Currently Reading: Muay Thai

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...

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...

       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,...