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The Impossible: 450 Fights, Lumpinee Belt, Olympic Gold
March 24, 2018At some point around 130 fights, when I became the westerner with the most fights ever in Thailand, my new goal of 200 fights was met by some of my followers with a kind of, “awesome,... -
My Preserve the Legacy Podcast – Listening In On Training Sessions
March 13, 2018Kevin came up with the idea to publish the commentaries I do on my privates with legends and top krus for the Muay Thai Library – Preserve the Legacy project as a podcast. I watch the sessions... -
4 Legends Coming Together For an Epic Seminar in Bangkok – April 4
March 8, 2018In the first week of April, we will be hosting a 4 Legends Seminar in Bangkok with Dieselnoi, Karuhat, Chatchai and Namkabuan. You can find out more about it here. Each one of these men is... -
Meet Gary Boyson – Losing Weight, Gaining Spirit At Petchrungruang Gym
March 3, 2018above, my extended interview with Gary Boyson, someone who plans on coming to Petchrungruang for years now. Listen to what Petchrungruang has been like, and why he’s fallen in love with it (27 min). He’s lost... -
David Goggins, Superheroes and the Purpose of Suffering
March 1, 2018Kevin and I are sitting in the car, driving up to a fight in Isaan and listening to one of Joe Rogan’s podcasts with David Goggins as the guest. Up until a couple days ago, I’d... -
Dark Roads – Driving Lost in Thailand
February 25, 2018Kevin and I are looking for my fight. It’s early still, so we have time, but I have a growing nervousness in my stomach as we wind down ever-darkening roads with fewer and fewer streetlights. I... -
Fight 175 – Sylvie Petchrungruang vs Yodying Sor. Sumalee
February 16, 2018February 18, 2017 – Thapae Stadium, Chiang Mai – full fight video here, or full fight video with commentary here In my first couple years in Thailand, I fought Yodying a bunch of times. This one... -
The Jade Dragon Set – At the Very Start of Muay Thai
February 12, 2018In the dimming light of evening training, when the fluorescent bulbs above the ring become more severe, the Jade Dragon Set comes running through the gate and leap onto the tires that line the far side... -
Building Tough – The Making of Men at Petchrungruang
January 29, 2018My bag swings away from me and in the pendulum peak away from me I glimpse inside the ring, where a 13-year-old boy is sparring with a man three or four times his size. The bag... -
The Brilliance of Karuhat’s Forward Check | Offensive Defense From Southpaw
January 28, 2018Yodkhunpon, the “Elbow Hunter of 100 Stitches,” has this favorite fahn sok forward elbow that he likes to teach. You have to lean forward and step around to the blind spot of your opponent, pretty much at the...
