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Way of Life – Children, Thailand & Muay | Film Review of Buffalo Girls
November 13, 2012Child Boxers: Stam and Pet Also see my Skype Interview with Director Todd Kellstein Buffalo Girls opens on a shot of the rice fields of rural Thailand. The wet and green of the landscape under sunlight... -
PRI’s The World Radio Interview With Me – “American Muay Thai Fighter in Thailand”
November 10, 2012A few months ago I was interviewed at they gym by a fellow who is an international journalist for the PRI, which is an affiliate of the BBC. He introduced himself as David Hecht and the... -
Keep Your Shirt On – Another Read on Thai Modesty
November 8, 2012A few weeks ago I posted an entry on Thai modesty and the issue of bare chests (on men) within and outside of the camp, titled “Of Modesty and Men -Thai Manners In and Out of... -
Twenty-Eighth Fight – Nong Kwang Wor. bor. Chiangmai
November 5, 2012I was initially scheduled to fight a woman who I’d seen compete for a title belt at Loi Kroh Stadium a month ago. She’d challenged the current belt holder and lost and the promoter requested me,... -
Me and the Tigers at Tiger Kingdom – Mae Rim, Thailand
November 4, 2012Every time one climbs into a Songtaew (red share cab) to get anywhere in Chiang Mai the only thing to look at (other than each other) in the bed of the truck are signs for Doi... -
Ringside and Ropeside – Best View of Muay Thai
November 3, 2012I’ve noted over time that there are drastic differences between how a fight looks in the ring as a fighter or referee, beside the ring as a judge at the feet of the action, and then... -
pre-28th Fight Video Journal Update from Tiger Kingdom in Mae Rim [vid]
November 3, 2012Tigers and Muay Thai Here is my Video Journal update from today the day before my 28th fight tomorrow which happens to be my birthday as well. Some thoughts about how it is going and about... -
Fine Interview with Female Muay Thai Fighter Lindsay Scheer – A Thoughtful Fighter
October 30, 2012photo source, credit: Josephine Runeboom (2011) I wrote about Lindsay Scheer two years ago in a blog post titled “Undo” in which I quoted a statement from her Facebook page following a fluke accident involving the... -
The Way of Certainty – Experimentation, Experience and Why I Love Training in Thailand
October 24, 2012I get excited by the idea of fighting with other fighters from the gym – I like the shared experience of preparations, watching each other get our hands wrapped in order of who fights first, the... -
Female Bodies – What Inspires Me?
October 22, 2012Form and Function and Sex: The Killer Butt Women’s bodies occupy a strange cross-section of form and function in the world of athletics. This is not to say that male bodies do not hold complex positions...
