Thai sports activities authorities have threatened to maintain their nation’s kickboxers away from the Could 2023 Southeast Asian Video games in Cambodia after the hosts stated they might use the Cambodian time period Kun Khmer for the traditional martial artwork as an alternative of Muay Thai, the Thai identify for his or her nationwide sport that can be used internationally. Cambodian authorities added insult to damage within the long-running dispute over the origin of Southeast Asian kickboxing after they declared their nation the “cultural house owners” of the game. Muay Thai gained recognition by the Olympics in 2021 and is being thought-about as a future Olympic occasion.
