In our gym and about 85% of the other gyms across the country there is no attention or interest in Wai Kru/Ram Muay, this is being caused by events often only having fights on K-1 rules and allso by not having knowledge about meaning and origine of Wai Kru. My opinion is that here we practice Thaiboxing (the european version) and not traditional Muay Thai. I'll do my Wai Kru if I have a fight on muay thai rules and if the organisation alowes it... Our headtrainer doesnt teach the Wai Kru,if students are realy willing to learn(what rarely happens) I will teach them with pleasure,I like to keep as much as possible original aspects of our sport , I allso enjoy sharing the true aspects of muay thai when are performing on Thai events across the country by showing the Ram Muay. I think it's part of evolution here where people just come to events to see fighters walk to the ring and fight ,no time for tradition ,they often don't respect and /or understand. I'd rather see it otherwise but in this society "its all about money..."
