This ceremony

is usually performed to
rousing Thai music from pipes and drums, and with the initial Ram Muau (the
boxing movement). The Wai Kru and Ram Muay are useful, since the boxer gains
encouragement from paying homage to his teachers and feels that he is not on his
own: he has his teacher and the other teachers of the discipline to support him. The
Wai Kru process will also give him time to concentrate and revise what he has
learned, as well as display the nature of his weapons and the high degree of his
skill.