I don’t know if you guys have heard… but a few weeks ago they made some fairly big changes to the clinching in Lumpini.

photo by Michael Soo
From what I understand, fighters can continue to grab opponents from the shoulders up. Knee’s have to be scoring knees not just slaps to the opponents thighs. [...]

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Wuthidej pronounced (woo-ti-date) is widely regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in Thailand today. His introduction to Muay Thai came, when he won his first fight at a small temple fair at the age of 9.
Some 18 years later the now 122 lbs. Wuthidej has amassed over 200+ fights. He was [...]

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I try to cover to all the major Nak Muay’s on MyMuayThai, I honestly don’t know how I’ve managed to neglect one of the biggest names of our sport for so long. Namsaknoi aka “the Emperor” Yutthakarnkamtorn.

It appears that he’s getting back into ring, in the next few months. The fight is going [...]

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I came across this article today about possibly banning children’s Muay Thai in the UK. I’ve done a few posts on the subject… I’m generally not into kids fighting. I’ve been to a lot of the smaller stadiums and watched what appeared to be 8 years olds going at it.

Personally, I feel sorry [...]

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Happy New years people, welcome to 2551.  As some of you may or may not know, today is the beginning of Sonkran (Thai New Years).  If your in Thailand and reading this post, you should probably put your computer away asap, before it get’s soaked.

Songkran, was originally calculated by a lunar calendar,(Birth of the Buddha) [...]

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I’ve done a few post on Thai Sak Yant in the past. If you’ve never seen a Sak Yant, it’s a traditional/mystical Thai temple tattoo. The symbols and iconography are traditional Thai, Brahmin, and Khmer. Adherents believe the symbols are sacred and imbued with power.

This looks like a clip that didn’t [...]

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