September2012

  I was all ready to have a less-than-hardcore afternoon training session because I’m pretty beat today from not getting enough sleep last night.  But it wasn’t in the cards for me, apparently: while doing padwork...

  A couple weeks ago Andy showed me how to hold the bag during knees in order to strengthen my forearms and shoulders for the clinch.  This video is a demonstration of that technique: use your...

Seeing fights that occur before or directly after my own bout is an entirely different experience from going to fight night as a spectator.  Tuesday night provided just such an opportunity and, having a scheduled border...

It’s four days after my 24th fight and I filmed a video journal update out at the Chiang Mai University fields where I like to do sprints.  It’s been a rough four days, emotionally speaking.  Just...

I’m a Sega Genesis girl.  We had Nintendo and Atari when I was a kid, but all my favorite games were for Genesis.  The game I played the most was Altered Beast, a completely ridiculous side-scrolling...

My general pattern over the past 5 months has been to fight every 14 days, giving me 10 full days of training between matches.  It’s a comfortable pattern and I like it.  It’s enough time to...

This was a rematch against the same woman from my 22nd fight, Petchaodoi Jit Aree Gym.  Our first fight she just China Walled me in the clinch when I caught her kicks and countered me with...

It’s one day before my 24th fight, my 12th fight here in Thailand since returning 5 months ago.  I have now officially fought more in Thailand than in the US (as I had 3 fights in...

These three videos are a continuation of the work I did with Sakmongkol in Colorado before I left for Thailand. The first part of my session with him can be seen here: Sakmongkol | Essential Clinch...

It’s the Sunday before my next fight and Kevin and I headed over to the gym to get some ring work done in the afternoon. When we first got to the gym it was empty.  Nook...