Currently Reading: Muay Thai

  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...

[Update 1/14/15: Things have changed pretty rapidly at Giatbundit Gym. The description of my experience below may not correspond to the facts of how things are there now. The Facebook page no longer is devoted to...

photo credit above: Lindsey Newhall Fightland There is a great article by Lindsey Newhall “Muay Thai for the Rich” (Fightland) on a trend I’ve been following in thailand of a growing middle-class interest in Muay Thai,...

How to Crush the Head and Neck Kru Nu’s son Bank has a terribly strong squeeze in the clinch, and ends up just crushing me most of the time when we practice. He just turned 14...

click here to see the driving route via Google Maps.   Traveling to Isaan One of the biggest reasons behind my Go Fund Me campaign – Help Get Me to Fights  – was the generous invitation...