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Editor's Note: This article was originally published in Rough Asia. In the West, both male and female fighters enter the ring over the top rope. In Thailand, however, only male fighters enter the ring over the top rope: female fighters…

As necessary as it is, the current activity ban is frustrating for many fighters and trainers. For professional fighters and their trainers in Thailand, the necessary cessation of fights has generated a financial crisis of some magnitude:…

“I have always thought that weight cutting takes away from the whole beauty of martial arts. It should be about showing off your skills to the best of you ability and enjoying performing in front of a crowd. It shouldn’t be about weight…

“Run! Every day, run 10km!”  This is a common mantra in Muay Thai training.  That’s a lot of running. Most fighters train 6 days a week, so that’s 60km of running a week on top of pad work, bag work, sparring, shadow boxing and…

What does it mean to correct your technique? Can you “un-learn” poor technique - can you erase it from your muscle memory - and perfect your technique?

Editor’s note: Claire Baxter is a three time Muay Thai World Champion. She is a practicing psychologist with a degree in sport and exercise psychology. The author wishes to acknowledge Jo Bowen and Soren Monkongtong for their valuable…

Edited by Joanna Bowen  I was moping about in a moon boot with a couple of ruptured ankle ligaments, acquired during a recent fight in Sydney. Before the fight, I’d already had 12 months without a fight - there didn’t seem to be any…

Editor’s note: Claire Baxter is a three time Muay Thai World Champion. She is a practicing psychologist with a degree in sport and exercise psychology. In the latest of her “Fighter to Fighter” series, she talks to fellow camp mate, Quan…

Editor’s note: Claire Baxter is a three time Muay Thai World Champion. She is a practicing psychologist with a degree in sport and exercise psychology. In the third of her "Fighter to Fighter" series, she talks to American fighter, Whitney…

Editor’s note: Claire Baxter is a three time Muay Thai World Champion. She is a practicing psychologist with a degree in sport and exercise psychology. In the second of her "Fighter to Fighter" series, she talks to her team mate, Joanne La,…