands until blood started rushing out of your nose????
Dude I'm currently training at kck
Yes, but the rules are diffrent too crazy rules:)
It's true that Burmese and Thai Boxing have very similar lineages, however on the sports level the talent pool of pro competitors is definitely much higher on the Muay Thai's side
Cos myanmar is not open untill 2010.we are ruled by dictatoship,so its not popular at foreign and lethwei is 2000 years old and its older than thailand itself.some people misunderstanind and calling lethwei to mwaythai with headbutt.
do you know any other differences besides thev headbutt? I myself practise muay thai and the fight we sawin this video has nearly the exact same flow as muay thai + i didnt see any headbutts.@@yethuaung1855
@@yethuaung1855Thailands economy can also support its fighters much better than Myanmar or Cambodia can.
I want to train in all three countries I mentioned.
Sad to see what has become of Lethwei following the protests.. Hoping for the best for the people of Myanmar
My respect to Myanmar people from Portugal who stand against Junta
Impressionado de ver um português pelos comentários, abraço 👊🇵🇹
@@goncalocorreia1448 Estamos em todo o lado. Gosto muito deste desporto. Aliás até temos um Campeão , Antonio Faria.
@@vscanal8578 Verdade, somos grandes 🇵🇹
Sim, conheço o Antônio Faria, bom lutador, já o vi a lutar ao vivo, mas em Muay Thai.
@vscanal8578. Portugal the colonizer and enslaver of tens of millions of people for 500 years? No thanks.👎
The Myanmar government is fighting against western imperialism.
Burmese boxing, this is very similiar to Muay Boran. Pretty much Muay Thai is just adapted to the western ring rules, mean while Muay Boran is the real art of " Thai Boxing " which utlizes all 9 limbs and was originally made for war in the past.
Too too is our hero
He very smart and best lethwei player ex.Figh iq, technical ,power ,speed ,ect..
Now he die for democery , freedom and our people.we need justice that he fight to military. Rest in power Too TOo
Only recently has the sport gain popularity but my grandfather always respected this art due to the experience of encountering one as well. It is actually much more dangerous if utilized by their military personnel as it is executed without the rules governed by the sports version.
Why would you want Myanmar’s military to utilise it?
@wunthaaung6340 whats so bad about it?
@@commanderfarsight2351 the Myanmar military is very horrible. They committed a coup which means that they took over the government by force. Currently, it is in a dictatorship like state. The military is killing lots of our people all the time, our women and children. They also torture us.
I definitely get his point, it would be great to use for combat, but just not for Myanmar’s military in particular, due to its corruption.
@@wunthaaung6340 not like it would matter lol. Guns are far more effective at any range
Source "trust me bro"
19:38 U did it, champ. Rest In Piece.
what s the cause of death
*Peace* Piece is a part
@@AsBusiness-jm1rb possibly by torture while in prison after he protested against the Myanmar military junta
@@AsBusiness-jm1rbToo Too was freedom fighter against military junta and he was killed during interrogation by military. He will never be forgotten in our heart. Struggle for democracy continue and military is losing their ground.
@@Y2n123 USA making problems all around the world
what a great documentary rest in peace brother Too Too you were great
We love lethwei, we live lethwei all day, I pray that lethwei reach all over the world because it is a very efficient fight in all the world.
Let ouchi...respect
precisely. you can win street fight or real life fights by Lethwei. that’s why brutality is inclusive I guess.
@@thuraynlynn I try to teach lethwei to the muaythai audience to be used in muaythai, such as the clinch grip and brutality and for those who want to learn a useful fight in self-defense, because in my opinion it is the best stand-up fight there is for self-defense, If you learn jiu-jitsu, you will hardly have problems in a fight without weapons.
Excellent reporting... love your videos.
Rest in Peace our hero Too Too
No Referee
No Rounds
No Scoring
Win only KO.
What a manly sport.
These guys are the ultimate badasses
Sure getting severe brain damage in their early 20's and retirement young. These guys don't live long and suffer horribly years later.
@@thedarksideoftheforce6658 LOL. Never heard a pro fighter died with any of these in my country. 😂😂They usually fought like 60 to 70 matches in their lives before the retirement. Some of the record only shows like 30 or 40 because regional fight records are not counted as official, but they fought the same as official. Some retired early because they fight for money, they just left the ring to do other business for the family. Those are not typical white boys' fighter you normally see in your life.
@@thedarksideoftheforce6658ur weak as fk thats why, u haven’t even seen former lethwei fighters after retirement. They’re well n teaching younger guys just don’t make alot of money
@@thedarksideoftheforce6658sure that's why is called BADASS.
@@thedarksideoftheforce6658 it's just not for you.
Rest in peace too too !
