Muay Chaiya Movie

This weekend the Bangkok Film Festival will close with Muay Thai Chaiya a film by Kongkiat Komesiri. This film should be out in a few weeks. Based on this trailer it looks watchable… Then again so did Tom Yum Goong.

I’m not expecting too much from this flick, it’s probably the bad sound effects that are tainting my view. I know jack about sound production, is it really that hard Read more

I need an excuse

Look at what I found. I’ve been starved for Muay Thai action here in states. I can’t tell you how happy I was to hear about this. I spoke to one of the fighters on this card, and he said that he still hasn’t seen the contract yet. So as always take this with a grain of salt. Anyway my elation turned to horror when I realized I have to go to a wedding that day.

It’s not even like it’s one of my close buddies or anything. Bit of a moral dilemma… Read more

Meditation 101

So I’ve heard some positive feedback about the posts I did on Meditation. Some of you have expressed interests, so here we go.

Meditation is apart of our art. Meditation is an integral part of the study and practice of Muay Boran. Most of the Thai fighters, I know don’t have a daily practice but are aware of it. As the art evolved into a sport, this was one aspect that was trimmed away.

Meditation isn’t unique to Buddhism or Asia. Many cultures and religions have various forms of mediation practice. As I mentioned in my previous post, almost anyone Read more

K-1 Khan Results

I don’t think I’m going to be getting any video of the fights anytime soon. I’ll be sure as always to post them as soon I get them. I wasn’t aware of this but I guess Sinbi fractured his wrist in training 2 days before his match up with John Wayne Parr.

JWP instead fought another Sinbi Muay Thai Fighter, Chun Kim. Here is the fight summary from Read more

Upcoming Bay Area Fights

For all of you Bay Area peeps, there is a Muay Thai event happening this weekend at the USF War Memorial Gym. Yes you’ve read that correctly it’s Muay Thai. Muay Thai events seem like such a rarity these days. I don’t know what the scene is like in your area but it’s seems like 6 months between Muay Thai shows around here. If you’re around you should come out… Muay Thai in the Bay needs your support.

Another reason to come out is “My Muay Thai” regular Matt Lucas is making his amateur debut! Read more

Human Weapon Take II

I know it’s a just a show, and their obviously not really going to fight their opponents fa reelz. After watching this, it sort of left me feeling insulted.

If you haven’t watched it yet, you’ll be able to watch it most of this month on the History Channel. Many thanks to Stephen for taking the time to upload and share this. Read more

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