Currently Reading: Muay Thai

December 3, 2015 – Chiang Mai Stadium “Roadhouse” – full fight video above I’m standing outside the “Roadhouse,” as Kevin and I call it, sending messages on LINE to my cornerman (Daeng) that I’ve already arrived....

The walls of the upper floor Muay Thai training room are lined with champions. Framed photos of boxing, K-1, and Lumpinee champions: Yodsanan, Chartchai and decade-long McInnes fighter Sakmongkol, are among the very best, but Peter...

November 30, 2015 – Lopburi – full fight video above The scale of this festival was outstanding. The lights could be seen from a good distance away and I was, in fact, engrossed in staring at...

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a cross position and slash motion on the arm swing The Muay Thai Kick Arm Swing Angle One of the things you learn when you come to Thailand longer term is that there are many, many...

Above is my brief interview with Nick Kara, a trainer at WKO here in Pattaya, and some clips from his fight career. Meeting Ong Bak’s Big Bear Nick is a big dude and is an equally...

November 25, 2015 – Sattahip, Loi Krathong Festival – full fight video above You know when you’re at a festival. There’s no question of, “is it here?” because it’s all fluorescent lights, blaring bass over the...

Buying a Mongkol for myself the first time, almost two years ago, was a very important moment for me. Traditionally, Mongkol are traditionally given to fighters by their masters or are handed down as part of...

November 17, 2015 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pi Nu’s Birthday and my brother John’s Birthday – full fight video above The Day of the Fight – Pi Nu’s Birthday The gym had been transformed from a haven...

Sak Yant, My Belief and Muay Thai Invulnerability There are, to me, significant differences between the invulnerability of those who deflect bullets, and the invulnerability of those who absorb bullets but keep moving forward. The second...