The Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation was established in 2010 in order to represent, organize and regulate Muay Thai in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will guide and organize how grading occur in the state. The main objective is to preserve the integrity of our martial art and allow all instructors and practitioners to have clear guidelines to measure their technical evolution. Therefore the Muay Thai in Massachusetts follows the international standards established for WMC grading system. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will issue documentatioThe Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation was established in 2010 in order to represent, organize and regulate Muay Thai in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will guide and organize how grading occur in the state. The main objective is to preserve the integrity of our martial art and allow all instructors and practitioners to have clear guidelines to measure their technical evolution. Therefore the Muay Thai in Massachusetts follows the international standards established for WMC grading system. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will issue documentation, licenses, certificates, diplomas, letters and etc to all members. We will post on our website the truthful Muay Thai Camps in the state of Massachusetts. We will provide members with Rules and Regulations and other legal forms to make the Muay Thai a safe environment for any age. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will provide all its members acknowledgment, deliberations and instructions of administrative nature or technique to its members. Guide all Muay Thai Camps with graduation. Accredited Trainers, Officials, Judges and Camps in accordance with international norms and national regulations. Develop a friendly enviroment supporting relations between its members, stimulating the interchange of Camps. Participate and represent at international championships and matches.n, licenses, certificates, diplomas, letters and etc to all members. We will post on our website the truthful Muay Thai Camps in the state of Massachusetts. We will provide members with Rules and Regulations and other legal forms to make the Muay Thai a safe environment for any age. Massachusetts Muay Thai Federation will provide all its members acknowledgment, deliberations and instructions of administrative nature or technique to its members. Guide all Muay Thai Camps with graduation. Accredited Trainers, Officials, Judges and Camps in accordance with international norms and national regulations. Develop a friendly enviroment supporting relations between its members, stimulating the interchange of Camps. Participate and represent at international championships and matches.

Muay Thai, referred to as Thai Boxing in the United States, is a Martial Art developed in Thailand that blends art, science, and sport. Thai Boxing is great for both self-defense and physical fitness. Practitioners learn powerful kicks, elbows, and knees combined with western boxing. It's intense training methods and discipline makes it is very effective. Stand up grappling is also used and allowed in the ring.

The word muay derives from the Sanskrit mavya and Thai comes from the word Tai. Muay Thai is referred to as the "Art of Eight Limbs" or the "Science Of Eight Limbs" because it makes use of punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes, thus using eight "points of contact", as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (hands and feet) used in sport-oriented martial arts. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a nak muay. Western practitioners are sometimes called nak muay farang meaning foreign boxer.

Muay Thai along with savate, karate, and taekwondo heavily influenced the development of kickboxing in Japan, Europe, and North America. Kickboxing in particular is considered by many practitioners to be a modified form of Muay Thai. But unlike Muay Thai, most kickboxing competitions do not allow elbows or prolonged clinching knee strikes to avoid potential fight-ending cuts. American kickboxing does not allow kicks below the waist.