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Eighty-First Fight – Benchamin Luketaidon
July 5, 2014July 4th, 2014 – Pattaya Boxing World Stadium, Pattaya – This fight came up, disappeared, I had another one scheduled for the 14th and then that was cancelled and this one was confirmed five days before... -
Learned a New Muay Thai Clinch Throw From Mawin Today – This One Is Simple
July 1, 2014The New Throw I Learned Today This afternoon I headed over to the O. Meekhun gym after my regular afternoon session. It’s literally across the highway and takes maybe 5 minutes to get to by motorbike,... -
Adopting Jai the Jungle Dog – Love and Complications of Having a Dog in Thailand
June 28, 2014a video introduction to Jai Bamroong, the Patriarch of Petchrungruang Gym, is looking at me through his thick, Coke bottle glasses and his eyes are glimmering under his slicked back hair. His question is in Thai... -
Celebrating the Female Face – Bloody Face Photos from Female Fighters
June 24, 2014Ladies, Send in Your Bloodied Face Fighter Photos This is a call for female fighters to send me photos of their own bloodied face, to join a wall of women who have had their faces bloodied... -
Slowing Down Bagwork & Shadow – No More Small Steps – Petchrungruang
June 22, 2014The above video is the last round of my first attempt at slowing down my bagwork to focus on footwork and cutting out excessive steps – tiny foot shuffles I use for adjustment and filler. The... -
Redeeming a Bad Attitude in Muay Thai Training – WKO Pattaya
June 19, 2014A few days ago Kru Mutt at WKO asked me if I wanted to fight in China in three weeks. I don’t. But throughout my afternoon session at WKO there was a back-and-forth between us about... -
Training at Two Gyms – Investments and Monogamy in Muay Thai
June 16, 2014I certainly don’t expect that there are many sports, arts, or even personal relationships that are entirely open to a student splitting themselves between two places. To the most obvious point, the relationship between teacher and... -
Eightieth Fight – Gaewdtaa Por. Muangphet
June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 – Thepprasit Stadium, Pattaya Back in the Saddle My last fight in Chiang Mai was unfortunately my 79th and I missed the chance to have one more before moving down to Pattaya on... -
Returning to Petchrungruang – First Week After Moving to Pattaya
June 9, 2014We drove down to Pattaya from Chiang Mai with my trainer Daeng and a large portion of his family. We’d initially asked Daeng to drive... -
Blog-muay-thaiCamp ExperienceFightingMental Training for Muay ThaiMuay ThaiSakmongkolTraining with SakmongkolFirst Week Back at WKO After Moving to Pattaya – Sakmongkol
June 9, 2014Having learned from our experiences from our first trip down to Pattaya three months ago, Kevin and I decided that we’d have our...