And im extremely glad nobody showed Dave Leduc
Dear Robloak Team Thank You for covering these warriors
I hope gyms in the Philippines also train Lethwei. I wanna try training that in addition to Muay Thai.
Tama, kabayan!
so u can pick CTE or advanced CTE?
All my respects guys ❤
Probably since this video was made, the biggest pioneer in the world towards the western introduction of Lethwei is fighter David Leduc. He presents a UA-cam channel named "Lethwei Tuesday" and has recently acquired the right to host Lethwei fights in Europe, so people can really see what this art is about.❤
David Leduc is mid tier at best, there is a reason he only fights in the open weight division and against low tier western opponents.
@@jpjbassking Hi JP. I had no idea this was the case as I have only ever seen his fights as he displayed them on his channel🤙
@Akuma.69 100%, he was also an exceptional average Muay Thai fighter.
@@jpjbassking Yep. I'm burmese and I agree with you. I mean I like him, he is a quick Lethwei learner and also a business man but there were a lot of good burmese fighters who call him out to challenge or to do a rematch but he dodged and went to fight western fighters.
Had his start in MT, couldn't hack it against his own weight bracket so he went to Lethwei to challenge far lower weight opponents in open weight. He's constantly badmouthing MT and Thailand in general and has the audacity to call himself "The king of Lethwei". David Le Douche is more like it.
I am a investor in couple of these gyms such hardworking guys.
Not only brutal but savage sport . 😮
ngl sport deserve more spotlight, i thank you
sport wont ever become popular unless they drop the headbutting but then it will just be muay thai.
Tactics strategies and rules are still different than muay thai
The goal is not to become legal in every countries around the world. The sport is already legal in 10 countries. Its already famous worldwide. It doesn't want to do the same as Muaythai.
Do you have like 30 seconds to wake up and continue fighting in muay Thai?
Ion think so the head buts are apart of this sport
No, its uunique to Lethwei @@unsponsrd
This is dope, Im deff a fan now.
RIP Too Too, your will lives on!
Gratulations to the 15 years old fighter. He fought like a lion.
RIP Too Too the legend
"As the rounds progressed, the score remains even"
*shows Too Tu getting the crap kicked out of him*
They were both still conscious so they were scored evenly
Say no to drugs, enjoy the sports.
Take love from Bangladesh.
Take 'Love' in the dirtbox. 🥒🍌🍆
@@Morrie-queens Your gay
this looks like muay thai. The way they through their kicks, using the hip to generate force and swing the leg like a bat, is very similar to muay thai.
Different rules
Hey, i'm a lethwey fan and we practice it in adapted rules in France, I'd be happy to make a subtitle translation or your video if possible.
Didn't know lethwei was well-known in french, enchante
@@patriciajin6206 It is not in the whole country, but at certain locations.
That "fan" looks like he's TAKEN "the punching, kicking and jabbing" to the teeth!!
No modern exercise equipment, no high protein gourmet meals, just 100% pure skill and heart. These warriors fight on a hungry stomach to put food on the table.
Awesome documentary. Did you notice he has a kyokushin Kanji?
Rest in peace Too Too...
Too Too. Legend … freedom fighter… RIP😢
Burmese fighters are in general as a whole compared to their thai counterparts tougher and fearless because the life conditions in Burma are much more harscher than in Siam
Lmao
Did you know that in the past, Thai boxers used to fight with Burmese boxers a lot? But there is a tragedy because Burmese boxers and Thai boxers often die in the ring. Because in the past, boxers would use ropes to wrap their hands instead of gloves. When the incident occurred, a boxer died on the stage. Thailand therefore finds a way to prevent the boxer from being in danger of death. And has continued to develop until Muay Thai is a sport that is known all over the world.
@@supanatgot2841Tong Po?
Just because youre poor doesnt mean you are tougher
Not me. I mean the people in general@@eastoakland-S65feen
I love this style
lethwei fighters are the best punchers n have the best hands while boxers are the fastest strikers.lethwei is bare knuckle n they conditioned their hands to such extent n lethwei teaches u how NOT to break ur hand
They have strong chins I think and that is incredible.
Can you do a documentary on the arakan martial arts
Why is there no mention of David Leduc?
This is badass
Leithwei is actually Muay Thai that spread to Myanmar 250 years ago after the sack of Ayuthaya in 1769 by the Burmese king. The Burmese king saw the values of Muay Thai and forced Thai (Siamese) prisoners to teach the art to the Burmese. It was further developed in Myanmar (Burma at the time) as a form of bare knuckle boxing. In fact, Muay Thai itself remained a bare knuckle fighting sport that allowed headbutts until around 1940s. It had to evolved and adopted glove-wearing of the western tradition because so many fighters died during the fights. Originally, Muay Thai used to be called “the art of nine weapons” (nava awuth or นวอาวุธ) because headbutts used to be legit (among other brutal techniques). But today people call it “the art of eight limbs” because headbutts have been disused in the ring-sport version of Muay Thai. In muay boran traditions, such as muay chiya, headbutts and other dangerous techniques (like eye gauging) continue to be taught.
