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Surround – Thoughts on My 17th Muay Thai Fight
June 10, 2012It 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... -
Seventeenth Fight
June 10, 2012When I first looked across the ring at my opponent she looked much bigger to me. I thought she was taller and her legs looked big, but once we met in the middle to tap gloves... -
Balance & Control – Keys to Muay Thai Scoring – Tony Myers
June 7, 2012Video 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... -
Mind Matter: Mental Training
June 5, 2012One 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... -
Clinch Training with Taywin Using Elbows
June 4, 2012Elbows 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... -
Good Muay Thai Clinch Basics Blog Resource – Brooks Miller
June 3, 2012Clinch Essentials Brooks Miller, a fellow student of Master K’s, posted this excellent breakdown of the basics of Thai clinch technique on my Facebook page, one of the most under-trained aspects of Muay Thai, a sub-art... -
Muay Thai Padwork with Den, Round 5
June 2, 2012This day of training was wonderful and terrible all at once. I woke up tired and just stayed that way all day. I was able to push through it and surprised myself in training, discovering little... -
Master K’s Muay Thai Song
June 2, 2012About 4 months before I left for Thailand I was beginning my sincere efforts to learn the Thai language. Master K told me I should learn “The Muay Thai Song” in Thai and perform it as... -
Muay Thai Clinch Technique With Taywin
June 1, 2012A few days ago I watched the whole gym shift into the two rings while I worked outside of them. Everyone was clinching except me. As one of very few women at the gym I do... -
“Glap Maa” – The Comeback Dog
May 31, 2012The Comeback Dog I had last Friday off because I was fighting on Saturday. At breakfast on Friday a kid from the camp came in and told me that it’s a pain when I’m not there...