MUAY THAI IS NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED

I Survived My First Muay Thai Fight Thanks to a Trainer’s Profound Words

They kept me from ending up in a bloody pulp on the canvas

Joe Treetop
Beyond the Scoreboard
8 min readJan 21, 2024

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Trainers truly play a key role in Muay Thai fights.
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I was lying face-up on the mat, manhandled by two younger Thais nearly half my size.

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Joe Treetop
Beyond the Scoreboard

Essayist on the peculiar and delightfully absurd aspects of life, guilty of wielding satire | Culture needs dissecting, and I have just the sharpie!