Actually NO, the word "lethwei" come from " lethyay/လက်ရေး or thaing သိုင်း" (hand combat without weapons). Way earlier than that.
It is ancient attacking technique which is used in guerrilla warfare. That includes headbutt, slapping, striking, legkick, takedown, wrestling or Naban, chocking, ... all kind of form. Mostly used it to surprise attack. They even used it against Mogol in battles.
Among the city and villages, people used that word "lethyay" and held match to entertain people and to showoff some technique. They also used to entertain the king.
Any proof for what you wrote? Lethwei is originated in Burma ( Myanmar ) 2000 years ago and it was just the striking part of Bando ( Burmese hand to hand martial arts ). In Bando, Lethwei , grappling , wrestling, weapon defense are included. Bando ( Hand to hand ) and Banshay ( Weapon systems ) combined are called '' Thaing '' , a complete Myanmar martial art. Myanmar has 135 ethnic groups and each has it's own style of Martial arts. Don't go read some make up histories and spread the fake knowledge. Myanmar is very poor and unknown to the rest due to British colonization , civil war ( watch recent millitary coup ) , it's culture and heritage are dying and we don't need any more help.
Muay Thai don't want Myanma Let Wei to famous than their Muay Thai. Come on.
Lethwei has existed since the Pyu period and the Pagan period။ You should be ashamed of your jealousy
@@Lawwah-xv1mb
Pyu and Pagan were heavily influenced by ancient Indian Culture. For example, A Naw Ya Thar and Kyan Sit Tha wore the clothes like ancient Brahmin culture. Same as Myanmar youth are wearing western fashion now a days.
All martial arts including Kung Fu and Let Wei were originated from Kerela of southern India. Buddhism and ancient Indian culture had heavy influence on Pyu and Pagan Periods. Pyu Kingdom was earlier than Pagan.
For example, flying Knee from Lethwei was called as Hanuman cross the sea in Khmar, Laos and Thai. Except Vietnam, all south east asian nations have full contact Lethwei or Muay boxing. In Khmar or Cambodia, it is called as Pradal Serey. In Laos it is called as Muay Laos.
Hanuman was a Monkey God of Hindu epic Ramayana. In Myanmar, it is called as YAMA ZADAW. Dathagiri was a villain.
Grandes guerreros gracias
Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang
RIP Too Too 🌹
perfect said
I wish the video showed more of headbutts being used in fights. This presentation of Lethwei was a bit too sanatized.
RIP Too Too, will forever be legend
I like this fight . No knock out no win. It will eliminate judge unfairness. And Myanmar people doesnt like running fighter
If lethwei was easy it would have been called Muay Thai
If Muay thai was easy, Dave leduc would walk in and became king of it. That only happens in Lethwei, too easy
@@dundertvelr2536 "Muay Thai Scoring System" is easy. Try Lethwei rule, only KO to win. Go watch Lethwei fighters dominating "One Championship Muay Thai" fights right now. Most Thai fighters were getting knocked out by fighters from Russia, Japan and Myanmar Lethwei fighters. One Championship CEO had to speak up publicly due to numerous KO Thai fighters and Thai fans are getting angry about it. Muay Thai scoring systems are not saving Muay Thai fighters now.
When it said Burmese boxing uses 9 limbs I thought the extra limb was the 3rd leg.
Headbutting is no worse than getting punched, kicked, elbowed and kneed in the head.
not if you're delivering the headbutt, enough of these will gradually cause brain trauma and damage.
Dang I never thought about it like that you sho ain’t lying
မြန်မာ မှန်လျှင်လက်ဝှေ့ ထိုးဖူးရမယ်💪🙏🙏🙏🇲🇲🤝🇲🇲🙏🙏🙏💪
RIP Too Too 😭😭😭
I have never seen Hermes boxing before. I love that the traditional rules to take judges out of the equation. However, who wants to see a draw all the time? I hope it comes to ONE FC
This is as far from Hermes as is possible 😂
Too Too looked like he lost BIG in the rematch... why were the "3 committee judges" needed???
Burmese boxing is basically bareknuckle muay thai with headbutts
R.i.p too too
In Muay Thai its actually the chins that are a weapon, not the feet.
