May2013

This is a Muay Thai blog, but part of my mission in writing it is to bring as much of my experiences of Thailand as I can to readers as well, both for those who are...

A few thoughts on my parents visiting and where I’m getting to in my fight schedule in coming months, as well as an extended view of Wat Rong Khun “the White Temple” in Chiang Rai. If...

May 25, 2013 – My parents are visiting from Colorado and last Saturday they got to come out and watch me fight live for the first time in about three years and for the first time...

May 18th, 2013 – This rematch was suggested immediately following the draw between Faa Chiang Rai and I on my 41nd fight in Mae Wang, but it took a few negotiations to actually come through on...

   Chiang Mai Motorbike Culture Chiang Mai is a motorbike city.  Where I come from in Colorado, folks love to ride their motorcycles along the big roads between developments and on the winding roads over mountains...

Blessing Ceremony and Tour Changes at Lanna Muay Thai – Kiat Busaba   Starting just after Songkran (mid April) Lanna gym-owner Pom started taking a hammer to...

It’s a surprise to nobody by now that I fight frequently.  So, as the tape was being peeled off my hands at my fight on the 1st I asked Den if I could fight again in...

(aired 4/23/2013 on Thai television – translation & subtitling is mine) Sud Suay Muay Thai I first became aware of this video the day after it aired on Channel 7 by a British woman who trains...

  Female Imagery – Female Filmmaking Rare is it that women get to be strongly involved in the shaping of the images of women fighters. Watch this remarkable “History of WMMA” by Cynthia Vance it’s beautiful....

May 1, 2013 – I waited for this fight the way a kid waits for Christmas.  And it took forever because, unlike Christmas, it had a few false starts.  The stadium where I normally fight is...