thai boxing

Adventures in Belmore Park from letterfromthailand 14 days old

Some strange things go down in my local park. You get your normal lunch-breaking office workers, truant teenagers and drunken homeless people swatting ...

To the victor goes the spoils from letterfromthailand 508 days old

Public displays of affection are a bit of a no-no in Thailand but interestingly, only when between men and women. Beyond that, Thais - when among close ...

Fight on? from letterfromthailand 523 days old

My fourth attempt at finding a Muay Thai gym suitable to train in and fight for led me to Chakrit Muay Thai - a club that was well kitted out but surprisingly ...

Muay Thai Pt 2 from letterfromthailand 542 days old

After an initial, grueling flurry of appearances in a full-time Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) gym in Phuket, my employers decided I should relocate to Thailand's ...

Muay Thai Pt 1 from letterfromthailand 542 days old

One of the things I was looking forward to most before coming here was getting the chance to train in one of the country's Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) clubs ...