It uses the techniques of lethwei include, punches, leg kicks, knees and elbows.

Burmese kickboxing called Lethwei is popular and tournaments may be seen at pagoda festivals.

He was a pioneer, who drew up the modern scientific rules and regulations that have been used since 1953 for Burmese traditional boxing, or Lethwei.

"Myanmar traditional boxing, Lethwei".

The technical description of the lethwei include three main parts, the weapons which are used, the goals which are aims and the distances of the combat.

Burmese Lethwei - Traditional kickboxing from Myanmar emphasising knees, elbow strikes, headbutt, punch, and kicks.

However, it is a strike allowed in professional wrestling, Lethwei and Muay Boran bouts and Vale tudo fights.

The Lethwei, Bando, Banshay, Pongyi thaing martial arts and chinlone are the national sports in Burma.

Burmese Lethwei, a traditional Burmese martial art of which has now grown into a popular kickboxing event with strong emphasis on knee, elbow strikes and headbutt.

Kyar Ba Nyein, who participated in boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics, pioneered modern lethwei by setting in place modern rules and regulations.

He went around all of Burma, especially up to the Mon and Karen states, near Thailand, where there are a lot of villagers active in Burmese traditional boxing or Lethwei.

The martial art of Muay Lao, the national sport, is a form of kickboxing similar to other styles of Southeast Asia such as Thai Muay Thai, Burmese Lethwei, Malaysian Tomoi and Cambodian Pradal Serey.