Currently Reading: Muay Thai

[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...

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...