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there is a lot of GIF media in this post, so you may want to give it time to load.  Isolate any GIF by just clicking on it. The Post Last week I put up a...

Fighter Mail I get a lot of private message communication from (mostly) women and I really enjoy having a back-and-forth with other folks experiencing the innumerate facets of Muay Thai.  What’s really wonderful is that the...

  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...

Video Journal Update #79 A few of my thoughts today, taking a break from my run. I talk about the training cycle, and adjustments I’m making, as well as the time off post-fight hangover. I’m fighting...

  Big is probably my favorite fighter at the camp.  He’s got the kind of energy that makes me smile just by seeing him.  He swaggers around, unable to pass by a bag without hitting it,...

(above: 5 minute film) Fighting the Dream – Muay Thai Film Short Some time ago I got a message on my Facebook page from Rosie Brown, a freelance journalist based in Bangkok, asking if I’d be...

I get lots of emails and private messages from women (and men) from all around the world sharing their own Muay Thai passions – women from beginners to advanced fighters – and I truly enjoy and...

Muay Thai Warriors – Chiang Mai – June 28th 2013 Thakoon Pongsupha, who is one of the kindest supporters of Muay Thai I have met in Thailand and who runs the highly-recommended Sasiprapa Gym in Bangkok...