Currently Reading: Muay Thai

About a year ago I wrote about the mixed blessing of attention that the World Muay Thai Angels show was bringing on female Muay Thai in Thailand: World Muay Thai Angels and the Benefit for Women. ...

All photos by Steve Bauzen I was in Korat last month, waking up the morning after my 85th fight I got this incredible message from fighter Jill Guido: “Hey Sylvie! I’ve been meaning to write to...

O.Meekhun Clinch Pedagogy I clinch with the O. Meekhun kids everyday. Let me just say that the clinch technique of both PhetJee Jaa and Mawin, for kids, is just extraordinarily high. I’m a clinch fighter, it’s...

 It’s been important to me to learn the Thai language.  I started my lessons on my first trip out to Thailand in 2010 by a kind of accident.  While trying to contact a woman who had...

  This is a new feature I’m going to try my hand at. I’ve got a lot on my plate out here, but it feels like it would be a shame to waste some of the...

Back in July I wrote about the possible benefits in regular sauna use, in reference to Dr. Rhonda Patrick’s claim that “Hyperthermic Conditioning” may have very significant physical and even mental advantages. Then I set myself...

The above is information from Dave Grossman’s On Combat.  When Things Stop Functioning – Know Your State A frequent and nevertheless persistent disappointment many of us face in sparring and in fights is finding ourselves in...

  This is great. I’ve finally got a fight in Pattaya – thanks to Sangwean, Phetjee Jaa’s father – and its a good one. It’s a rematch of The Star Sor. Klinmee, who I fought back...

Today on our drive back from Korat to Pattaya we started seeing signs for a wat with a giant reclining Genesha depicted. They got more and more frequent, and then we saw that the same wat...

above is my 20 minute video Interview of Frances Watthanaya in Phutthaisong, Buriram – Isaan Read about my trip to Giatbundit Gym in Phutthaisong here. Read about and watch my fight for Giatbundit Gym in Buriram...