Interviews tend to be quite a bit of fun for me; this is particularly true when they take a life of their own and organically expand to a full discussion of any given topic or topics. Such was the case when I was interviewed by risk manager and martial artist Ben Cattaneo on the All Things Risk podcast this past month. In this interview I open up a bit more about my experiences, get a bit gritty and discuss some of that which is still considered taboo in the Muay Thai online space.
I also touch upon:
- My feelings on training Muay Thai in the west vs Thailand;
- My experiences training at Muay Thai gyms that didn’t promote women;
- How the best training of my life came from a guy who didn’t want to train me;
- Developing what I consider a western mind and an eastern mind and the challenges of having both at the same time;
- Identity and how culture/environment changes you;
- Power and loss of it at the personal level;
- The complexity of the interplay of cultures;
- Why I returned to Canada;
- What it felt like to fight Muay Thai;
- Living in the moment;
- Starting a website and writing about the female Muay Thai experience;
- The online Muay Thai landscape.
Hope you enjoy and as always, your comments are welcome. Additionally many thanks to Ben for having me on All Things Risk.
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You sound very determined lady, I have daughter who has trainined in Thailand and has had 7 fights England Thailand and Channel island. Interested in knowing more abt you.
Thanks so much angela brady.
WOW, what an amazing vibe! it’s so enjoying to see such calm people in this crazy world, so simple, so beautiful!
Training in Thailand sounds incredible.
Thanks a lot Ariyeh – much appreciated!
Hi Laura ,
Just finished a month camp in Lamai ( newb ) really enjoyed it now I’m moving to bkk for 6 months trying to find a good gym for reasonable $$$ is proving harder than I thought … really want to improve my technique and stamina .
4 years training you probably know some good gyms any suggestions would be awesome thanks : )
Hey Max Power – From my understanding, gym prices have spiked at a lot of locations over the last few years and to be honest, I’m out of the loop of what particular gym at the moment is a decent price for good, consistent training. Have you tried Chuwattana?
You have very interesting take outs when you left Thailand but I can sense that you left that country an even better person.
Much appreciated James.