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Visiting Master Toddy’s Bangkok Gym – Training With Emma Thomas
August 7, 2014Waking up before 5:00 AM in order to get into a rented car and drive into Bangkok for a 7:30 AM training session doesn’t seem like something one would be jumping to do. I’ve been wanting... -
My 15 Most Read Muay Thai Posts – What is Popular With Readers
August 3, 2014I just noticed that I’ve written over 400 blog posts on Muay Thai and my experience of it, so far. It’s like one of those things, you just keep at it and you get somewhere. Here... -
Fighting In the 2014 Queen’s Cup And Against Saya Ito
August 1, 2014This is unbelievable. My friend Emma Thomas of Under the Ropes was kind enough to ask Master Toddy, with whom she trains in Bangkok, to find me a fight on the Queen’s Birthday in Bangkok. For... -
Traveling with PhetJee Jaa – the Girl Finally Fights the Boy – Real and Not Real
July 27, 2014if you’d like to follow the PhetJee Jaa Documentary project click here. I’m standing next to the ladder, painted blue to match the corner, that leads up into the Muay Thai ring at a military university... -
Hyperthermic Conditioning – Sauna and the Possible Thai Advantage of Heat Training
July 24, 2014(above) Rhonda Patrick’s 15 minute video on the advantages of sauna hyperthermic conditioning This article is in some ways a continuation of the thought begun in my article: The Myth of Overtraining in Muay Thai, which... -
The Myth of Overtraining – Endurance, Physical and Mental for Muay Thai
July 21, 2014This piece flowed out of my experiences that led to writing The Fragility of Western Masculinity, and responses to this post lead to me writing Endurance is a Skill. Read All My Articles on Overtraining Preface... -
Playing at O. Meekhun Gym – Clinching, Padwork and Sparring With the Family
July 13, 2014Getting Work In at O. Meekhun It is a serious pleasure coming from Petchrungruang in the afternoons, over to O. Meekhun. As the motorbike climbs the dirt road and a vista of land opens up with... -
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July 11, 2014Afternoon training at Petchrungruang yesterday was a pendulum swinging between, “hey, that’s not so bad,” to “holy hell, I’m never going to make it through this.” I didn’t feel well, mostly fatigued and feeling a little... -
Muay Thai at the FamilyMart? On Motorcycle Taxi Guys and Muay Thai
July 7, 2014I was shooting my Vlog this evening on my run and was surprised by this kind of amazing sight at 4:27 of this video, when I happened upon a couple drivers kicking Muay Thai pads in... -
How to Treat Shins – Healing Longer Lasting Shin Swelling In Muay Thai
July 6, 2014This is my video demonstration of additional methods to treat and help heal shins that are bumped, swollen, or damaged from Muay Thai. For the primary care methods please see my videos at the bottom of...
