Currently Reading: Lanna Muay Thai

It’s the Sunday before my next fight and Kevin and I headed over to the gym to get some ring work done in the afternoon. When we first got to the gym it was empty.  Nook...

  A few days before my 23rd fight I was in the ring with Nook doing padwork.  There wasn’t a lot of hitting of pads going on, not only because Nook loves to mess around and...

Before Departure When I get to the gym with my husband on fight night there is always at least one Thai from the camp sitting on a stone bench outside the convenience store, located across the...

Intensity and Purpose I don’t believe I’ve ever trained harder than for my 22nd fight.  It’s a different world of training and fighting here in Thailand, so to the western reader that sentence may be interpreted...

About a week ago two guys showed up to the gym and both decided simultaneously that Thais only eat two meals per day.  Maybe they’d asked the trainers how they should be eating by asking what...

  It finally wasn’t raining during my run this week and I remembered my camera.  This is a recipe for success when it comes to actually making a video journal update. Four days before my 22nd...

  Ever since Den hit my nose in padwork and it started spurting blood like a B-movie, he’s been asking me before every training session whether I think I can fight on the 17th.  “If not,”...

Here is JR on the bike after his brilliant win last night – huge, fast combos ending in body shots or leg kicks that just overwhelmed his opponent – and the Lanna boys, with the Kalare...

Between 10 am – 12 pm EST Streaming video from Thailand, that is the goal. I experimented some with a Google Hangout before my last fight, and it had mixed result. Tonight I’m going to my...

  Flow I’ve been working with Daeng in padwork for the past few days.  We’ve worked together before, but only a few times and it came to light recently that he was under the impression that...