With just a little over five months left in 2019, let's have a look at the announced to date kickboxing matchups*. The list includes some of the notable competitors and events of the current era. The lineup is presented chronologically.
Giorgio Petrosyan vs Jo Nattawut
Giorgio Petrosyan and Jo Nattawut square off on August 16 at the Impact Arena in Bangkok....
Basically, any action film features some sort of fighting. It can be a sports drama covering the real aspects of this or that martial art, or a fast-paced adventure or crime, which includes combat. In a way or another the scenes are directed, which involves fight choreography. The featured video is an example of stage combat, with Belgian actor...
Muay Thai Drills: Cam On - Ep 1
There is a number of Muay Thai training videos on the internet, yet here is our version. A new blog series launched in Melbourne follows "Round 2" filmed in Perth last year with the Thai trainer Dechsak Sangmorakot. Seven episodes covering various techniques of "The Art of Eight Limbs" are available on...
Muay Thai training
Here is a little clip from a warm up Muay Thai training with Lilian Dikmans earlier this week. A few kicks, knees, punches and elbows were thrown. The video also includes some partner work.
Check out the blog post covering women's Muay Thai and how to spar with men, featuring video with Lilian and Misagh Norouzi. In addition,...
Muay Thai is known as the "Art of Eight Limbs" which includes eight points of contact, such as: punches, kicks, knees and elbows. I have previously written several posts covering training tips for beginners, as well as fighting ideas for first timers.
Today let's move forward taking a higher level of competition. The featured video is my fight against former...
The year kicked off with UFC 234 held mid last month in Melbourne. It was my third visit to the Australian capital of kickboxing since 2012, when a number of World Kickboxing Network title bouts were held in the city, including the appearance of Nathan "Carnage" Corbett.
Indeed, while Queensland and WA are known as the Australian centres for Muay...
2018 Year in Review
This year has been exciting, sometime challenging, yet very productive. Below is a quick summary from the top of the head of what has happened during the last 365 days.
In February the Ultimate Fighting Championship made its highly anticipated debut in Western Australia with UFC 221 held here in Perth. In other words, I'd say it...
What is ring rust in combat sports and how to deal with it
There is an argument whether the ring rust in combat sports is a real thing or not. From my experience I can say it indeed exists from boxing to mixed martial arts, moreover, one can say in all sports, including Muay Thai. Although for those watching the...
Experience in Muay Thai
By definition experience is the knowledge or mastery of something by way of either being involved in it or exposed to it. Muay Thai fighting certainly requires the first one. One can say it is impossible to learn and, first of all, understand fighting by way of observation.
