Lindsey Newhall
The Dragon Muay Thai of Phuket
On a street swelling with holiday fighters and fitness tourists, Phuket Dragon gym raises Thai fighters the traditional way while finding ways to cater to a growing international clientele.
The Female Fighters of Northern Thailand
The annual Wat Santai Festival features high-level male fighters, but it's the women who take home the cash bonuses.
Buakaw Banchamek and the Life of a Muay Thai Celebrity
We spent an evening with Thailand's biggest Muay Thai celebrity at his gym in Bangkok.
High-Frequency Fights and the Children of Muay Thai
We follow a group of child fighters in rural Thailand as they take on unknown opponents and accept fights on a moment’s notice, on the last of a four-day-long “fighting holiday.”
Sangmorakot Gym: The Shining Emerald of Bangkok
Run by a former military officer-turned-pro gambler, Sangmorakot Gym is a reminder of what an authentic fighter's gym in Bangkok can be.
On the Fringes of Tourism: The Hidden Gym in Pai Valley
In the northern town of Pai, Sitjemam Gym is raising up local kids and foreign fighters, all while trying to stay away from the backpacker party culture.
Musings of a Middle-School Dropout: Yodwicha's Life of Muay Thai
Young champion fighter Yodwicha Kemmuaythaigym talks about gang fighting in Isaan, leaving school before he was a teenager, the difference between fighting abroad and in Thailand, and an idyllic future as a pig farmer.
How to Run a Muay Thai Gym in Thailand: Santai
With attendance sheets, caps on student population, and strict quality control of training, Santai Gym management is doing its best to realize its goal of becoming a Bangkok-style gym in northern Thailand.
Muay Thai in the New Year
We spent the New Year in rural Thailand, where fighters compete in match after match, hoping for experience, exposure, and extra money for their families.
The Beginner's Guide to Promoting Muay Thai in Thailand 2: Fight Night
The unlikely story of a rather large European company investing in small-town Muay Thai.
Banchamek Surin: Inside Buakaw's Gym in Rural Isaan
With a roster of young unknowns, unassuming trainers, and hogs and buffalo out back, Buakaw's gym in the countryside of his home province is not what you'd expect Muay Thai's biggest celebrity fighter to own.
The Beginners' Guide to Promoting Muay Thai in Thailand
For a pair of first-time Muay Thai promoters in rural Isaan, the headaches of putting on their maiden event are as endless as the rice paddies surrounding their village.