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Sylvie’s Tips: The Floating Block Sakmongkol was the first person to tell me not to turn around on kicks.  He was adamant about it.  It’s very awkward when you first try and your kick can be...

This morning the air was cool and the sky was just layers and layers of gray clouds.  Jai Dee and I headed out for our run while the sun was still hidden, but there was light...

The above is information from Dave Grossman’s On Combat.  When Things Stop Functioning – Know Your State A frequent and nevertheless persistent disappointment many of us face in sparring and in fights is finding ourselves in...

In the world of athletics and motivational memes, the word “sacrifice” gets thrown around a lot.  All the things that one must sacrifice in the name of greatness, the hardships of waking up to train, missing...

The Losing Experience There’s a quote that goes like this, “You either win or you learn.”  It replaces the word “lose” in the coupling of either winning or losing and is meant to express the fact...

(above) Rhonda Patrick’s 15 minute video on the advantages of sauna hyperthermic conditioning This article is in some ways a continuation of the thought begun in my article: The Myth of Overtraining in Muay Thai, which...

This piece flowed out of my experiences that led to writing The Fragility of Western Masculinity, and responses to this post lead to me writing Endurance is a Skill. Read All My Articles on Overtraining Preface...

Afternoon training at Petchrungruang yesterday was a pendulum swinging between, “hey, that’s not so bad,” to “holy hell, I’m never going to make it through this.”  I didn’t feel well, mostly fatigued and feeling a little...

This is my video demonstration of additional methods to treat and help heal shins that are bumped, swollen, or damaged from Muay Thai.  For the primary care methods please see my videos at the bottom of...

Ladies, Send in Your Bloodied Face Fighter Photos This is a call for female fighters to send me photos of their own bloodied face, to join a wall of women who have had their faces bloodied...