Currently Reading: Female Fighters

Coincidence and Purpose When we first came down to Pattaya to train with Sakmongkol we knew that I’d need a second gym in order to fill out the rest of my training, since WKO only has...

With a very heavy heart I read the news this morning that Mauricio Zingano – husband and trainer to UFC contender Cat Zingano – has passed away.  The sadness of his passing touches on numerous levels:...

UFC 168 aired this past weekend and because I’m in Thailand I had to remove myself from the internet for about a day in order to not see spoilers prior to being able to watch the...

  Voting Ends January 1st 2014 – Lots of Categories Just some of the nominations from a few categories below (oh my God, I’m on there!): My vote for female Fighter of the Year goes to...

Awakening – Female Fighters is dedicated to using media to promote female fighters of all disciplines in what the founder dubs “the Dawn of the Female Era.”  As this year is drawing to a close, Awakening...

  I honestly have very little idea about who I am fighting when facing a new opponent. My trainers at the camp seldom talk about who they may be, and sometimes I even get the idea...

Fighter Mail I got a message the other day from a woman who had just competed in her second ever amateur kickboxing match.  She felt she’d been mismatched against a heavier and much “better” opponent and...

 Erika Kamimura Erika is amazing and I kind of love her.  It wasn’t until Charlie Jewett – who is the source for info and news on top female Japanese fighters (for us non-speakers of Japanese) – DM’d...

Nicknames Thais have a bunch of names – first there’s the given name, which is usually auspicious and something that remarks on the future wealth and good luck of the named child.  These names can be...

Asian Correspondent Interview Just to keep everyone in the loop it is a pretty busy week or so coming up. Not only am I fighting Sunday, my 3rd fight in 10 days (yeah!) – there are...