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Training With Sakmongkol – Readiness and Counters – Day 3 – WKO Pattaya
January 18, 2014Today was my first double session. There is no Muay Thai in the morning but they gym is open all day, so I got up and headed over to arrive at the gym by 9:00 AM. ... -
Training With Sakmongkol – Instructional Sparring and Intention – Day 2 – WKO Pattaya
January 17, 2014I crashed at 8 PM last night, right after dinner. I hadn’t slept since my nap before afternoon training at Lanna the day before, so I was definitely running on low sleep and having traveled and... -
Training With Sakmongkol – 3 Weeks in Pattaya – Day 1
January 17, 2014Our flight to Bangkok from Chiang Mai was at 6:55 AM, so we were up and heading out the door by 5:30. We weren’t sure if we’d be able to easily find a rot daeng (share... -
In Search of Sakmongkol – Going to Pattaya
January 13, 2014about 900 km from Chiang Mai – an hour and 20 minute flight, just South of Bangkok Sakmongkol, Pattaya and Clinch In a shoot-from-the-hip decision, considered over the past few weeks and really decided over the... -
Seeing Stars for the First Time in Two Years
January 7, 2014Our apartment building has a ramp into the main parking area, a 40 foot stretch of concrete on all sides to walk through until your each the glass doors in the back, which require a key-card... -
Playing to Type – the Sexy Exchange Student and Muay Thai
January 6, 2014– This is part of what is likely a series of articles on western female sexuality in Thai gyms – it’s a big topic and I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and this... -
Four Beautiful Photos by Emanuele Siracusa – #fight66 [pics]
December 31, 2013Emanuele contacted me on Facebook not long before my last fight and asked about photography opportunities at Loi Kroh. I told him that it was very casual there, and looked forward to meeting him. My husband... -
Cast Your Vote for Awakening 2013 Female Fighter Awards
December 27, 2013Voting Ends January 1st 2014 – Lots of Categories Just some of the nominations from a few categories below (oh my God, I’m on there!): My vote for female Fighter of the Year goes to... -
The Male Nature of Thai Clich – Play, Dramatization, and Domination
December 25, 2013The Inherent Nature of Thai Clinch This video was shot about 25-30 minutes into a clinching session at the tail end of afternoon training. Initially, everyone jumped in to help Big with his clinch because he... -
Risking Failure in Fighting – What Greatness Means to Me
December 23, 2013I came across a wonderful quote by the great inventor Thomas Edison a while back, “I’ve never failed,” he said, “I discovered ten thousand ways that don’t work.” It’s inspirational because it advises persistence, that failing...