Currently Reading: Muay Thai

(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...

Sak Yant – Sacred...

I get lots of emails and private messages from women (and men) from all around the world sharing their own Muay Thai passions – women from beginners to advanced fighters – and I truly enjoy and...

  Anne Quinlan Interview – Part 1 I first met Anne Quinlan without really meeting her.  I had a fight at the Kalare Night Bazaar in Chiang Mai and she was part of a group comprised...

       Resurrection This is my husband Kevin’s favorite photo. He calls it “Resurrection”. Maestoso caught a precious moment in my last fight. I published a few more of Maestoso’s photos in an earlier post,...

Vine Vine is a new mobile app by Twitter that allows you to make GIF-like, 6 second film loops and post them kinda like how Instagram posts. I’m on Instagram but I’m not on Vine, but...

Muay Thai Scoring Although I had watched a fair amount of Muay Thai as an amateur fighter when I finally moved here, it was evident when watching Muay Thai fights in top stadiums on TV that...