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Balling Your Fists in Shadow Boxing – Training Intention – Street Fighter
October 31, 2015I had a great realization about training the punch from Sifu Mcinnes this week, that’s further down below. But first, earlier in the day, when I was really dragging, I took a lesson from Spongebob. That... -
Cutting Weight Thai Style – My Experience of the “Wring-Out” Method
October 30, 2015I’ve written previously about using the “water loading” method of drinking a great deal of water for three days, then tapering off and drinking no water in order to do a weight cut. This method is... -
Muay Thai 4 Orphans – Battling the HIV/AIDS Disease Through the Fighting Arts
October 27, 2015I became aware of Nick’s project, “Muay Thai 4 Orphans,” through a share on the Sitmonchai Gym page. When I looked at what he was doing, I was really excited about it. Thailand, like many places... -
Fight 125 Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu vs Baifern Bor. Puiboonput – Thapae Stadium
October 25, 2015October 6, 2015 – Thapae Stadium, Chiang Mai – full fight video below full fight video, above Because my hand is still broken (although doing SO much better), I’m very diligent about having that side wrapped... -
Nak Muay Nation Becomes My First Official Sponsor – Patreon Power
October 24, 2015photo credit above: Tom Brown The big news is that I’ve got my first official sponsor, but first let me get caught up on what’s happening. This is pretty exciting news that grew out of the... -
One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Fight – Gaewdaa Por. Muangphet
October 21, 2015September 29, 2015 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pattaya – full fight video above This was the first time I fought for the Petchrungruang gym in a long-ass time. There aren’t a lot of opportunities for me to... -
Hills and Valleys – How 10 Minutes Can Make or Break Your Training Day
October 16, 2015What makes a good day good or a bad day bad? Some days, everything goes right, and on some really horrible days everything goes wrong. But generally speaking, it’s one thing that flavors your interpretation of... -
Underground Gambling, Beetle Fights, Heart and the Clinch of Muay Thai
October 15, 2015File this under The Culture of Muay. If you are to understand Muay Thai, I mean really understand it and see how it grew out of Thai society, and the forces that sustain and feed it... -
Returning to Training at WKO with Sakmongkol and Sifu Mcinnes
October 14, 2015Above is my vlog update from the first day back at WKO. Those following me know about my leaving of the O. Meekhun Gym, I wrote about it here in The Toxicity of Talk. It was... -
My Clinch Crush – Leverage in the Muay Thai Clinch Lock
October 13, 2015This is about a moment in my last fight when I crushed my opponent to the ground in the clinch. She was so surprised that before even getting up off the canvas she immediately protested to...