Tag Archives: Muay Thai

The selfish and lonely journey – filled with pain, joy and new trainers!!

Recently I have had a lot of struggles linking to my life back home in Australia – things that have caused me a lot of pain and stress. I really questioned my being here, doing what I am doing, and wondering if the personal sacrifices I have made to be here are really worth the […]

Fight 6

I think what I hate the most, is knowing how well I train, in clinching and sparring, and then seeing the gap between that and my fights. It’s so frustrating that my brain just doesn’t seem to connect the dots. I know how to step knee – so why can’t I do it in a fight. […]

Songkran, World Muay Thai Angels and Koh Samui

Unfortunately this is coming to you quite late after the fact. Fight training has been all consuming (as per usual!) April 13, 2014, marked the day of the Thai New Year of which the Songkran Festival is celebrated. How do the Thai’s celebrate their new years? With a communal, all out water fight!! The streets […]

Perceptions…

An interesting conversation arose recently after I had posted a video of two of our young Thai boys clinching at training. I remember the first ever fight night I went to in Thailand back in 2011. The first fight of the night were two small boys about 7 or 8 years old. I was horrified.  I […]