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This is another fight we saved from PhetJee Jaa’s family camera SD card while we were visiting them in Pattaya. I have 3 more of these unseen fights to be uploaded to YouTube. This one occurred...

Sak Yant and Rahu I posted some time ago about Boyd who owns the Twins shop in Chiang Mai, located at the Kalare Night Bazaar (a map and email contact is below).  I’ve ordered about a...

Guest Post Last night we reached our 2nd year anniversary in Thailand, and Sylvie fought her 34th fight of the year, giving her 62 since we moved here so she could devote herself to being the...

Earlier this week I watched “Pumping Iron II: The Women,” a counter-part of sorts to the Arnold Schwarzenegger versus Lou Ferrigno docu-drama from 1977, focusing on the 1975 IFBB Mr. Universe and Mr. Olympia competitions.  “Pumping...

 Who’s the Champ? This post is an attempt to straighten out the female Muay Thai Pinweight Championship picture, as it stands, but it is pretty complicated and not the easiest to follow. But if I don’t...

In addition to being very committed to training and fighting in Muay Thai as much as I can in Thailand, I also have a deep academic root in me and I revel in exploring abstract concepts...

Muay Farang has a really nice article by Roberto Cassarino on Muay Thai Scoring. Do read it to get the most of what is written below. How Muay Thai is Scored in Thailand There really is...

Motorbike Rental in Pattaya We shot this video outside of where we rented our Honda Scoopy automatic motorbike for 6 weeks in Pattaya. This doesn’t pretend to be some kind of comprehensive review, I’m sure there...

extended highlights of his last Rajadamnern fight above “Big” (Pornsawanlek Kiat Busaba ) is my favorite fighter at Lanna, and probably my favorite person there as well. He just has this incredible energy that is somewhere...

My Goals Goals are important things. They give us context and room for what we want to achieve, they make us believe in ourselves in a focused way. My initial goal when I first moved to...