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Sylvie’s Tips – Arm Position on the Kick, A Different Arm Angle
December 12, 2015a cross position and slash motion on the arm swing The Muay Thai Kick Arm Swing Angle One of the things you learn when you come to Thailand longer term is that there are many, many... -
A Brief Interview with ‘Big Bear’ from Ong Bak – Nick Kara at WKO
December 11, 2015Above is my brief interview with Nick Kara, a trainer at WKO here in Pattaya, and some clips from his fight career. Meeting Ong Bak’s Big Bear Nick is a big dude and is an equally... -
Muay Thai Vlogging Every Day in December – Video Diary
December 10, 2015I asked for feedback from my Patreon supporters, things they’d like to see, and one of my post steadfast supporters said they’d like to see another month of vlogging every day. I vlogged every day in... -
One Hundred and Thirty-First Fight – Chalaamlek Phetdaotaan
December 9, 2015November 25, 2015 – Sattahip, Loi Krathong Festival – full fight video above You know when you’re at a festival. There’s no question of, “is it here?” because it’s all fluorescent lights, blaring bass over the... -
A Custom Mongkol Made from My Mother’s Skirt – Tradition and Woven History
December 7, 2015Buying a Mongkol for myself the first time, almost two years ago, was a very important moment for me. Traditionally, Mongkol are traditionally given to fighters by their masters or are handed down as part of... -
One Hundred and Thirtieth Fight – Gaewdaa Por. Muangpet
December 6, 2015November 17, 2015 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pi Nu’s Birthday and my brother John’s Birthday – full fight video above The Day of the Fight – Pi Nu’s Birthday The gym had been transformed from a haven... -
Sak Yant and Invulnerability in Muay Thai – A Constellation of 8 Yant
December 5, 2015Sak Yant, My Belief and Muay Thai Invulnerability There are, to me, significant differences between the invulnerability of those who deflect bullets, and the invulnerability of those who absorb bullets but keep moving forward. The second... -
Some Padwork with Daeng at Lanna Muay Thai – With Commentary
December 3, 2015Fighting the next day I still wanted to get a round of padwork in: one, to stay sharp after all that driving; two, because my old trainer Daeng had returned from a lengthy stay in China,... -
Learning to Read Affection in Thai Muay Thai – Lessons from my Father
December 1, 2015My dad is not a complicated guy. The things he needs to be comfortable and happy are very simple and have largely been the same for the 32 years I’ve known him. The difficulty is in... -
Breaking Down Some Elements of Awesome Muay Thai Clinch Technique
November 29, 2015Sataanmuanglek Numponthep – Magician A few days a go a clinch video swept across Facebook, featuring the young fighter Sataanmuanglek Numponthep just looking incredible in “man in the middle” training. This kind of training is very...
