Living in Thailand and being able to train every single morning is something I feel thankful for every day. I get to wake up and go straight into doing what I love, without having to think about anything else first. I often think of how lucky I am to have Read more
I’ve received emails from several women this week who are getting ready for their first fights, so I thought I ought to write a blog post on the subject. Before I start, I’d like to point out that Sylvie von-Duuglas Ittu also wrote a post on this topic a while Read more
As I stepped into the ring for my eighth fight, everything was fine. After the ram muay, I walked back to my corner and opened my mouth for my trainer to put in my mouthguard. As he did so, something didn’t feel quite right. The mouthguard that normally fitted perfectly Read more
As a fighter, your trainer is everything to you. They sweat it out with you every single day, putting in just as much hard work and dedication as you do. You work constantly work together to carve yourself into the best fighter you can be, and perhaps even a shadow Read more
After my 11th fight, it was suggested to me that I stop fighting altogether. This was something that struck me emotionally, and I was unsure how to react. I spoke to Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu, who told me that’d once experienced a similar situation. She then asked me to write a Read more
In June of this year, I travelled to England to fight on a promotion called Amazing Muay Thai at the Middleton Arena, Manchester. The show had been highly anticipated by everyone I met during my stay in Manchester, but none more than me. It was to be my 11th fight, Read more
This post was revisited during the process of writing Toxic Gym Culture in Muay Thai & Other Martial Arts. As a result, parts of this post have been edited since its original publication. “Looking back, I realised that much of that post was coloured by the fact that I was Read more