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Training With Sakmongkol – Readiness and Counters – Day 3 – WKO Pattaya
January 18, 2014Today was my first double session. There is no Muay Thai in the morning but they gym is open all day, so I got up and headed over to arrive at the gym by 9:00 AM. ... -
How to Knee a Bag – Muay Thai Bag Instruction from Sakmongkol – WKO Pattaya
January 18, 2014I’ve been in Pattaya getting instruction from Sakmongkol and one of the first things he did (day 2) was show me how he wants me to knee a bag. He was watching me do the... -
Fight Sixty-Seven – Namwan Senyendtaafo
January 18, 2014January 1, 2014 – Loi Kroh Ring, Chiang Mai I took an extra week between this fight and the last one, mainly because when I got back to training after the last one and kicked on... -
Training With Sakmongkol – Instructional Sparring and Intention – Day 2 – WKO Pattaya
January 17, 2014I crashed at 8 PM last night, right after dinner. I hadn’t slept since my nap before afternoon training at Lanna the day before, so I was definitely running on low sleep and having traveled and... -
Training With Sakmongkol – 3 Weeks in Pattaya – Day 1
January 17, 2014Our flight to Bangkok from Chiang Mai was at 6:55 AM, so we were up and heading out the door by 5:30. We weren’t sure if we’d be able to easily find a rot daeng (share... -
Beautiful Words on the Loss of Mauricio Zingano
January 15, 2014With a very heavy heart I read the news this morning that Mauricio Zingano – husband and trainer to UFC contender Cat Zingano – has passed away. The sadness of his passing touches on numerous levels:... -
In Search of Sakmongkol – Going to Pattaya
January 13, 2014about 900 km from Chiang Mai – an hour and 20 minute flight, just South of Bangkok Sakmongkol, Pattaya and Clinch In a shoot-from-the-hip decision, considered over the past few weeks and really decided over the... -
Seeing Stars for the First Time in Two Years
January 7, 2014Our apartment building has a ramp into the main parking area, a 40 foot stretch of concrete on all sides to walk through until your each the glass doors in the back, which require a key-card... -
Playing to Type – the Sexy Exchange Student and Muay Thai
January 6, 2014– This is part of what is likely a series of articles on western female sexuality in Thai gyms – it’s a big topic and I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, and this... -
Sixty-Sixth Fight – Nong Em Tor. Vitaya
December 31, 2013December 28, 2013 – Loi Kroh Stadium I’ve been sick for about a month, but to varying degrees. Between my last fight and this one an upper-respiratory infection that I’d been tackling with antibiotics about a...
