Currently Reading: Muay Thai

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...

The Golden Horse Monastery- Muay Thai The above is the opening scene of the documentary Buddha’s Lost Children, which I had the opportunity to watch recently. It follows the work of the Golden Horse Monastery, and...

The Week After 50th Fight – Big and Better Fifty fights was a goal for me, but it was also a goal that I’ve intended to surpass for a while.  As the actual fight approached, the...

  Big is probably my favorite fighter at the camp.  He’s got the kind of energy that makes me smile just by seeing him.  He swaggers around, unable to pass by a bag without hitting it,...

(above: 5 minute film) Fighting the Dream – Muay Thai Film Short Some time ago I got a message on my Facebook page from Rosie Brown, a freelance journalist based in Bangkok, asking if I’d be...

   Photo Exhibition – July 19, 2013 I’ve posted about the marvelous Muay Thai photographs of Maestoso Top and Piyarat Jeasukon in Photographs from Chiang Mai Students and again with Muay Thai Resurrection. You can see some...

Leading Up to My 48th Fight I’ve had some pretty big gaps (for me) between my last few fights, with full weeks in between.  In that time I’ve adjusted my training somewhat (increased mileage) and I’ve...

by Emma Thomas After my last fight, I wasn’t feeling my best. I’d given a poor performance and felt like I’d let down and disappointed a lot of people, including myself. It...