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above, vlog #128 Songkran is About Paying Respect The festivities of Songkran, or “Thai New Year,” are mostly marked by the nation-wide water fights that take place over a period of days. The pervasiveness of this...

If you enjoy this archived article, you may like Kevin’s forum post, which contains a lot of additional references and explanation: Illegal Foot Sweeps in Muay Thai – Separations from Judo I’ve fought over 100 times...

Guest Post: A Husband’s Point of View One of the things that will perhaps stun you, if you are sitting around Petchrungruang Gym with not much to do like I do, and patiently watch the Thai...

Above: videos of two of my rounds of padwork with Mot Ek yesterday Normally my second padwork for the day is at O. Meekhun, but on days that they aren’t training (away for fights, or whatever),...

I originally posted this on Facebook, but wanted to include my blog readers too in my sentiments… Today (April 5) was my 3 Year Anniversary of being in Thailand. Among so many other wonderful things, I’ve...

above: Saya Ito, me and Phetjee Jaa I’m standing outside the ring in the late evening, maybe around 7:30 PM, watching Japanese world champion Saya Ito crawl under the bottom rope to stand next to Phetjee...

You can go to the Ebay Auction here. The 10 day auction ends around April 8-9. I’m auctioning off the shorts I fought my 100th fight in Thailand in, shorts designed to celebrate the effort itself...

In Sam Sheridan’s 2008 book exploring various fighting arts, titled “A Fighter’s Heart: One Man’s Journey Through the World of Fighting,” he spends a little time on the upsetting subject of dog fighting.  While there’s not...

My stitch count stands at 51 stitches, most of which are in my face.  When looking in a mirror, I can see about five vertical lines along my hairline and forehead. I love them. I...

Part of my 100 fights in Thailand goal was to fight more in Thailand than any other westerner, male or female – it appears that I have now surpassed the one male who had fought more...