Currently Reading: Muay Thai

This post is a continuation of thinking presented in The Myth of Overtraining: Endurance Physical and Mental for Muay Thai and also The Fragility of Western Masculinity before it. For those that have a significant belief...

I received this communication some time ago and I was moved by the excitement and passion this woman gets from and puts into her Muay Thai.  I asked her to write a bit more about how...

I was having a conversation with an accomplished and very thoughtful female fighter, Mae-Lin Loew of the incredibly well written Loew Factor blog. She was at once applauding me for being so honest and open in...

It’s December 20th and Modt Ek, who corners for me sometimes when I travel to fights, is trying to convince me to take a Western Boxing match at Royal Field in five days.  It’s not last-minute...

Vote for the 2014 Female Muay Thai Awakening Awards – bring shine to the fighters, promotions, photographers, gyms and news sources and journalists that you love. Below is a full list the nominees (community nominated), but...

Winning and Mental Consequences It’s three days after my fight and I feel totally bummed out.  Thing is, I won my fight.  By all accounts it was one of my best and I felt really good...

Dave Poyer and Ikkari who is going to be a clothing sponsor for me, makes great vintage-themed and baked-in-design rashies and is about to launch their website, ready to sell to the public (January 1st, 2015)....

  I received this beautiful message from artist (and martial artist) Emma B., you can find her Facebook artist page here, she wrote to me that she wishes she could support me financially, but instead she...

  I was writing to female Muay Thai fighter Dalia Hosny, a veteran of fighting in Thailand (35 fights here), who was offering me very positive support and it made me think about how in some...

I’m standing in the ring just a few feet away from my trainer, Sangwean.  He’s father to the best female fighter in the world, 12-year-old Phetjee Jaa O. Meekhun, and she’s kind of puttering around in...