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Eat Your Heart Out – Calories for Muay Thai Training
August 15, 2012About a week ago two guys showed up to the gym and both decided simultaneously that Thais only eat two meals per day. Maybe they’d asked the trainers how they should be eating by asking what... -
Video Journal Update Before 22nd Muay Thai Fight [vid]
August 14, 2012It finally wasn’t raining during my run this week and I remembered my camera. This is a recipe for success when it comes to actually making a video journal update. Four days before my 22nd... -
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August 10, 2012Ever since Den hit my nose in padwork and it started spurting blood like a B-movie, he’s been asking me before every training session whether I think I can fight on the 17th. “If not,”... -
Setting Up the Next Fights with the Promoter [Pic]
August 8, 2012Here is JR on the bike after his brilliant win last night – huge, fast combos ending in body shots or leg kicks that just overwhelmed his opponent – and the Lanna boys, with the Kalare... -
Live Stream Experiment – Chiang Mai Muay Thai
August 7, 2012Between 10 am – 12 pm EST Streaming video from Thailand, that is the goal. I experimented some with a Google Hangout before my last fight, and it had mixed result. Tonight I’m going to my... -
Strength vs Power: Effort in Muay Thai
August 6, 2012Flow I’ve been working with Daeng in padwork for the past few days. We’ve worked together before, but only a few times and it came to light recently that he was under the impression that... -
3 Types of Muay Thai Trainers: Chantal Ughi’s Facebook
August 5, 2012I saw this posted on her Facebook page of Chantal Ughi (World Champion Muay Thai fighter living and fighting in Bangkok). There are 3 types of Thai trainers in Thailand: 1. the ones who only make... -
A New Take on Sabai, Sabai, Making Assumptions & Blood Works
August 3, 2012Be Careful What You (Might Not Be) Ask(ing) For 1. After a really difficult and rewarding (and valuable) session of padholding this morning with Daeng, I was thrilled to tell my husband that Daeng is really... -
First Rule of Fight Club: Unspoken Methods and Medicines in Muay Thai
August 3, 2012The Ubiquitous Remedy Before my first fight upon returning to Thailand for this year-long stay I was told by one of my trainers that I had to go to the pharmacy and pick up some things. ... -
Little Fighter-in-Training, Nam [pic]
July 30, 2012This is a photo of Nam, the wonderful girl I wrote about in Expect the Unexpected two weeks ago. I went to the gym this afternoon (Sunday, “off day”) for some light training in the afternoon...
