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Fighter Mail I got a message the other day from a woman who had just competed in her second ever amateur kickboxing match.  She felt she’d been mismatched against a heavier and much “better” opponent and...

November 26, 2013 – some thoughts before my 63rd fight.   Follow my Muay Thai writings by email you can read them right from your Inbox...

 Erika Kamimura Erika is amazing and I kind of love her.  It wasn’t until Charlie Jewett – who is the source for info and news on top female Japanese fighters (for us non-speakers of Japanese) – DM’d...

Sometimes it’s hard to love the things you love.  You don’t “choose” to love something, necessarily, but you do choose to believe in the love you have for it at times when you are not feeling...

Nicknames Thais have a bunch of names – first there’s the given name, which is usually auspicious and something that remarks on the future wealth and good luck of the named child.  These names can be...

Nong Jeen is trainer Neung’s six-year-old daughter.  She lives most of the time with Neung’s mother, probably due to school – it’s not unusual at all in Thailand for the rearing of children to be shared...

Crowd Sourcing and Kickstarter As some of you may know – and some of you might have indeed taken part in this – my website 8limbs.us was made possible through crowd sourcing, specifically Kickstarter.  The cost...

            Auction is currently live, bidding ends November 15th, 2013 ( 22:45:50 Greenwich Mean Time) – I will be posting the photographic print from here in Thailand, so if you want...

there is a lot of GIF media in this post, so you may want to give it time to load.  Isolate any GIF by just clicking on it. The Post Last week I put up a...

Guest Post you can find Moe on Facebook here On Sept, 20th, 2013, I became a professional Muay Thai fighter. I fought on a Lion Fight Promotion card in Las Vegas and it was broadcast on...