Currently Reading: Muay Thai

Wednesday, June 20th was my 18th Muay Thai fight and 6th since I’ve arrived in Thailand 11 weeks ago. When I first contemplated getting into the ring – actually fighting – my husband asked me how...

I’m posting an example of my average daily workout, 6 days a week generally.  It seems reasonable on a number of levels to do this, not only for my own sake so that I can look...

Either Side of the Ropes Something happens when a woman steps into the ring.  It’s not universal and I cannot speak for everybody,  but I’ve both witnessed this phenomenon on many occasions in other women and...

I’ve been meaning to make this video for a long time now and it feels good to have been able to thank all my backers from Kickstarter by name.  This website wouldn’t be what it is...

My friend Boomii came by today to pick up some of my shorts as examples to make custom Muay Thai shorts. Her family business makes uniforms in Thailand and there is a chance they could begin...

I had the rare and wonderful opportunity to train with Sakmongkol, one-on-one in Colorado before I left for Thailand.  I’m from Boulder and it turns out he teaches out of Zingano BJJ, which has two locations...

It felt like forever between my last fight and this one, even though it was only 14 days.  There wasn’t a big group of folks coming along in one big truck like usual, so it was...

Video was originally posted by nopstar of My Muay Thai – this is invaluable information on how to score and really watch sport Muay Thai. For further study read this article by Tony Myers on scoring...

One of the more difficult aspects of adopting a consistent mental training regimen is being able to identify and acknowledge the numerous ways in which one has been already training negative mental practices.  It’s actually the...

Elbows are pointy and bony and can be painful.  Mine are really little and pointy and very painful; or so I’m told.  Taywin has instructed me before on how to dig the elbows down into the...