Currently Reading: Muay Thai

Here in Thailand I only just heard of this when two people called me out for the challenge. You can read about it here on Wikipedia.   I was challenged by both Pixi and Josee to...

Drowning the Genius In the Clinch I’m still a little shy about this, but Lawrence Kenshin does amazing work and I’m grateful to have something so beautiful as a keepsake of such an important fight for...

In the world of athletics and motivational memes, the word “sacrifice” gets thrown around a lot.  All the things that one must sacrifice in the name of greatness, the hardships of waking up to train, missing...

Okay, the title is an overstatement, but I want to provide two substantial video examples (more than just a minute-long “clip”) from my recent training to show how size is not the determining factor in clinch...

My founding teacher Master K is who gave me my unending passion and respect for Muay Thai – many of you know him through the countless videos I put up of my early training. But he...

[All this below was written the day of my fight at Pattaya Boxing World in August 2014. When the fight came I performed poorly, her experience completely controlling the outcome, showing that whatever advantage I thought...

I just read this incredible comment by the American fighter kthatsnotmyname, a long time supporter of this page, and really female Muay Thai in general. Apparently there has been some sort of backlash against me asking...

  I’ve hit an unexpected hurdle in trying to get to 100 fights in Thailand before I leave. I’m asking my supporters to help me cover travel expenses as I try to get to fights outside...

The Losing Experience There’s a quote that goes like this, “You either win or you learn.”  It replaces the word “lose” in the coupling of either winning or losing and is meant to express the fact...

Waking up before 5:00 AM in order to get into a rented car and drive into Bangkok for a 7:30 AM training session doesn’t seem like something one would be jumping to do.  I’ve been wanting...