Currently Reading: Muay Thai

  For those who don’t already follow, Rosy Hayward’s Female Muay Thai News, Archive and Rumors Facebook Group (open to anyone) is one of the heartbeats of female Muay Thai online conversation. A lot of world...

It’s incredible how much happens in a single evening.  Maybe it’s part of being “outside” of the culture in which one is immersed, as it attunes the mental and emotional feelers to everything and little details...

 Taking a Day Off I don’t really take days off from training.  My “day off” usually consists of half a day of training and I like it that way.  I’m not a “type A” personality who...

  Power in Modesty? I just read an online article on the topic of Evangelical clothing stores popping up “all over” Brazil. The author is quick to note that Brazil is “known for it’s tiny bikinis,”...

The other morning I was in the ring with Nook, trying my best to stay composed and focused on my own goals whilst he did his best to turn the whole ordeal into a game that...

  You take all of the intensity of the training and funnel and filter it through the years that make up your training career, to the months ahead of the fight, to the six weeks you...

This morning I woke up without my alarm and could see a soft pink light peeking through the narrow parting of my floor-to-ceiling balcony curtains.  I got up and gathered my things before heading over to...

  I was all ready to have a less-than-hardcore afternoon training session because I’m pretty beat today from not getting enough sleep last night.  But it wasn’t in the cards for me, apparently: while doing padwork...

  A couple weeks ago Andy showed me how to hold the bag during knees in order to strengthen my forearms and shoulders for the clinch.  This video is a demonstration of that technique: use your...

Seeing fights that occur before or directly after my own bout is an entirely different experience from going to fight night as a spectator.  Tuesday night provided just such an opportunity and, having a scheduled border...