Currently Reading: Fighting

July 3, 2015 – Grand Thai Boxing Stadium, Hua Hin (video – part 1 above, part 2 below) I got a message from this promoter a short while before this fight. We were aiming to head...

In Sam Sheridan’s 2008 book exploring various fighting arts, titled “A Fighter’s Heart: One Man’s Journey Through the World of Fighting,” he spends a little time on the upsetting subject of dog fighting.  While there’s not...

Any westerner fighting in Thailand has an interest in portraying their Thai opponents as being the best and fighting at the top of their capabilities.  And, to be fair, we assume and hope that this is...

The Idea of duu-lae There is a two word phrase that my trainer at Kru Nu uses in English quite often, “take care.” It’s a meaningful phrase, possibly one of the most important Thai concepts for...

Winning and Mental Consequences It’s three days after my fight and I feel totally bummed out.  Thing is, I won my fight.  By all accounts it was one of my best and I felt really good...

  I was writing to female Muay Thai fighter Dalia Hosny, a veteran of fighting in Thailand (35 fights here), who was offering me very positive support and it made me think about how in some...

the above photo is of my mother and me laying on a mat for hours in the middle of Isaan, under the stars, waiting for my fight to come up on the card For two weeks...

I’m writing about something that in the West might feel or seem “impossible” to some, but quite honestly it’s not even extraordinary here in Thailand.  Fighting twice in a single night isn’t common, but it barely...

The above is information from Dave Grossman’s On Combat.  When Things Stop Functioning – Know Your State A frequent and nevertheless persistent disappointment many of us face in sparring and in fights is finding ourselves in...

  This is great. I’ve finally got a fight in Pattaya – thanks to Sangwean, Phetjee Jaa’s father – and its a good one. It’s a rematch of The Star Sor. Klinmee, who I fought back...