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Judging Youth – Young, Great Male (and Female) Thai Fighters
January 16, 2015There has been some vague criticism toward me regarding the age of the Thai opponents I’ve been fighting. I have attempted to elevate the criticisms to a point of discussion by addressing the various facts about... -
The Modernization of Muay Thai – A Timeline
January 10, 2015Kevin put together the nice graphic above for me, the below timeline was co-authored by Kevin and myself I’ve been reading through Peter Vail’s November 2014 article: Muay Thai: Inventing Tradition for a National Symbol.PDF and... -
The Real Men of Muay Thai – Worn Like Stones by Water
January 9, 2015Guest Post by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu There is a very touching piece written by Lindsey Newhall for Fightland: Life of a Pad-Man: A Muay Thai Trainer’s Remorse. The pinnacle of the story is where Dam, a... -
short film – A Day of My Training – Love the Grind
January 3, 2015above – our short film on a typical day of my training here in Pattaya (25 min) – วิดีโอซ้อมมวยกิจวัตรประจำวันค่ะ อยู่ที่พัทยาค่ะ We’ve been wanting to do this for a while, making a full day of training in... -
Disappointments & Falling In Love Again – Honey Badger training in Thailand
January 3, 2015a Guest Post by Honey Badger MG I had traveled 22 hours and spent a week traveling the country with my fiancé. We explored the cities, visited the wats, and bathed elephants in a river surrounded... -
Endurance is a Skill – The Practice of Belief and Fatigue in Overtraining
December 29, 2014This post is a continuation of thinking presented in The Myth of Overtraining: Endurance Physical and Mental for Muay Thai and also The Fragility of Western Masculinity before it. For those that have a significant belief... -
The Trouble With Belts – Disorder, Money and Madness
December 21, 2014It’s December 20th and Modt Ek, who corners for me sometimes when I travel to fights, is trying to convince me to take a Western Boxing match at Royal Field in five days. It’s not last-minute... -
Sylvie’s Tips – Train the Matrix on the Bag – (Tawanchai) Jatukam Petchrungruang
December 21, 2014Just a little bagwork drill/game that I ran into in the gym by one of my favorite young fighters, Jatukam. Jatukam is 14 or 15 years old and just crushes his competition at Lumpinee and...