Currently Reading: Muay Thai

Afternoon training at Petchrungruang yesterday was a pendulum swinging between, “hey, that’s not so bad,” to “holy hell, I’m never going to make it through this.”  I didn’t feel well, mostly fatigued and feeling a little...

I was shooting my Vlog this evening on my run and was surprised by this kind of amazing sight at 4:27 of this video, when I happened upon a couple drivers kicking Muay Thai pads in...

This is my video demonstration of additional methods to treat and help heal shins that are bumped, swollen, or damaged from Muay Thai.  For the primary care methods please see my videos at the bottom of...

The New Throw I Learned Today This afternoon I headed over to the O. Meekhun gym after my regular afternoon session.  It’s literally across the highway and takes maybe 5 minutes to get to by motorbike,...

a video introduction to Jai Bamroong, the Patriarch of Petchrungruang Gym, is looking at me through his thick, Coke bottle glasses and his eyes are glimmering under his slicked back hair. His question is in Thai...

Ladies, Send in Your Bloodied Face Fighter Photos This is a call for female fighters to send me photos of their own bloodied face, to join a wall of women who have had their faces bloodied...

The above video is the last round of my first attempt at slowing down my bagwork to focus on footwork and cutting out excessive steps – tiny foot shuffles I use for adjustment and filler.  The...

A few days ago Kru Mutt at WKO asked me if I wanted to fight in China in three weeks.  I don’t.  But throughout my afternoon session at WKO there was a back-and-forth between us about...

I certainly don’t expect that there are many sports, arts, or even personal relationships that are entirely open to a student splitting themselves between two places.  To the most obvious point, the relationship between teacher and...

We drove down to Pattaya from Chiang Mai with my trainer Daeng and a large portion of his family.  We’d initially asked Daeng to drive...