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Diary Entry: When The Men Were So Badass
January 18, 2020#Diary last night Arjan Gimyu was driving his motorbike back to Pattaya from Bangkok (this is insane, for those of you who don’t know the distance or context of the motorway) and fell off his bike.... -
Impact and Influence on my Gym
September 2, 2018Just under a month ago, I came home from fighting in Chiang Mai and training with Langsuan for the Muay Thai Library project. When I got back to my regular gym for training, I was committed... -
Roosters, Dogs and Sunrises – Morning in Pattaya
September 28, 2015Most mornings I wake up before the sun. The room is dark, although there’s a kind of charge, almost a glow, to the darkness as the light of morning becomes imminent. I sit up and look... -
Motivation is 80% Expectation – Lessons in Attitude in Muay Thai
July 11, 2014Afternoon 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... -
Forever Young – Overload on Cute at the Muay Thai Gym
May 15, 2014In the photo above are all cousins, at the center is Bam (6-7 years old, Den’s nephew); left is Den’s son Dtong (3 years old) and right is Badt (8-9 years old, Den’s nephew). As I... -
Life Stages – My Sangwan Rahu Experience – Sak Yant by Arjan Pi Bangkating Chiang Mai
May 4, 2014above video: my thoughts on just coming out from the 2 hrs of tattooing my sak yant. As one can see,... -
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 – 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... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Fight Energy – Day 11 and 12 – WKO Pattaya
January 28, 2014Day 11 – Fight Energy Another difficult day today. Morning training at Petchrungruang was good and the trainer there, Kru Nu, has been trying to get me a fight. It’s proven remarkably difficult to book a... -
Sakmongkol Muay Thai – Controlling the Kick – Day 10 – WKO Pattaya
January 27, 2014Yesterday was Sunday, so I tried something a little different and did a long run in the morning – got lost trying to do the loop I did last time but exploring is fun – and...