Ling Lom

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Ling Lom, also known as Air Monkey or Dancing Monkey, is a style of martial arts practiced in Thailand and Laos. Ling lom includes both striking and ground-fighting. Ground fighting techniques traditionally taught in Muay Thai, but rarely used in modern sport bouts, are sometimes referred to in Thailand as Ling Lom, though this is not technically correct.

As with the other animal styles of Southeast Asia, Ling Lom is Hindu in origin. The movements and name of the style stem from the fighting techniques of the divine monkey Hanuman described in the Ramayana (Thai: Ramakien, Lao: Pra Lak Pra Lam). It might have been influenced by Chinese martial arts perhaps along China's borders with Myanmar and Laos.

Ling Lom is said to have been practiced alongside Muay Boran until the 1700s when they split into two separate styles. Some of the techniques displayed by Tony Jaa in the popular Thai martial arts film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior are taken from Ling Lom.

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There 's no direct evidence or reliable source for such claims. Both Muay Thai (sport) and Muay Boran (traditional style) have no connection with Ling Lom. There 's no any school teaching Ling Lom fighting style. The claims just based on a story wrote by only a single Muay Thai trainer in Germany.