Muay Thai Boran The Martial Art of Kings by Marco De Cesaris

Author:Marco De Cesaris
Language: ita
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

The theoretical foundation of this way of conceiving the human being follows the theory of Sib Sen, the ten pathways of energy through which vital energy flows, the so-called “Breath of Life”. The study of Sib Sen (fig. VII) implies knowledge of anatomy and of traditional Thai medicine. The latter follows Buddhist teaching according to which the human being is composted of five aggregates; together they are defined as Panca Khandha, that is to say: body (rupa); feelings /sensation (vedana); perceptions (samjna); thought (samskara); and consciousness (vijnana). The first, Rupa, indicates the bodily aspect, the concrete form. The second, Vedana, describes sensitivity or sensation; it is without from and emerges from the five senses and the mind. Samjna, the third, describes recognition of current actions and awareness of those actions. Sankhara, the fourth is the thought process, which guides the actions. Finally, Vijnana, the fifth is the awareness of the senses and the emotions. These five aggregates are a combination of body and mind, every human being is born on the basis of Panca Khandha. In turn the phy-sical body, is composed of four elements; earth, water, wind and fire.

The element Earth represents the 20 organs and body parts; the element Water reflects the 12 products of the organs of the body; the element Wind circulates in 6 directions within the body; the element Fire warms the 4 areas of the body. All four elements are correlated and balance should be maintained; whenever an imbalance occurs between these 4 elements it causes a blockage of Sib Sen, which in turn can cause consequences that could be serious. From the destructive application codified by Khru Muay of the past in the traditional Look Mai techniques, a more profound knowledge of all these anatomical theories emerges as well as a method for using them in both a curative and destructive way.

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