When I’m not training, I’m teaching English, and one recent news story has dominated the conversation in many of my classrooms recently. My students and I have been discussing the Koh Tao murder case, in which two British tourists, David Miller and Hannah Witheridge, were brutally beaten to death. Hannah had also been raped prior to her murder. The case has been the focus of a huge amount of media attention since it happened on Read more
On Wednesday night, my sparring partner Katy and I fought at the Grand Thai Boxing Stadium in Hua Hin. I’ve fought in Hua Hin a couple of times at Cong Carter Muay Thai gym, but this was my first appearance at this stadium. Kru Singh seems to have a pretty good relationship with the promoter there, so it’s frequented by fighters from our gym, but up until now, my six-day-a-week work schedule has always stopped Read more
I’ve never seemed to suffer from nerves before a fight. At least, not outwardly. People have often commented on how calm I appear, even moments before going into the ring. Mentally, I don’t usually feel nervous. My body, on the other hand, seems to feel otherwise. Every fight day without fail, I wake up with an upset stomach which persists until the afternoon. Before I’ve even opened my eyes and had a chance to even Read more
This post covers something I coped with long before I discovered Muay Thai. This is the story of my experience with an eating disorder in my early 20s, what triggered it, how it progressed, and how strength training helped me to pull myself out of it. How it Began In 2006, I set off to university to start my bachelor’s degree. Like many first-year students, I gained some weight during that year. The huge lifestyle Read more
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Last night, I attended the Queen’s Cup at Sanam Luang, the most prestigious event for female Muay Thai in the world. This is an event that I wouldn’t want to miss in any case, but what made this year’s one so exciting is that Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu was due to fight Saya Ito. This fight came about after Sylvie asked me if Master Toddy would be able to set her up with a fight in Read more
Today, Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu of 8limbs.us came to train with me at Master Toddy’s. She and her husband, Kevin (as well as their dog, Jai Dee) made the trip from Pattaya in time for morning training at 7:45, which I found pretty impressive, since they had to leave at around 5am to get here in time. They came to thank Master Toddy for setting up Sylvie’s upcoming fight on the Queen’s Birthday at Sanam Luang Read more
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On May 31st, a group of us from the gym went to fight in Hua Hin at Cong Carter Muay Thai. Some of us had previously fought there in December last year, when I fought Nong Ning Palapon Gym. Cong Carter is a relatively new gym in Hua Hin which is run by a Danish guy called Nick. That was his first fight night, and he’d invited us back for the second one, specifically asking Read more
On June 1st, an eight-page article on female Muay Thai fighters living in Thailand was published in the Sunday supplement of La Vanguardia, a Spanish newspaper. Put together by journalist Luis Garrido-Julve and photographer Joan Manuel Baliellas, it features several different women, including myself. The featured fighters are Victoria Garcia of Jitti Gym, who fought at one of the Muay Thai Angels events; Laurene Pumpanmuang of Muay Thai Plaza 2004; Melissa Ray, writer of Muay Thai Read more
