Lethwei, Myanmar’s national sport, is one of the most brutal striking styles in the world—allowing bare knuckle punches, elbows, kicks, knees and headbutts. Traditionally, the fights are 5 rounds, and ...
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I trained lethwei with an undefeated champion for 48 hours
What does it take to train in Lethwei, Myanmar’s brutal bare-knuckle martial art? A trip to Antalya, Turkey, offers the ...
Excitement and tension charge the air when Antonio Faria, the challenger from Portugal, started his main event match against the teenage Burmese prodigy Saw Htoo Aung. The Golden Belt of World Lethwei ...
That loss also moved Thway Lin Htet’s career record to 31-2 and pushed his dreams of securing the US$100,000 contract further out of reach. Since that crushing defeat, he has spent the past four ...
Unlike Thailand’s Muay Thai, Myanmar’s traditional Lethwei martial art is much less well known. Travel restrictions and international sanctions on Myanmar meant the sport has kept a low international ...
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