Currently Reading: Technique

Muay Thai Scoring Although I had watched a fair amount of Muay Thai as an amateur fighter when I finally moved here, it was evident when watching Muay Thai fights in top stadiums on TV that...

Den Shows the “4” Block  A Little Break Down of the “4” Block Den taught me this block a short while ago and it’s also very well utilized by Neung, who is a WBC boxing champion. ...

Training Joy – Muay Thai After my last loss I felt terribly, not because I’d lost necessarily – it was perhaps my best fight yet in terms of performance and being free in the ring, trying...

It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to this series and now is a good time to continue.  In general I’m still working on the things I’m always working on, which are getting kicks online, boxing...

This is some padwork with Andy the day after my 39th fight.  It was great to get straight back into training the morning after my fight (it was even an early night because every fight ended...

JR and the Thai Low-Kick JR started training and fighting out of Lanna (Kiat Busaba) when he was about 12 years old.  So he kind of came of age at the camp, learning under trainers who...

Clinch For the past maybe six fights Den has been yelling at me for turning sideways in the clinch.  I don’t know where that came from, but it’s in there and I do it without thinking...

Head Defense Defense is a huge part of feeling confident enough to be offensive in a fight and it’s a  weak point for me.  I’ve been trying to learn defense for a very long time and...

I have a fight in Isaan on the 9th of February on the card of a big promotion from Kiatpetch, who promotes fights for Channel 7 – which are probably the best fights in Thailand now...

At my last fight I was really excited for the final bout of the night, which was two women I’d fought recently going against each other.  They had both attacked me with thigh kicks and I...