Currently Reading: Muay Thai Clinch

The Nak Muay Nation Sessions with Greatness Series  I’m filming is focused on long-form instruction with elite trainers and former fighters of Thailand. The idea is to find the very best and capture something of the...

Sataanmuanglek Numponthep – Magician A few days a go a clinch video swept across Facebook, featuring the young fighter Sataanmuanglek Numponthep just looking incredible in “man in the middle” training. This kind of training is very...

The first thing I need to point out is that I am not an expert in clinch. I am a clinch fighter and I’ve had success in clinch (78-38-4 in Thailand), but I have only been...

File this under The Culture of Muay. If you are to understand Muay Thai, I mean really understand it and see how it grew out of Thai society, and the forces that sustain and feed it...

This is about a moment in my last fight when I crushed my opponent to the ground in the clinch. She was so surprised that before even getting up off the canvas she immediately protested to...

Part II of this article, involves going to see live Gwang Chon beetle battles, complete with video: Underground Gambling, Beetle Fights, Heart and the Clinch of Muay Thai On the route home from breakfast this morning...

In my recent fights I’ve felt disappointed afterward for performing in a way that could be described as “low energy.” I’m not tired, I’m just kind of slow in that I’m lacking urgency in my approach. ...

video above – PTT is the pad work top fighter of Petchrungruang. He’s only 17 years old but I’ve been told that he’s the number one contender for the 130 lbs title at Lumpinee (with some...

You can read all of my Muay Thai clinch articles here. Caley Reece, one of the best female clinch fighters in the world, said something interesting along the lines of “Always train clinch with gloves, you...

To begin, these are my observations as a female fighter in Thailand who has pursued learning clinch for 3+ years. Other female fighters may have had other experiences, but difference of experience does not mean that...