Currently Reading: Chiang Mai

One of my favorite fighters to watch is JR.  He started fighting for Lanna Muay Thai when he was about 12 years old and eventually became an instructor at the gym before following his primary trainer...

A few days ago I sat on the edge of the ring, dripping sweat from my nose making a splatter pattern on the concrete a few feet below me while I loosened the laces on my...

Clinch For the past maybe six fights Den has been yelling at me for turning sideways in the clinch.  I don’t know where that came from, but it’s in there and I do it without thinking...

I began bartending a few months before I began Muay Thai.  I’m not an outgoing, talkative, or extroverted person so bartending was a big jump for me.  The purpose was to have a job, to make...

Jab I had it in my mind to use my jab – and boxing generally – against Nong Mai in my fight in Isaan, mainly because of our height disparity.  That didn’t end up being the...

The Night Bazaar is a strange place.  It’s like every shopping hub for tourists in any city – if you don’t want to see any New Yorkers you head to Time Square type of thing.  The...

I missed last week so these are some of the things I saw in the last two weeks around my Muay Thai training and runs. You can see the full sized image by clicking on it....

Head Defense Defense is a huge part of feeling confident enough to be offensive in a fight and it’s a  weak point for me.  I’ve been trying to learn defense for a very long time and...

I have a fight in Isaan on the 9th of February on the card of a big promotion from Kiatpetch, who promotes fights for Channel 7 – which are probably the best fights in Thailand now...

At my last fight I was really excited for the final bout of the night, which was two women I’d fought recently going against each other.  They had both attacked me with thigh kicks and I...