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How I Ended Up Demoing Buakaw’s Fight In the Checkout Aisle
July 30, 2015Everyone is talking about Buakaw’s loss to a Russian fighter last night in Hong Kong. I stopped into my usual grocer and was at the checkout counter when one of the baggers behind me started going... -
Should You Train Clinch With Gloves or Without Gloves? Pros and Cons
July 28, 2015You can read all of my Muay Thai clinch articles here. Caley Reece, one of the best female clinch fighters in the world, said something interesting along the lines of “Always train clinch with gloves, you... -
Muscle Power – Aurora, Sophie and Flex Candy Changing the Female Body
July 22, 2015When I came home the other day my husband Kevin was interested in how I would view this promotional video (above), shot to highlight fitness model, Muay Thai practitioner and lifter Aurora LZ – who I’ve... -
Sometimes It’s Okay to Break – On A Very Bad Training Day
July 20, 2015I sat quietly, wrapping my hands in the main room of the gym, facing the ring. The light in the mornings pours in with impunity and sometimes it’s hard to focus on the farther edges of... -
Navigating Western Feminism, Traditional Thailand and Muay Thai
July 19, 2015There is a natural division in western feminist thinking, and in some way this post is about that divide. But much more it is about the situational ethics, the principles we may want to protect and... -
Who Loves Muay Thai in Thailand? A Digital Map of Muay Thai Interest
July 17, 2015The above is a heat map that works as a kind of answer to the question “Who Loves Muay Thai in Thailand?” As well as a listing of the top provinces on that map. The data... -
2 Vlog Updates – Doing Some Research – Training Around Injury
July 14, 2015Two vlog updates from this week. The first is from Bangkok when I visited the National Library trying to track down an article from 1972 which supposedly relates the famous “woman in the ring” event at... -
A Lesson in Muay Thai Scoring – Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs Duannapa | 2013
July 7, 2015I’ve posted and talked about this fight elsewhere, but recently the video was sent to me by someone who has been practicing Muay Thai for more than a decade, and who I know to be interested... -
Women, Clinch and Sexuality in Thailand – Perils of “Bplum” and the Eros of the Neck
June 28, 2015To begin, these are my observations as a female fighter in Thailand who has pursued learning clinch for 3+ years. Other female fighters may have had other experiences, but difference of experience does not mean that... -
Crunching Knee and Preventing Knee Pain – Rolling Chondromalacia Patella
June 25, 2015The above video is responsible for a very quick improvement in knee pain I started experiencing earlier this week. I’d had this knee pain before but never did anything for it – I’m not sure why...
