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Day 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...

I came across a wonderful quote by the great inventor Thomas Edison a while back, “I’ve never failed,” he said, “I discovered ten thousand ways that don’t work.”  It’s inspirational because it advises persistence, that failing...

(above) my video introduction the common fight fears of gassing out and shin pain, the video below shows Den talking about what to do for fight conditioning Some Tough Talk One of the advantages of training...

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...

A woman I know from the US wrote to me and asked me how one knows whether or not one’s gym situation is severely messed up. She then told me about a very alarmingly abusive power...

November 26, 2013 – some thoughts before my 63rd fight.   Follow my Muay Thai writings by email you can read them right from your Inbox...

Sometimes it’s hard to love the things you love.  You don’t “choose” to love something, necessarily, but you do choose to believe in the love you have for it at times when you are not feeling...

there is a lot of GIF media in this post, so you may want to give it time to load.  Isolate any GIF by just clicking on it. The Post Last week I put up a...

I’m about to have my third fight in 10 days on Sunday.  I had a quick turn-around scheduled between two fights and then the promoter wanted me back right away, so that turned into three.  It’s...

Fighter Mail I get a lot of private message communication from (mostly) women and I really enjoy having a back-and-forth with other folks experiencing the innumerate facets of Muay Thai.  What’s really wonderful is that the...