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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... -
Four Beautiful Photos by Emanuele Siracusa – #fight66 [pics]
December 31, 2013Emanuele contacted me on Facebook not long before my last fight and asked about photography opportunities at Loi Kroh. I told him that it was very casual there, and looked forward to meeting him. My husband... -
Ronda Rousey Handshake – the Question of Sportsmanship
December 31, 2013UFC 168 aired this past weekend and because I’m in Thailand I had to remove myself from the internet for about a day in order to not see spoilers prior to being able to watch the... -
Cast Your Vote for Awakening 2013 Female Fighter Awards
December 27, 2013Voting Ends January 1st 2014 – Lots of Categories Just some of the nominations from a few categories below (oh my God, I’m on there!): My vote for female Fighter of the Year goes to... -
Sixty-Fifth Fight – Nong Phet Kor. Saklamphun
December 27, 2013This fight was very loosely intended to be against a fighter named Baifern, who is an opponent who I have managed to not face off against in over a year and a half of being in... -
The Male Nature of Thai Clich – Play, Dramatization, and Domination
December 25, 2013The Inherent Nature of Thai Clinch This video was shot about 25-30 minutes into a clinching session at the tail end of afternoon training. Initially, everyone jumped in to help Big with his clinch because he... -
Risking Failure in Fighting – What Greatness Means to Me
December 23, 2013I came across a wonderful quote by the great inventor Thomas Edison a while back, “I’ve never failed,” he said, “I discovered ten thousand ways that don’t work.” It’s inspirational because it advises persistence, that failing...
