New Experience; 🥊The foundation of Muay Thai a fighter lays face down on an old but sturdy wooden table in a pre-fight area of the concrete colossus. The fighter’s corner-men, a mix of old trainers and young fighters, one of whom wears a fresh cut across his brow, vigorously massage the fighter’s body. 🥊

They take turns scooping out globs of Vaseline from a jar and mixing it with Thai boxing oil before working it into the skin and muscles of the fighter.

pre-fight massages help Muay Thai fighters. First, they relieve the soreness a fight er experiences from hard training and weight cutting before a fight. Second, pre-fight massages “wake up” 💪🏽the muscles and get them ready for the fight ahead.