December2014

This post is a continuation of thinking presented in The Myth of Overtraining: Endurance Physical and Mental for Muay Thai and also The Fragility of Western Masculinity before it. For those that have a significant belief...

I stopped to talk about an absolutely excellent day at the gym, one in which I really got a boost of confidence on several levels. There are of course good days and bad days, and each...

I received this communication some time ago and I was moved by the excitement and passion this woman gets from and puts into her Muay Thai.  I asked her to write a bit more about how...

I was having a conversation with an accomplished and very thoughtful female fighter, Mae-Lin Loew of the incredibly well written Loew Factor blog. She was at once applauding me for being so honest and open in...

It’s December 20th and Modt Ek, who corners for me sometimes when I travel to fights, is trying to convince me to take a Western Boxing match at Royal Field in five days.  It’s not last-minute...

Vote for the 2014 Female Muay Thai Awakening Awards – bring shine to the fighters, promotions, photographers, gyms and news sources and journalists that you love. Below is a full list the nominees (community nominated), but...

  Just a little bagwork drill/game that I ran into in the gym by one of my favorite young fighters, Jatukam. Jatukam is 14 or 15 years old and just crushes his competition at Lumpinee and...

This is something of a personal response review of Fight Like a Girl, written as a female fighter. Jill Morley’s film “Fight Like A Girl” opens with a bare-bulb lighting figures as they spar in a...

Winning and Mental Consequences It’s three days after my fight and I feel totally bummed out.  Thing is, I won my fight.  By all accounts it was one of my best and I felt really good...

December 15, 2014 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pattaya (ching champ 47 kg) – full fight video above This fight is dedicated to Dana Hoey, who is an awesome woman and supporter of my GoFundMe campaign to get...