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Drilling Blocks, Speed and HIIT Daeng has decided I need to be faster.  So, instead of running home from the lake four times per week (14 km, including one lap around the lake) he has switched...

A short while ago I started giving free English language lessons to Tor, who is a 19-year-old Thai fighter at Lanna and also happens to be Daeng’s son (one of my favorite trainers).  I’m not a...

Video Journal Update #79 A few of my thoughts today, taking a break from my run. I talk about the training cycle, and adjustments I’m making, as well as the time off post-fight hangover. I’m fighting...

Shadow Boxing Experiment I was sent a video from a fellow female fighter out in New Jersey named Raquel Harris, who is gearing up for an 8 Woman tournament in the Bronx.  The video showed her...

Growing up in Colorado had innumerate perks that I only came to appreciate long after I took them for granted.  City kids in New York and Philadelphia learn how to handle themselves on public transportation from...

            click to go to PayPal.com – pay to lannamuaythai123@gmail.com Khem Lanna Muay Thai meet Khem and his mother in this video I first met Khem about a year ago when...

Muay Thai – Kneeing over the Block The other day I was finishing up my afternoon training with knees on the bag, which is my usual.  It was pounding rain outside, creating this kind of end-of-the-world...

Laurie Berenson is a student of Casey VanBrookhoven in New Jersey, USA.  While I’ve never met Laurie, she wrote to me through my Facebook Muay Thai page and it turns out we know and have trained...

  August 12, 2013 – Kalare Stadium, Chiang Mai – First rounds in Thailand are very different than in the West.  Many times fighters use the round to “feel out” an opponent, displaying speed and skill...

I wrote about the extraordinary documentary film Buddha’s Lost Children the other day and was saddened to hear through a third party that the film might not be available due to the closure of the production...