Editing Lerdrit (section)

== Technical features ==
Leert Rit fighting strategy places great emphasis on close range [[Strike (attack)|striking]], executed using hard body parts such as: the heel and outside edge of the hands, the legs (heel, shin bone), the knees, the elbows and the skull.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ze0-x2ROuQC&dq=Lerdrit&pg=PT76 |isbn=9780557016631|title=World of Martial Arts !|date=8 September 2010|publisher=Lulu.com}}</ref> The trainee is trained to hit and quickly take the opponent down, so as to efficiently apply a pin or a finishing move. The vital points of the body are identified from the first training sessions, in order to train students to attack with ease and to swiftly defend the weakest areas of one's anatomy.<ref name=":0" />

Practice emphasizes powerful short range attacks that employ the Nine Natural Weapons; body conditioning is included in every training session and is designed to increase bone density and muscle and tendon strength, making the trainee's body stronger. Thai style [[grappling]] (Muay Pram) is the core practice for every Muay student: working out with non-compliant training partners is mandatory in order to learn how to fight at close range.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Muay-Thai-Boran-Martial-Kings-ebook/dp/B00GLXZM4E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1510256187&sr=8-3&keywords=muay+thai+boran|title=Muay Thai Boran: The Martial Art of Kings|date=8 November 2013|publisher= Edizioni Mediterranee|language=en}}</ref> All Muay  students are trained to apply holds, strikes, take downs and finishing moves at a very short distance from the opponent. Psycho-physical stress is generated in a controlled environment, so as to reproduce conditions of real-life aggression.<ref name=":0" />