Currently Reading: Muay Thai

I don’t like leaving Thailand. I’m very much a “homebody” and don’t like going out for anything other than training and fighting, and even after fights I’m pretty eager to get back home. And it’s always...

The first day of Songkran (Thai New Year) was yesterday, the 13th of April, 2016. I took part in an all-female fight event in Bangkok, at the Santi Chai Prakan Public Park. It was a nice...

(above), my Dad in Boulder, Colorado where I was raised This past week marked the 4th year that Kevin and I have been in Thailand. We disagree a little on the exact anniversary. I mark it...

Many of my mornings at Petchrungruang are like this, with me the only person around. The Thai kids all run and do some light training at 5 am before school, and then the gym is open...

It’s a simple fact that we get tired. There are countless products and websites that claim ways to beat fatigue or try to sell you that there’s something wrong with you for being tired, but that’s silly....

I got the chance to do a quick interview with Namdtan Por. Muangpet (her name means “Sugar”) just after she’d won a WPMF title belt (126 lbs) at the Wan Wai Nai Khanomtom fights in Ayutthaya,...

March 1, 2016 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pattaya – full fight video above, video commentary below I’m in the restroom at Thepprasit Stadium, beginning the one million times I will pee before having my gloves taped on...

I was excited to see this fight live, as this was the third time these two had faced off in the last 7 months. Namdtan is widely regarded as one of the best female fighters in...

This was a huge event amidst the ruins of the Ayutthaya Historical Park, the old capital of Siam. March 17th marks Wan Wai Nai Khanomtom, which is a day to honor Mr. Khanomtom, who is legendary...

When Taking Pity Takes Too Much We have a new woman at the gym. She’s only trained a handful of weeks, ever, and will have her first fight at the end of the month. So Pi...