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full fight video: Phetjee Jaa vs Nong Praew in Surin (above) Twenty minutes before Phetjee Jaa turned 13 years old, we were sitting together on a mat against the aluminum fence separating the schoolyard field from...

Guest Post by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu There is a very touching piece written by Lindsey Newhall for Fightland: Life of a Pad-Man: A Muay Thai Trainer’s Remorse. The pinnacle of the story is where Dam, a...

I’m standing in the ring just a few feet away from my trainer, Sangwean.  He’s father to the best female fighter in the world, 12-year-old Phetjee Jaa O. Meekhun, and she’s kind of puttering around in...

All photos by Steve Bauzen I was in Korat last month, waking up the morning after my 85th fight I got this incredible message from fighter Jill Guido: “Hey Sylvie! I’ve been meaning to write to...

if you’d like to follow the PhetJee Jaa Documentary project click here. I’m standing next to the ladder, painted blue to match the corner, that leads up into the Muay Thai ring at a military university...

Getting Work In at O. Meekhun It is a serious pleasure coming from Petchrungruang in the afternoons, over to O. Meekhun. As the motorbike climbs the dirt road and a vista of land opens up with...

I certainly don’t expect that there are many sports, arts, or even personal relationships that are entirely open to a student splitting themselves between two places.  To the most obvious point, the relationship between teacher and...

In the photo above are all cousins, at the center is Bam (6-7 years old, Den’s nephew); left is Den’s son Dtong (3 years old) and right is Badt (8-9 years old, Den’s nephew). As I...

Leaving Lanna We’ve made the decision to leave Lanna and Chiang Mai in order to head back down to Pattaya, to train again at WKO with Sakmongkol and at Petchrungruang Gym; we’re moving.  I announced it...

 Daeng – My Trainer at Lanna Daeng is one of my trainers at Lanna Muay Thai.  He doesn’t work with me regularly,  although every time we do work together I am very happy to learn something...