A Muay Thai Brand Born Between Italy and Thailand

ARAYKO is a premium Muay Thai, boxing, and kickboxing gear brand founded by Francesco Saggiante, current owner and CEO, during one of his journeys through Thailand.

For Francesco, Muay Thai was never just a sport. Since a young age, he has trained seriously, traveled across Thailand, and spent time inside real gyms where fighters live the discipline every day. Over the years, he had the chance to test many different Muay Thai brands, from the most famous Thai names to smaller niche manufacturers, while also developing a strong understanding of boxing gear, Mexican-style gloves, and combat sports equipment.

That experience created a clear vision: build a brand that respects Thai fighting culture, improves the details fighters often complain about, and makes premium gear more accessible without forcing athletes to pay only for a logo.

Why ARAYKO Was Created

ARAYKO started from a simple idea: fighters deserve better equipment.

Too often, gear looks good but lacks comfort, durability, or real innovation. Other times, high-quality products become extremely expensive, making serious equipment harder to access for young athletes, small gyms, and fighters who train every day with limited resources.

ARAYKO was created to bring something different to the market: modern Muay Thai and boxing gear built with premium materials, original design, and real attention to how fighters actually train.

The project began taking shape in June 2025, but the company officially opened on January 1st, 2026. From that moment, ARAYKO’s mission became clear: create equipment that combines Italian design vision, Thai inspiration, and serious combat sports performance.

Crafted With Purpose, Not Mass Produced

Every ARAYKO product is developed with care, from the first design idea to the final piece of gear.

The brand works with experienced artisans and skilled manufacturers who understand the demands of combat sports equipment. ARAYKO does not believe in careless mass production. Each glove, shin guard, short, hand wrap, and apparel piece is created with attention to materials, stitching, structure, comfort, and long-term performance.

The brand uses high-quality materials such as premium cowhide leather for protective gear, carefully selected satin fabrics for Muay Thai shorts, resistant foams for impact absorption, and refined details designed to improve the feeling of the product during training.

ARAYKO gear is built for fighters who care about how their equipment performs, feels, and looks.

Supporting Fighters, Gyms, and the Muay Thai Community

ARAYKO is not only a brand created for individual athletes. It is also deeply connected to gyms, teams, federations, and combat sports events.

The brand produces custom gear for gyms and fighters, helping teams build a professional identity through equipment that represents them properly. ARAYKO is also connected with official federations and events such as Fight1, Ringmania, and FISCAM, bringing its products closer to athletes, coaches, and fight communities.

This connection matters because ARAYKO was born from the same places where the sport lives: gyms, rings, stadiums, and local fighting communities.

The brand also believes in supporting young fighters and underfunded gyms, especially in Thailand, where talent and passion are everywhere but proper equipment is not always easy to afford.

The ARAYKO Vision

ARAYKO exists to create gear with meaning.

Every product is designed to combine protection, durability, comfort, and identity. The brand takes inspiration from Thai culture, especially through the Naga Flame line, while bringing a modern visual direction to Muay Thai fightwear and equipment.

ARAYKO respects the history of the sport, but it does not believe the future of Muay Thai gear should look exactly like the past.

The mission is to build equipment fighters can trust, designs they can feel proud to wear, and a brand that grows together with the combat sports community.