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Practice Makes Unconscious – Deeper Lessons from Chatchai
November 2, 2025I absent-mindedly run my left index finger along my jawline, something I do when reading, speaking, or watching a movie. Just where my last molar sits, but on the bottom edge of the bone, I feel... -
“Fear and the Coil” – the use of fear in fighting
October 18, 2025My sister, Nyxi, and I follow her mother into a small practice studio on the Naropa campus. The room is spare and has no windows, with just a minimal amount of space between the piano at... -
Recognition vs Judgement: the Gift of Neutrality
October 5, 2025I keep my tempo slow and steady, feeling my weight shift from one foot to the other as I throw punches: jab, cross, hook… shift, shift… cross, uppercut, hook. Chatchai first watches me from behind, assessing... -
The Primacy of Nature – Sabai, Mua, Tammachat
December 12, 2024Sabai I focus fiercely on the pads strapped to each forearm of my trainer, Kru Den, as he calls out which strikes he wants me to throw into them. He calls for a kick and I... -
What I Know Through Experience: Information Does Not Equal Knowledge
August 28, 2023After my last Kard Chuek fight, I had a decent black eye and some scratches on the left side of my face from the rope wraps. The impact had occurred mostly in the first round, while... -
Fighting For a World Title at the WBC Amazing Muay Thai Festival
February 8, 2023see Kevin’s beautiful photos from the event here Some of my thoughts and experiences of this past weekend, as part of a big event. The Tourism Authority of Thailand has a catchphrase, which I think is... -
The Pain of Not Belonging
January 22, 2023I listened, recently, to a book about how women are mostly concerned/afraid about protection and men are mostly concerned/afraid about feeling shame. There was interesting research into how babies, just naturally, fall along the male/female line... -
I’m startled awake by a sound on the front deck of my kuti…
December 30, 2022I’m startled awake by a sound on the front deck of my kuti, a little stand alone, elevated, single-room hut. This is a meditation center and there are maybe 5 kutis on this side of the... -
The Art of Binding – Kard Chuek, Kata and Knowledge
December 26, 2021Fight #269 – The plastic I sat cross-legged on crinkled as I changed position, the hard blades of grass that sat outside its limits bit at my thighs with every shifted pose. A group of high... -
Muay Thai Bones #26: MMA Coming to Lumpinee, Cloaking Sexuality, The Turtle & The Dragon
November 30, 2021We’ve heard how much everyone has been enjoying the Muay Thai Bones over the years, thank you for sending us messages on how you listen to our epic deep dives into Muay Thai. We know the...
