I’ve recently acquired a new friend and training partner in Sunny, a Chinese woman living in Singapore. We’d been meaning to hang out outside the gym for a while, but never quite made it happen. That was until she mentioned that she wanted to visit a ramen restaurant in the Read more
If you’ve been following my social media, you’ll have noticed that it’s recently started filling up with posts about powerlifting. This became an unlikely addition to my training schedule when I discovered Rhino Fitness, a new strength and conditioning gym near me in Onnut. How I Got Started in Powerlifting Read more
The very first time Sylvie and I met in person was in 2014, when she came to my old gym to spar with me. Over the years since then, we’ve gone back and forth to do more sessions together several times. I haven’t made it to Pattaya to train with her half Read more
I left my old gym last year after living and training there for more than four years. It was a difficult but necessary decision, and one of the things that made me apprehensive about leaving was the notion that I might not be able to find somewhere that I felt Read more
I visited Sor. Ruenrom last week to try out a training session. It’s a small, grassroots gym on the outskirts of Bangkok. There’s very little information about the gym online, aside from a Facebook page that isn’t regularly updated, so I wanted to post about my experience there. When I Read more
Martial Arts Muscle is a podcast run by Canadian martial artist Troy White. He recently interviewed me for his fourth episode, during which we talked about mental training, pre-fight fears and how I balance my work and training. Download on iTunes
I recently went through a long period of having no female training partners and no one suitable to spar with aside from my trainers, which was really difficult and disheartening. I’m used to training by myself and it’s something that I actually often enjoy, but doing it for such a Read more
It’s been a while since my last blog post. I was back in the UK for my annual visit home until mid-July and I arrived back in Bangkok with a month to train for my fight on the Queen’s birthday, so threw myself straight into that. But a busy schedule Read more
I was scheduled to fight tomorrow, but had to make the decision to cancel it yesterday. I started showing flu-like symptoms on Sunday, which have gotten progressively worse ever since. I had to take the day off work and training on Monday, most of which I spent in bed, but got Read more
Last week, I went to Pattaya for a couple of days to train with Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu. She came to my gym for a sparring and clinching session in order to help me get ready for my last fight, which was really generous of her. I wanted to make the Read more