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					Swan | Aftermath of a Muay Thai FightAugust 19, 2012Intensity and Purpose I don’t believe I’ve ever trained harder than for my 22nd fight. It’s a different world of training and fighting here in Thailand, so to the western reader that sentence may be interpreted...
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					Video Journal Update Before 22nd Muay Thai Fight [vid]August 14, 2012It finally wasn’t raining during my run this week and I remembered my camera. This is a recipe for success when it comes to actually making a video journal update. Four days before my 22nd...
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					How Pain Breeds ConfidenceAugust 10, 2012Ever since Den hit my nose in padwork and it started spurting blood like a B-movie, he’s been asking me before every training session whether I think I can fight on the 17th. “If not,”...
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					Setting Up the Next Fights with the Promoter [Pic]August 8, 2012Here is JR on the bike after his brilliant win last night – huge, fast combos ending in body shots or leg kicks that just overwhelmed his opponent – and the Lanna boys, with the Kalare...
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					Live Stream Experiment – Chiang Mai Muay ThaiAugust 7, 2012Between 10 am – 12 pm EST Streaming video from Thailand, that is the goal. I experimented some with a Google Hangout before my last fight, and it had mixed result. Tonight I’m going to my...
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					Strength vs Power: Effort in Muay ThaiAugust 6, 2012Flow I’ve been working with Daeng in padwork for the past few days. We’ve worked together before, but only a few times and it came to light recently that he was under the impression that...
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					3 Types of Muay Thai Trainers: Chantal Ughi’s FacebookAugust 5, 2012I saw this posted on her Facebook page of Chantal Ughi (World Champion Muay Thai fighter living and fighting in Bangkok). There are 3 types of Thai trainers in Thailand: 1. the ones who only make...
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					A New Take on Sabai, Sabai, Making Assumptions & Blood WorksAugust 3, 2012Be Careful What You (Might Not Be) Ask(ing) For 1. After a really difficult and rewarding (and valuable) session of padholding this morning with Daeng, I was thrilled to tell my husband that Daeng is really...
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					First Rule of Fight Club: Unspoken Methods and Medicines in Muay ThaiAugust 3, 2012The Ubiquitous Remedy Before my first fight upon returning to Thailand for this year-long stay I was told by one of my trainers that I had to go to the pharmacy and pick up some things. ...
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					Lasting Impressions – Warnings About Fight ReputationJuly 29, 2012A Word of Warning A couple weeks after arriving at Lanna I was chatting with Andy before morning training. It was probably 6:15 AM and we’d just returned to the gym after a run at the...
 
			 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												 
												
 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				 
				