Name:
Claire "Bear" Haigh

Yup, so it's been ages since my last post, much to poor Ray's frustration but I have got my act together again and have also retrieved my login details and password from Andreas (why it CAN'T be my name and then the name of my pet as the password I really don't know. Then I'd remember it...) so...

I have decided that I like Bali. Granted, I have only seen a few stretches of road as i plod around making weight in my canvas suit and the inside of my hotel room but so far I like it. It's sort of like Phuket, but although the same tat is for sale in the beach front shops here, no one is actually...

I am sure that there is some sort of set of rules that state that training on Saturdays should be easier then the other days of the week. There should certainly not be surprise fitness tests in the blistering afternoon heat that seem to consist mainly of an obscene amount of body kicks followed by...

After two and a half years out here my Thai is getting pretty good but man, the different tones still kind of baffle me. I have lost count of the times I have stood in a restaurant saying "kao kaa moo...kao kaa moo...moo...kaa moo, dammit!" before finally pointing "That, okay?" only to be told...

Awing is a nasty mean man. I am now sporting a scrape down the side of my face from the umpteenth time that he threw me into the ropes. He is unkind...that is all I have to say on the matter. However, that is nothing compared to the worst case ever of "ab bench ass" that I currently have. You...

Hurrah! Muay Thai Contender Asia and K1 veteran Heung Pak Wing is at Tiger to prepare for his July fight in Hong Kong. He's a beast!...