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Meditation and Muay Thai – The Deeper Connection
November 9, 2017I’ve introduced meditation into my practice many times. I’m not consistent with it, so usually it’s trying to get 10 minutes per day, or at least 2 minutes before practice, or maybe 5 minutes during an... -
Gender: What Being Called a Man Means in Muay Thai
October 29, 2017I’ve been called a man twice in the past month – something I’ve experienced many times in Thailand and in the past largely read as a mixed insult or at best a backhanded compliment. It’s not... -
Ganesha and the Day I Trained with Samart
October 21, 2017Our rental car is rolling slowly down these narrow side streets. So narrow, in fact, that we often have to pull all the way over to the side and stay still while another car eeks past... -
Becoming Yodmuay and the Silhouette Test
October 16, 2017I’m seated, hunched over on this plastic bench at the far end of the gym and dripping sweat into a puddle at my feet. Angie is sitting on the wooden chair next to me, our knees... -
Things I’m Learning About Muay Thai – A Husband’s Point of View
October 5, 2017Below is my husband Kevin’s entry in his journal which is now following his attempt to get in shape and finally train in the Muay Thai that he loves, starting at 279 lbs. You can read... -
Mental Training Weeks 10 and 11 – Making The Categories Of My Life and ID
September 29, 2017I’m combining these two weeks and assignments because they are hugely contrasting with each other, but also go work together in tandem. Week 10 is sorting your life into categories that you can break down and... -
Road to Lumpinee – Angie Makes History as a Transgender Fighter
September 28, 2017read the lead up: Making History: Angie the 1st Transgender fighter at Lumpinee On September 19th, 2017 I made my first trip to the new Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. I’d been to the old Lumpinee, this... -
Muay Thai Luck in Thailand | Talking With Angie
September 22, 2017Angie’s beverage shop is on the side of a road that cuts between the very busy Thepprasit and equally busy Pattaya Tai roads. There are constantly motorbikes and cars wizzing past, occasionally pulling to the side... -
Week 9 Mental Training – Emotional Mastery and Vanquishing Ghosts
September 12, 2017This week is a continuation of last week’s emotional focus. The first step is awareness, so tracking our emotions throughout last week allowed us to be aware of tendencies, patterns and thought traps. I’ve never really... -
Making History: Angie First Transgender Fighter
September 11, 2017Email subscribers, see the interview here Almost two years ago I interviewed Angie in anticipation of her first Muay Thai fight, after only a few months of training in Muay Thai. Remarkably, two weeks from now...
