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James Gregory’s Excellent Fight Writing – Why Fighting Changes Everything
October 5, 2012You take all of the intensity of the training and funnel and filter it through the years that make up your training career, to the months ahead of the fight, to the six weeks you... -
Time On My Side – Podcast on Muay Thai
October 4, 2012This morning I woke up without my alarm and could see a soft pink light peeking through the narrow parting of my floor-to-ceiling balcony curtains. I got up and gathered my things before heading over to... -
Highlights from Girl’s S-Cup in Japan – Erika Kamimura and RENA
October 3, 2012Above are highlights from the Girls S-Cup in Japan, August 25th of this year. These girls fight relatively close to my weight class and I’ve had my eye on Erika Kamimura after her knock out... -
Training Vids, Two Days Before 25th Fight [vid]
October 1, 2012My next fight is on a Tuesday, which is quite a change from my usual Friday schedule. That means training on Sunday as my final full day and, since that’s usually a rest day for... -
Never Plan For a Light Day – Muay Thai Training
September 28, 2012I was all ready to have a less-than-hardcore afternoon training session because I’m pretty beat today from not getting enough sleep last night. But it wasn’t in the cards for me, apparently: while doing padwork... -
Arm Strength for Clinch – Muay Thai Technique [vid]
September 28, 2012A couple weeks ago Andy showed me how to hold the bag during knees in order to strengthen my forearms and shoulders for the clinch. This video is a demonstration of that technique: use your... -
Muay Thai Party Favors: Watch a Fight and Leave With One!
September 27, 2012Seeing fights that occur before or directly after my own bout is an entirely different experience from going to fight night as a spectator. Tuesday night provided just such an opportunity and, having a scheduled border... -
Winning is a Buffer – Video Journal Update [vid]
September 25, 2012It’s four days after my 24th fight and I filmed a video journal update out at the Chiang Mai University fields where I like to do sprints. It’s been a rough four days, emotionally speaking. Just... -
Altered Ego – Compartmentalizing Fight Mentality
September 24, 2012I’m a Sega Genesis girl. We had Nintendo and Atari when I was a kid, but all my favorite games were for Genesis. The game I played the most was Altered Beast, a completely ridiculous side-scrolling... -
Gotta Have a Montage – Training in Perspective
September 22, 2012My general pattern over the past 5 months has been to fight every 14 days, giving me 10 full days of training between matches. It’s a comfortable pattern and I like it. It’s enough time to...
