Muay Siam Club Archives is a project by Under the Ropes to retrieve lost web archives of Thai female fighter profiles and republish them with English translation, to preserve women’s Muay Thai history and make it accessible to a global audience
On Saturday 13th November, two women fought inside the Lumpinee Stadium ring for the first time. It was a groundbreaking event, since this prestigious ring has historically been a men’s-only space. Until recently, women were forbidden from even touching the ring. Welcoming women into this space signified a sea change Read more
Read the first part of this post, ‘The Development of Women’s Muay Thai Promotion in Thailand Part 1: Beauty Focus‘. There was a time when women weren’t legally allowed to fight at all in Thailand, and it’s more recent than you might have thought. A ban was lifted only in Read more