Both are. Teep uses foot and round kick uses feet
Comparing muay thai and lethwei is like comparing a honda and a Toyota to each other both our very good cars have good amount of similarities yet still different and gon get different experiences out of both
lethwei organited earlier than muaythai
Any sport an injury is allowed to occur is considered as a Extrimist Sport anyway I respect your choice✌️
RIP TooToo.:(
RIP Too Too
There hands are better than Muay Thai id like to see them fight a Dutch kickboxer good fight
Why not even mention the most dominant champion Dave Leduc?
RIP Too Too 😥
Traditional Muay Thai also has head butts.
Muay Boran yes
@@geraldfriend256 Boran=Traditional
@@gegaoli Yes correct. But when you say traditional Muay Thai that is unclear. A lot of folks don’t know the term and trad mt evoked Lampinee stadium
Too Too, Rest in peace bro.
What about David Leduc??
Yeah they get so damaged that they never become super artists of 300+ fights. All fights end in KO , how long do you think you can last ? Whole league has 10-10 score , 3 dead and a champion who after 2-4 defeats will also be crippled and useless. Not saying that it is a stupid sport . Just unsustainable.
You’re so positive your friends and family can barely stand it
@@trickolas78 Lol , where is the lie though ? I am a trainer and an ex fighter , I know what I am talking about. Injuries took wads of cash out of my pocket and insurance.
Before you go for ad hominem next time ,
remember that sport needs to either be safer or hand out incredible money so you can heal yourself properly. If it is neither , fuck it.
Probably But here we have many 100+ fighter but there is one saying or rule for lethwei fighter that is If you already fight 50 match then you wanna become retried or crippled.
@@phophan7936 So how can one become a legend or a master if you fight so little ?
This simply ain't true your either misinformed or just hating on a old form of martial art ppl die in all sports for one reason or another but it's also proven in full contact martial arts that bare knuckle fighting is less damaging long term to the fighters then with gloves as bare knuckle fighters pull there attacks to not damage them selfs where gloved fighters go full in with every thing .
Too Too was killed by Burmese Junta in 2022.
Isn’t Lethwi just Muay Thai? The techniques look pretty much the same. Am I wrong?
Muay Thai is the art of 8 limbs while Lethwei is the art of 9 limbs. Thai and Burma are the two neighboring countries and Lethwei is spread to Thailand during wars. Burma was the Taungoo Empire who ruled almost all South East Asia back then. I think you can think more from this.
@@hanthetzin149not really, because Muay Thai was called Muay Boran in the past and they were using headbutt as well. And it's still unclear of which country had the martial art first, but lots of things had been developing through the wars of Siam and Burma.. for example, things like raw yarn fighting
DANG!😮😲
These guys are not smart. No way am I going to give myself severe brain damage in my 20's to suffer in my 30's with cte.
At least it isn't a needle fest 24/7 mukbang until you throw up beat your wife from hgh migraines strongman "sport"
Head as a weapon wow
"The Art of 9 Limps"? "limbs"? Presumably limping is a potential outcome
👍🏼
R.I.P Too Too, he was killed by the Myanmar regime
They should allow low blows.
Brutal doesn't always mean better
Brutal means breaking their mental limits, not good for their body. Imagine you're saving all of your family alone from a brutal accident.
I really ike lethwei rules. Either you win by KO or it's a draw. No points drama bullshit. The winner is the guy still standing.
*streetfight
The poorer the country, the more brutal is their fight sports. Coz life is cheaper. Sad but a fact.
If western boxing does it without gloves, it would be the same, probably more brutal because of the techniques....
When someone describe martial art (or anything) as "hidden", "revived", "resurrected", it means it didn't actually exist. Cos if something is so ancient and precious, people have to carry the tradition in continuity from era to era. Muaythai NEVER say it's a hidden martial art, or revived, or resurrect, or any of those "lost in time" thing. Thai people practiced and carried on from ancient time to present - non stop. The presence of Muaythai have been visible in old wall murals, paintings, old photos, then to films. The first films ever filmed about Thai boxing was as early as 1920s. People have seen its evolution and improvement all the way to present days. Now the question is.... why the " lost/ hidden boxing" from Thai neighboring countries looks like present day Muay Thai- with Muaythai-style short-short and all??
Too Too SAYS that HE lost to the guy the previous time they fought, JUST before they show the graphic that says he's "39-0-14"... lol... how does THAT work?!?!
Fark it, just give em' knives....
A canadain was a champion of this sport for a long time
our country has so many talents but no supports
We miss Too Too, he is a legend.
This is like BKB with kicks
Nope,it is thai boxing with headbutts and the lack of 10 count KO
Didnt muay boran use headbutts back in the day?
R.I.P TooToo😭😭
It’s we call real fighters here
RIP Too Too :(
Actually your allowed to get up after a knock out if you can I believe it’s the same as gypsy boxing 1 minute
RIP Tootoo