Once again, Awakening are holding their Female Muay Thai Awards. This is the second year for the awards and you can read my post on last year’s here. The wonderful thing about these awards is that they are community nominated and voted, which means that previously ‘unknown’ fighters can be Read more
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 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 Read more
Losing is never a desirable experience, but it’s something that most fighters have to endure at some stage during their career. While it’s an integral part of any competitive sport, it’s not received by everyone in the same way. Some see it as a positive learning experience and brush it Read more
Lumpini Stadium has been a landmark of Muay Thai since it was first built in 1956. As the most prestigious place to fight in the world, it has been the dream of many fighters to one day make it to that ring. When it held its last event on February Read more
Last night, I went to see Muay Thai Live: The Legend Lives, the new Muay Thai stage show at Asiatique in Bangkok after a student of mine gave me some tickets as a gift. The show is created and directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, director of Beautiful Boxer. The show depicts Read more
This week, Natasha Sky published an article on her blog about her experiences of training and fighting while on her period. I’m glad that she did, because I’ve often thought that it was an issue that was worth writing about. I also particularly like the way that Natasha was totally up-front Read more
Awakening is a new website for women in martial arts. Founded in 2012, it provides a platform for female fighters to promote ourselves and a network through which to find and support each other. One of the ways that they’ve provided this is with the Global Female Martial Arts Register, 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