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Khem Lanna Muay Thai is a retired champion from Lanna who last year suffered paralysis after a motorbike accident.  Kaitburin Muay Thai in Oxfordshire, England designed and organized a fundraiser to help alleviate Khem’s medical costs...

When I was a kid I played violin on the outdoor pedestrian mall in my hometown of Boulder, Colorado for spending money.  My best friend Nell and I would stand outside the upscale trinket and entertaining-in-the-home...

Nong Jeen is trainer Neung’s six-year-old daughter.  She lives most of the time with Neung’s mother, probably due to school – it’s not unusual at all in Thailand for the rearing of children to be shared...

Nong Jeen (6 yrs old) and Den’s Son (3 years old) kicking for Khem Lanna Muay Thai Kicking for Khem We’ve all been surprised by what has come of the 50 Kicks for Khem Contest as...

The Injury I’ve written before on my attitude regarding injuries, mainly that you’re either hurt and you can keep training/fighting or you’re injured and you have to suck it up and sit out.  But even if...

            click to go to PayPal.com – pay to recipient lannamuaythai123@gmail.com Khem Visits Lanna Muay Thai I’ve written before about Khem here. This is an update on how Khem is doing,...

  Today on my afternoon run I passed by a soccer field with a bunch of guys playing.  They were really good, clearly having spent a lot of time playing soccer.  I loved soccer when I...

  I had lunch with Alicia Nowak yesterday, a young Polish woman who lives and trains Muay Thai in Vienna. We met through my Muay Thai Facebook page and I was surprised as we sat together...

I read a post by Emma Thomas on her great new Under The Ropes blog this morning, on the subject of “Gym Hoppers and the Importance of Loyalty in Muay Thai”.  It’s an interesting topic and...

Extremely Painful – and Beneficial I wrote some time ago about processes that help to speed healing the regular knots and bruises that one acquires through training and in fights. These treatments are really indispensable for...