When you???ve done one sport for years, it can be hard to throw all of that comfort away and take on a new one.+ACY-nbsp+ADs-But just to keep things interesting, I started windsurfing in May. It???s so different to MuayThai but does share the coordination-of-every-limb-thing. Plus I???m grateful for all the … [Read more...]
Review: Ronda Rousey’s ‘My Fight, Your Fight’
PIC: Harry How/Getty Images via KSFMThere is so much hype now around Ronda Rousey that I sometimes forget what she is ??? she???s a fighter.+ACY-nbsp+ADs The first sentence of her book is simply that: ???I am a fighter??? and the following chapters are a gripping reveal which will resonate with anyone … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday: MuayThai Dublin
Wordless Wednesday - mutual respect after a MuayThai fight: Eimear Codd vs Ce Gordon (w) and earlier .... (not my pic this one)More Wordless Wednesday bloggers here. And here on Image-in-ing … [Read more...]
Fun weekend of women’s sports
Dun Laoghaire Harbour Swim via Leinster Open Swimming FBFans of women's sport had too much to choose from in Dublin weekend -+ACY-nbsp+ADs harbour swimming, rugby 7s, camogie, MuayThai and lots more all hitting the headlines.I saw a great women's fight on Saturday night, pictures to come for this week's … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday - a stormy beach day for volleyball.More Wordless Wednesday bloggers here. And here on Image-in-ing … [Read more...]
Must you be a champion to succeed at sport?
Blogging about sport can be so vast sometimes I lose track of who or what I want to focus on, maybe you find the same?But in the last few weeks I've noticed a few people picking up on a trend in martial arts/ boxing posts: do we all need to be a world champion to succeed in our sport?One blogger … [Read more...]
Money, money, money
Danica Patrick via Galleryhip.comThe Forbes list of the top earning female sports stars is pretty exciting if you're a tennis player but not too encouraging if you're thinking other sports can pay the rent. Although I was shocked to see an MMA fighter in there - Ronda Rousey of course but what a … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday - +ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs doing an intense sports interview w/ Laura O' Neill for this old post.+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs Pic snapped by Ce Photography +ACY-nbsp+ADs-More Wordless … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Why do the Liffey Swim
Lorna Farren in action Liffey SwimSwimming is one thing, swimming down the Liffey river in Dublin along with 400 other people is quite another. The 95th outing takes place in just over a month.+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Lorna Farren (Twitter: +AEA-lfarren36) is one of +ACY-nbsp+ADs-about 150 women racing this year, and she shares … [Read more...]
IFMA Hall of Fame nominee Sue Latta
Sue in 2014 with IFMA's children in Bangkok classes Final votes are going in online for the IFMA Awards 2015. Sue Latta from New Zealand is one of the women nominated. To me Sue sums up the story of women in MuayThai. She started in 1992 when women were nothing more than a sideshow to the boys, … [Read more...]