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Risking Your Beauty – Female Muay Thai, Brutality and the Beauty Aesthetic
March 1, 2014Preface: I wanted to write on this topic right after reading the Lion Fight interview with Tiffany Van Soest prior to her fight with Caley Reece on the Lion Fight promotion. It ended up taking me... -
Training With Sakmongkol – First Days Back After Healing Stitches From Muay Thai Fight
February 27, 2014I’ve only come back to training at WKO with Sakmongkol in the past few days because of the stitches I received after my fight last Wednesday. It feels so good to be back to hitting things... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Days 25 and 26 – Rage and Energy – WKO Pattaya
February 18, 2014*** A quick note on how these days are numbered: I go by only counting actual days of training with Sakmongkol, so I’ve been in Pattaya longer than 26 days and these two days actually have... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Advantages and Novelties – Days 23 and 24 – WKO Pattaya
February 13, 2014Day 23 – Use Your Advantages This morning on the way to Petchrungruang I was actually retching on the bike and continued to feel really nauseated as I was warming up. Given that Kru Nu is... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Low Kick and Marathon Sparring – Days 21 and 22 – WKO Pattaya
February 10, 2014Day 21 – Low Kick In my fight on Friday I landed some low kicks, something that the Patriarch at Petchrungruang and Sakmongkol have had me working on previously and what Kru Mutt had asked for... -
Training With Sakmongkol – Prefight, Postfight – Days 19 and 20 – WKO and Petchrungruang Pattaya
February 8, 2014Day 19 – It’s About Recovery and Throw It Like You Mean It This morning at Petchrungruang I was starting to feel difficulty in throwing kicks with full force because I wasn’t breathing properly. Yesterday –... -
Muay Thai With Sakmongkol – Attitude and Mixed Messages – Days 17 and 18 – WKO Pattaya
February 5, 2014Day 17 – Mental Tai Chi Yesterday my trainers were telling me I seemed tired and today I was even more tired than yesterday. Clinching in the evenings with the little kids at Petchrungruang is sure... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Block and Clinch – Days 15 and 16 – WKO Pattaya
February 3, 2014Day 15 – First Training After My Fight My shin is a little swollen from checking a kick in my last fight so I wasn’t sure whether I’d be able to kick on it today. It’s... -
I’m Fighting on #Yokkao7 on Feb 19th vs. Lommanee Sor Hirun ลมณีย์ ส.หิรัญ
February 2, 2014When I started training mornings at Petchrungruang Gym in Pattaya to supplement and complement my afternoons with Sakmongkol at WKO, I had the opportunity to talk with Filippo Cinti. Filippo has been training and fighting in... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – PreFight and Clinch – Days 13 and 14 – WKO Pattaya
January 30, 2014Day 13 – Padwork and Clinch Today was a full day. Damn. I had some good, hard padwork with Kru Nu at Petchrungruang and he really pushed me, telling me to rest tomorrow. Then I did...