Burmese Boxing: The Most Brutal Boxing In The World?
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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
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.
lethwei is the best but its a burden for physical health, its literally pushing someone to the limits. This shi is one notch higher than muay thai, but at the end of the day I'll still choose muay
@killerpsycho1164 the muay thai guys that went not lethwei got beat.
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:)
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.👎
Excellent reporting... love your videos.
Dear Robloak Team Thank You for covering these warriors
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
Sad to see what has become of Lethwei following the protests.. Hoping for the best for the people of Myanmar
Rest in Peace our hero Too Too
ngl sport deserve more spotlight, i thank you
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.
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
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
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.
This is dope, Im deff a fan now.
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
what a great documentary rest in peace brother Too Too you were great
All my respects guys ❤
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 They kind of keep it raw. In the past, most men/warriors didnt live pass their 30s.
I am a investor in couple of these gyms such hardworking guys.
Not only brutal but savage sport . 😮
"As the rounds progressed, the score remains even" *shows Too Tu getting the crap kicked out of him*
We miss Too Too, he is a legend.
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?
Gratulations to the 15 years old fighter. He fought like a lion.
Rest in peace too too ! And im extremely glad nobody showed Dave Leduc
I love this style
RIP Too Too the legend
Awesome documentary. Did you notice he has a kyokushin Kanji?
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.
perfect said
Grandes guerreros gracias
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 KZhead 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 wish the video showed more of headbutts being used in fights. This presentation of Lethwei was a bit too sanatized.
Can you do a documentary on the arakan martial arts
RIP Too Too, your will lives on!
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
This is because Burma and Thailand had been fighting for the longest time in the past. They have been sharing similar cultures and everything. Burmese boxing is a raw version of Thai boxing, while Thai boxing is a more standardized version of Burmese boxing. I hope this makes sense to you. Both are the same sports with same techniques and traditions. The only difference is, Thai boxing has abandoned a headbutt because this technique is banned in most organizations around the world. Thus in order to promote Thai boxing to the world, the Thai had no chance but to make this technique illegal. Once a headbutt is more widely accepted in other world organizations, Thai boxing might again have a headbutt technique included.
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
You could have interview Dave Leduc
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.
Burma and Thailand had been fighting for the longest time in the past. If UK didnt come, we would still not know who between these two countries would come out victorious. However, the Burmese were mostly invaders, while the Thais were mostly defenders. Burmese boxing is a raw version of Thai boxing, while Thai boxing is a more standardized version of Burmese boxing. I hope this makes sense to you. Both are the same sports with same techniques and traditions. The only difference is, Thai boxing has abandoned a headbutt because this technique is banned in most organizations around the world. Thus in order to promote Thai boxing to the world, the Thais had no choice but to make this technique illegal. Once a headbutt is more widely accepted in other world organizations, Thai boxing might again have a headbutt technique included.
Well there are definitely more things and techniques left behind when military trained muay boran became the Muay Thai we see today.
@@faggabumm If I had to bet between a today muay thai fighter vs an ancient muay boran warrior, I would put money on the muay thai dude. Today most muay thai techniques are very refined and proved to work and they're foundation in MMA (along with boxing). In the past, I think most muay boran (and other ancient traditional warriors) couldnt even fight well. We've seen how muay thai fighters murdered traditional kung fu masters back in 19th. Practice makes perfect. All these fancy "deadly" techniques which have never been practiced (unless you are allowed to kill people who help you, while you're horning your deadly techniques) rarely work unfortunately. Its just that in the past, most people didnt know how to fight. Most likely they just threw each other around and did some sloppy knee and elbow strikes.
Lethwei is 2000 years old and invented from pyu era of myanmar and its older than thailand itself.the root of mwaythai came from 15 centurary when great burmese king invaded and took over all thai territory and he bought thai prince naruseen to burmese palace as his adaptoed son.that prince learn burmese war art and tatics.lethweis is one of them.later he ran back to thai after burmese king bayint naung dead.he teach burmese art to thai people to rebel and fight toungoo empire of burmese.thats where mway came from.Thai never win against burmese for 2000 years.
@@yethuaung1855 Lethwei can be 2000 years or 10000 years old. It doesnt matter. Lethwei has Boxing in it and Boxing only came to Southeast Asia less than 500 years ago. This already proves that your today Lethwei is not the same as your original 2000 years ago. So yeah ... we can all agree that today Lethwei, Kun Khmer, and Muay laos all got influenced and came from Muay thai. Thats why the best fighters from Southeast Asian martial arts usually come from Thailand.
@@Muay-MMAYou are saying Lethwei existed way before Muay Thai,right?So you just stole from us and modernized it.
Rest in peace Too Too...
If only they started to market this like 20 years ago people would've like it especially with the headbutts but now in the modern age nope. Now I'd prefer to watch the ONE FC's version of Muay Thai their ruling has evolved so many times that it makes the sport entertaining to watch.
They have strong chins I think and that is incredible.
RIP Too Too, will forever be legend
Why is there no mention of David Leduc?
Too Too. Legend … freedom fighter… RIP😢
Say no to drugs, enjoy the sports. Take love from Bangladesh.
Take 'Love' in the dirtbox. 🥒🍌🍆
@@Conor-B Your gay
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 😂
Aung La “The Burmese Python” N Sang
Burmese boxing is basically bareknuckle muay thai with headbutts
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
That "fan" looks like he's TAKEN "the punching, kicking and jabbing" to the teeth!!
There hands are better than Muay Thai id like to see them fight a Dutch kickboxer good fight
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
Too Too looked like he lost BIG in the rematch... why were the "3 committee judges" needed???
RIP Too Too 🌹
This documentary is wrong. Muay Thai originally was 9 limbs too, the head but it got banned to make it more universal.
DANG!😮😲
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
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Lethwei beladiri yang lebih menantang daripada Muay Thai, ini harus mendapat perhatian global untuk mengangkat popularitasnya.
RIP Too Too 🙏
When it said Burmese boxing uses 9 limbs I thought the extra limb was the 3rd leg.
letwei is really dangerous sport headbutt the reason
Any sport an injury is allowed to occur is considered as a Extrimist Sport anyway I respect your choice✌️
In Muay Thai its actually the chins that are a weapon, not the feet.
Head as a weapon wow
Too Too, Rest in peace bro.
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 Art of 9 Limps"? "limbs"? Presumably limping is a potential outcome
RIP Too Too :(
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
Layaway or lethwei?
Brutal doesn't always mean better
What about David Leduc??
Didnt muay boran use headbutts back in the day?
Burmese can scrap man, tough people
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
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This looks looks like an old video, WLC closed down since 2021 coup.
RIP too too
The poorer the country, the more brutal is their fight sports. Coz life is cheaper. Sad but a fact.
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.
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"
R.I.P Too Too, he was killed by the Myanmar regime
LETH-WEI
REST IN PEACE TOO TOO
A canadain was a champion of this sport for a long time
R.i.p too too
lethwei organited earlier than muaythai
Too Too was killed by Burmese Junta in 2022.
RIP TooToo.:(
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 .
hahah lethwei... we love competing with such fighters.. really touhj
Fark it, just give em' knives....
Actually your allowed to get up after a knock out if you can I believe it’s the same as gypsy boxing 1 minute
Why not even mention the most dominant champion Dave Leduc?
RIP Too Too