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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... -
Fight 171 – Sylvie Petchrungruang vs Baifern Bor. Puiboonput
September 6, 2017January 24, 2017 – Kawilla Stadium, Chiang Mai – Live on Channel 3, three round fight A few days before this fight I got a message from Kru Daeng, who usually corners for me, that he... -
Mental Training Week 8 – Emotional Tracking and Autopsy
September 4, 2017Week 8 of Niyi Sobo’s “Lucky 12” mental training group is all about the “emotional playbook.” In short, you become aware of your habitual or patterned emotions, figure out why they’re happening and then map out... -
Fight 170 – Sylvie Petchrungruang vs Nang Hong Liangprasert
September 3, 2017January 7, 2017 – Thapae Stadium, Chiang Mai – full fight video Oh man, this fight. I don’t have a whole lot to say about the fight itself, it was very short and I was basically... -
Getting Into the Art Supplies, Growing Up
August 31, 2017This is a portion of a longer conversation going on in Our women only forum thread on my Body Conscious article in the Muay Thai Roundtable forum. The women only section is a semi-private space for women to... -
Golden Age Muay Thai | Watch Commentary on Fights With Legends
August 30, 2017Below are three fights from Thailand’s Golden Age or so, a period of time which featured some of the best fighters Thailand has ever produced. One of the things I’m doing on my new Facebook focused... -
Alter Ego – Week 7 | The Mental Work of Defining A Powerful Self
August 28, 2017This is part of a weekly series where I write about my experiences in Niyi Sobo’s 12-week Mental Training group. This is week 7. This week’s assignment is filling out an Alter Ego ID Card. The idea...
