August2013

Swimming the North Pole and Other Impossible Things In this TED talk Lewis Pugh talks about an insane expedition to swim at the North Pole as a means of raising awareness of melting ice caps.  There...

August 30th, 2013 – Kalare Stadium, Chiang Mai –  There was a lot of back and forth regarding who I would be fighting on this night and it wound up being Sud Siam Sor Sumalee, who...

Video Journal Update #79 A few of my thoughts today, taking a break from my run. I talk about the training cycle, and adjustments I’m making, as well as the time off post-fight hangover. I’m fighting...

I saw my photo on a big fight poster outside the venue, a close up The Set Up: My fight on the Queen’s Birthday (51st fight, August 12th) was initially intended to be a face-off with...

Shadow Boxing Experiment I was sent a video from a fellow female fighter out in New Jersey named Raquel Harris, who is gearing up for an 8 Woman tournament in the Bronx.  The video showed her...

Growing up in Colorado had innumerate perks that I only came to appreciate long after I took them for granted.  City kids in New York and Philadelphia learn how to handle themselves on public transportation from...

            click to go to PayPal.com – pay to lannamuaythai123@gmail.com Khem Lanna Muay Thai meet Khem and his mother in this video I first met Khem about a year ago when...

Muay Thai – Kneeing over the Block The other day I was finishing up my afternoon training with knees on the bag, which is my usual.  It was pounding rain outside, creating this kind of end-of-the-world...

Laurie Berenson is a student of Casey VanBrookhoven in New Jersey, USA.  While I’ve never met Laurie, she wrote to me through my Facebook Muay Thai page and it turns out we know and have trained...

August 12, 2013 – Kalare Stadium, Chiang Mai I told Den I wanted to fight on the Queen’s Birthday, which is a big holiday (including celebrations to the effect of Mother’s Day) and is pretty much...