Muay Thai boxing is Thailand's national sport.
Boxing with eight limbs — legs, knees and elbows as well as arms — is not for the faint-hearted, combatants can be female, and even American.
David Hecht watched American fighter Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu fight in Thailand.
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