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One of the things I know a lot about from person experience is being cut in a fight. I’ve...

above: the view from Everest, where mountains look like hills My Goal of 200 fights in Thailand. Below is my total fight rate since moving to Thailand, projected out to 210 fights by September 2018 (210...

I had a great realization about training the punch from Sifu Mcinnes this week, that’s further down below. But first, earlier in the day, when I was really dragging, I took a lesson from Spongebob. That...

I’ve written previously about using the “water loading” method of drinking a great deal of water for three days, then tapering off and drinking no water in order to do a weight cut. This method is...

I became aware of Nick’s project, “Muay Thai 4 Orphans,” through a share on the Sitmonchai Gym page. When I looked at what he was doing, I was really excited about it. Thailand, like many places...

October 6, 2015 – Thapae Stadium, Chiang Mai – full fight video below full fight video, above Because my hand is still broken (although doing SO much better), I’m very diligent about having that side wrapped...

photo credit above: Tom Brown The big news is that I’ve got my first official sponsor, but first let me get caught up on what’s happening. This is pretty exciting news that grew out of the...

What makes a good day good or a bad day bad? Some days, everything goes right, and on some really horrible days everything goes wrong. But generally speaking, it’s one thing that flavors your interpretation of...

File this under The Culture of Muay. If you are to understand Muay Thai, I mean really understand it and see how it grew out of Thai society, and the forces that sustain and feed it...

Above is my vlog update from the first day back at WKO. Those following me know about my leaving of the O. Meekhun Gym, I wrote about it here in The Toxicity of Talk. It was...