Currently Reading: Muay Thai

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Just recently the Muay Thai Classic in the US announced a change to their annual Muay Thai tournament in that competitors will weigh in twice, once before commencing the first round of the eliminations and then...

For those who missed the World Muay Thai Angels 57kg finale last night below are the full fight videos. World Muay Thai Angles was all female tournament that lasted several months with a marketing emphasis on...

  A couple weeks ago Tor, who is the son of one of my trainers (Daeng) and certainly the most dedicated nakmuay of all the Lanna Thai boys, invited me to join him in his conditioning. ...

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...