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January 7, 2015 by Melissa Ray
“Hey Melissa, why don’t you write an article on the current status of Muay Ying (women’s Muay Thai) in Thailand…?” …
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| Tags: Channel 7 Boxing Stadium, Chommanee Sor Tehiran, equality, female, feminist, gender, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, male, Muay Thai, Muay Ying, nak muay ying, Niamh Griffin, Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium, Teresa Wintermyr, women, World Muay Thai Angels
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December 31, 2014 by Melissa Ray
Well, it’s 31st December, 2014 and I feel I should mark the end of another year with some kind of …
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| Tags: 2014, Channel 7 Boxing Stadium, Eminent Air Boxing Gym, end of year, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Muangthai Sor Boonyiam, Pokaew Fonjangchonburi, Pompeun Por Aotalaybangsaray, roundup, Satanfaa Sagami, training
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October 11, 2014 by Melissa Ray
This article was my first ever piece of personal writing, published in Escape from America Magazine (now Escape Artist) in …
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| Tags: Bangkok, Jomyutying Kiat Nor Vor, Muay Thai, Muay Ying, OneSongchai, S-1, Sanam Luang, scar, Thailand
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October 2, 2014 by Melissa Ray
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ― Dalai Lama XIV We’ve …
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| Tags: Chiang Mai, Dalai Lama, dengue fever, Dr. Rampa Rattanarithikul, malaria, Manop Rattanarithikul, mosquito, Museum of World Insects and Natural Wonders, species
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February 27, 2014 by Melissa Ray
When news of the impending closure of Lumpinee Boxing Stadium on Rama IV Road was announced several months ago, Muay …
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| Tags: Bangkok, Bangkok Post, change, construction, Eminent Air, King Fighter tournament, Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Muay Thai, Rama IV Road, Ramintra Road, Somboon Niruttimetee, stadium, Thailand
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December 6, 2012 by Melissa Ray
Jet lag—or desynchronosis—is a physiological condition resulting from alterations to the body’s circadian rhythms caused by rapid long-distance transmeridian travel. …
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| Tags: Bangkok, Bovy Sor Udomsorn, Eminent Air Boxing Gym, jet lag, Lumpini Boxing Stadium, Macau, Muay Thai, Muay Thai Warriors, Thailand
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November 22, 2012 by Melissa Ray
Is taking a Thai woman out to dinner essentially a request for sex and is that the expected conclusion? Was …
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| Tags: dinner, Evil Man from Krabi, Krabi, police, rape, scandal, sex, Thailand
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October 16, 2012 by Melissa Ray
October 4th saw a huge card at Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium and a huge crowd—with a reported 8,000 spectators crammed into …
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| Tags: Bangkok, fight, gambling, Muay Thai, Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium, Sanam Luang, Somrak, Thailand
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September 17, 2012 by Melissa Ray
July’s WBC bantamweight boxing fight between Thailand’s Usanakorn Kokietgym and Australia’s Susie Ramadan in Melbourne, Australia was a subject of …
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| Tags: anabolic steroids, athlete, Australia, behaviour, boxing, hormones, Melbourne, menstrual, Muay Thai, PCOS, polycystic ovary syndrome, Susie Ramadan, testosterone, Thailand, The Age, training, Usanakorn Kokietgym
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September 12, 2012 by Melissa Ray
(Ding ding) “Round one…..” I breathed deeply and stepped towards the centre of the ring. It was one of my …
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| Tags: boxing, brain, brain cells, concussion, head guard, head injury, health, KO, Muay Thai, Muhammad Ali, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease, sports, Thailand