Update April 20, 2013 - The Muay Ying Forum no longer exists. This decision was made to use the time to cultivate the MBSB community and not split my resources between the two sites. Feel free to check out my Tips For Women Traveling To Thailand page where you'll find information and stories on the female muay thai experience in Thailand. Hey People. Here's a recent project of mine, the Muay Ying Forum. The thought came to me to build it after reading another muay thai forum filled with net warriors writing weak diatribes and smack geared towards women, just for being women on the forum. Two days later, the domain name was purchased and tada - a muay … [Read more...]
MUAY THAI
Muay Thai training information, fight videos and fighter interviews with an emphasis on traditional Muay Thai. Read about Muay Thai in Thailand with a focus on Isaan and Bangkok. This is the real deal. Not kickboxing with elbows and knees. Don't know the difference? Read on.
Muay Thai Fight: Kayasith Chuwattana VS Petake Look Bor Gor, Rajadamnern Stadium, October 1, 2009
Update Februrary 2, 2015: It has been years since I've seen Kayasith fight and as far as I'm currently aware of, he has retired from Muay Thai. During my approximate year at Chuwattana gym in Bangkok, Kayasith was my favourite fighter to watch. His intelligence in the ring was nothing short of beautiful to me. I caught him in the latter years of his fight career and have never been able to find footage of Kayasith as a young fighter. I'm happy to provide at least a peak into his fighting with the footage in this piece and in a previous piece on his fight against Petmahachon Kiatsorranan. I apologize for the quality of the footage. … [Read more...]
Interview With John Wolcott Of Muay Thai Journal
In late February, John Wolcott of Muay Thai Is Life finished shooting a documentary on muay thai in Thailand. The documentary will be released as mini series over the course of 2012. I thought I'd catch John before post-production began to see where he's at. 1. Hey John. What were your goals stepping into shooting this doc? Hello Laura. Stepping into this documentary my aim was to learn more about the social dynamics of Muaythai; the aspects of the sport that get little-to-no recognition in the West. Fans and spectators get to see their favorite fighters compete all the time via the Internet, but how often do we get to learn about a fighter’s background or … [Read more...]
Upcoming Documentary With Pornsane Sitmonchai And Yodkhunpon Sitmonchai
The existence of MBSB is in part due to the support of Michael Galvin of Muay Thai Training Camps. It was Michael who introduced me to the specifics of creating a website, both educating me of the technical side and giving me resources to make it happen. In addition, answering my panicked texts while I was trying to build this baby on a slow net connection. Over the course of the past year, I've watched Michael's video production skills flourish. Currently Michael is in the process of creating his first full length documentary following Pornsaneh Sitmonchai in preparation for his first international fight in the Netherlands at Slamm VII. … [Read more...]
Broken Bones And Losing Face: The Breaking Of My Hand In A Bangkok Muay Thai Gym
I try to force normal range of motion of the pinky finger of my left hand and so visits the memory of how it was lost. The reasoning behind the incident which led to the permanence of my injury is but speculation, an attempt to understand why a teacher should feel the need to assault a student, why a man of significant size, strength and martial skill should feel the need to fracture the bone of a woman. The situation in question was born on a weekday morning in the heart of Bangkok. It was 2009 and I was training at one of the country's prestigious muay thai gyms. I had completed my morning run and as I entered the gym, the shirtless trainer immediately informed me he … [Read more...]
Muay Thai Fight: Lekla Sit Songsompong vs. Kaichon Simpayam, Kru Meung, Buriram
Living in Buriram for over two years, I've watched a lot of children step into the ring to fight. It's fairly standard. Buriram is one of the many areas where a number of great nak muays began their careers and here in Isaan, they begin young and they fight often, meaning generally a couple of times a month, sometimes more. That being said, rarely do I see a fight at 18kg/39.6lb that provokes me to jump up and start filming. Meet: Lekla Sit Songsompong (Red) and Kaichon Simpayam (Blue). I was seated near the red corner. As a result, Kaichon (translated as Chicken Fight), who was waiting in the blue … [Read more...]
Chris “THE POLISH PUNISHER” Kwiatkowski Training At Lookchaomaesaithong Sit Namkabuan Gym
American nak muay Chris Kwiatkowski preparing with trainer Kru Namkabuan Ratchapeutcafe (5 Panang) for his first fight of the year. A few days later, on January 14, Chris won by KO in the fourth round via a left hook on the undercard of the WBC World Title Boxing bout in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Chris' Facebook page here. … [Read more...]
Lookchaomaesaithong Sit Namkabuan Gym Expansion
Lookchaomaesaithong Sit Namkabuan Gym has added a nautilus machine and renovated to accommodate more bags. For those of you interested in training at the gym, you can read more about it in my previous post which outlines everything you need to know, including: daily training details who the trainers are Muay Thai fight availability accommodation options pricing reservation details. For more information on Buriram, please visit my other website Buriram Info. It’s a complete travel guide which offers hotel bookings, information on how to travel to … [Read more...]
Sitmonchai Gym Review
Within a few days of arriving at Sitmonchai Gym, I was out of commission. If you're interested in reading about it, you can do so here. Otherwise, to keep it brief, a wonky mattress + an old injury + allergies to the meds for the old injury and wonky mattress combo = no training. Too sick to return to Buriram, but cognizant enough to hang out at Sitmonchai for two weeks and pay attention to all it is that makes Sitmonchai a family style gym. If you're looking for a review on training, unfortunately, this isn't the post. I'm not going to write on that which I couldn't fully get into. If you're looking for all that surrounds your training, for that which is meant to … [Read more...]
Ngaoprajan Chuwattana
His name means 'shadow of the moon' or 'moon's shadow' (NGAO - shadow; PRAJAN - moon). Standing at approximately 148 cm / 4' 10.5" and at thirty four years of age (born 1977), Ngaoprajan is not your average Rajadamnern fighter. There is a Thai term gae leaw, which means old (already). In Thailand, this term is generally used to describe anyone over the age of thirty. In the Thai sphere of muay thai, you can drop about five years off the age and use it to describe someone who is considered on the downslide of one's career. During my approximate one year stay at Chuwattana, I remember Ngaoprajan fighting regularly. This meant, roughly every four to six weeks, less an extended break after an … [Read more...]
Muay Thai Indonesia: Rudy Agustian of Golden Camp MuayThai
Welcome to the first of the MBSB interviews. I met Golden Camp Muaythai owner Rudy Agustian while visiting Sitmonchai Gym. The following interview was conducted on October 9. Rudy and I had a fun time trying to find a time when the gym was quiet, the lighting was good, and the mosquitoes weren't on the hunt. The following is a bit unpolished, but fairly true to life at a gym, interruptions and all. This was a set-up-the-camera-on-a-muay-thai-pad-and-electrolyte-box-click-and-run production. Two takes and the gym came back to life. You're getting Take One. I want to thank Rudy for allowing me to conduct this interview. Supastar. Golden Camp Muaythai Ruko Orange dot com No 23 (This is the … [Read more...]
KO’d At Sitmonchai
The intent was to make the seven plus hour trip to Sitmonchai Gym, Thamaka, Kanchanaburi to hook up with friends, write a review of the gym and pick up on Sitmonchai's style of delivering devastating punches and low kicks. Low kicks score minimal points in Thailand. As a result a number of gyms pay them little mind. For example, I had the habit of annoying a past trainer by delivering low kicks during our pad sessions. He kept telling me they were ugly. Not mine particularly, just in general. Sitmonchai fighters in contrast are known to utilize low kicks to disable their opponents by KO. Ironically, one sentence into this post and I received a text that … [Read more...]
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