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  Last week my husband started taking private boxing lessons from one of the trainers at the gym who gets very little attention from westerners.   A little background about Neung: When we have gotten to...

I’ve been watching the number on my Facebook page for a couple days now, observing the number of likes ticking upward toward 1,000.  And there it is!  I think when I first came to Thailand I...

Wung is one of my favorite things about Lanna.  For a long time he scared me, but it’s more accurate to say I was intimidated by him.  Wung’s the kind of guy who doesn’t bother learning...

Short Film I’ve wanted to show more of my experiences surrounding a fight: the moments before, between and after – all the things of fights that aren’t fighting.  It’s a little difficult to capture some of...

I’ve noted over time that there are drastic differences between how a fight looks in the ring as a fighter or referee, beside the ring as a judge at the feet of the action, and then...

I get excited by the idea of fighting with other fighters from the gym – I like the shared experience of preparations, watching each other get our hands wrapped in order of who fights first, the...

No two trainers are alike.  Nook is an exceptional and individual character in innumerate ways, some of the most notable being that he manages to communicate 90% of the time without uttering actual words.  His grunts...

The other morning I was in the ring with Nook, trying my best to stay composed and focused on my own goals whilst he did his best to turn the whole ordeal into a game that...

Seeing fights that occur before or directly after my own bout is an entirely different experience from going to fight night as a spectator.  Tuesday night provided just such an opportunity and, having a scheduled border...