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Video Journal Before 19th Fight
June 26, 2012I stopped at the waterfall to record a video journal update, three days before my 19th fight. There’s a little puppy (two actually, but only one cares that I come by) en route who has decided... -
Lanna Muay Thai in the Evening
June 26, 2012I love the gym at night. As it the sun goes down the space beneath the tin roof starts to darken at the farthest reaches first, slowly being swallowed up to to the side with no... -
Brooks C. Miller’s “How to Fight Like Buakaw” Series
June 25, 2012Brooks C. Miller taught a series of techniques that Buakaw does – any student of Suriya Sak is taught to watch and imitate Buakaw for his beautiful technique, so Brooks is doing right by Master K... -
Thoughts On My 18th Muay Thai Fight
June 25, 2012Wednesday, 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... -
My Daily Workout – Muay Thai
June 23, 2012I’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... -
Eighteenth Fight – Phetkarat Phettonphung
June 21, 2012This fight was a rematch with the girl I fought for my 15th fight and who beat me. I must admit, I was nervous for this fight – before I knew who I was fighting –... -
Act Like It – Confidence In A Performance Culture
June 17, 2012Either 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... -
Thank You To Donors to 8Limbs.Us!
June 15, 2012I’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... -
Boomii and Custom Muay Thai Shorts
June 15, 2012My 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... -
Sakmongkol | Essential Clinch Instruction – Part I
June 12, 2012I 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...