Currently Reading: Muay Thai

A few days ago I sat on the edge of the ring, dripping sweat from my nose making a splatter pattern on the concrete a few feet below me while I loosened the laces on my...

JR and the Thai Low-Kick JR started training and fighting out of Lanna (Kiat Busaba) when he was about 12 years old.  So he kind of came of age at the camp, learning under trainers who...

Fight Record This is my full fight record up to date. It has become something of an informal quest to reach 50 fights, and now realizing how meaningful the fight process is to me, possibly even...

A few evenings ago after training I watched the four Thai boys climb one by one into the taller men’s ring that sits behind the women’s ring at the gym.  They’ve been giddy for a few...

Clinch For the past maybe six fights Den has been yelling at me for turning sideways in the clinch.  I don’t know where that came from, but it’s in there and I do it without thinking...

I began bartending a few months before I began Muay Thai.  I’m not an outgoing, talkative, or extroverted person so bartending was a big jump for me.  The purpose was to have a job, to make...

Above are two video answers for Lisa of The Glowing Edge female boxing blog, part of her introduction and interview of me: Widening the Doors for Fighting Women: Interview with Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu . It was...

Jab I had it in my mind to use my jab – and boxing generally – against Nong Mai in my fight in Isaan, mainly because of our height disparity.  That didn’t end up being the...

The Night Bazaar is a strange place.  It’s like every shopping hub for tourists in any city – if you don’t want to see any New Yorkers you head to Time Square type of thing.  The...

Above is my Skype interview with Iman Barlow. The image quality is very jumpy but the audio is good. The edited transcript (for clarity) can be found below, and my Introduction to her is here in...