Category: Kickboxing

Let me paint you a picture of my first “real” Muay Thai class. There I was, fresh off three years of cardio kickboxing, strutting into this tiny gym hidden behind a laundromat. The place smelled like a mixture of old leather, Tiger Balm, and what I’m pretty sure was decades of accumulated sweat. This old Thai trainer – couldn’t have been more than 5’5″ but had forearms like Popeye – took one look at me…