Mindset Training – Dominate The Mental Game…

After 30+ years in Muay Thai, I've made every training mistake in the book. And I mean every. single. one. But here's what I've discovered: most fighters get trapped in predictable patterns without even realizing it. In this episode, I [...]

What if everything you've been told about starting Muay Thai "too late" is completely wrong? I get messages like this almost daily: "Don, I'm 38 and want to start Muay Thai, but everyone says I'm too old..." "I'm 42 [...]

It’s funny how little things in life can point to bigger lessons. Like, take my body temperature for instance... My DNA has a quirk. I’ve always run about one degree Celsius below normal. It’s always been that way, just [...]

The comments on our last video about Golden Era Muay Thai training were incredible. Thanks for joining in. You raised some fascinating points that deserve a deeper discussion. This isn't a redo of that video - instead, I want [...]

Fighter burnout is a ticking time bomb. Most don't realize it until it's too late – like me. The damage I did to my body in my teens and early 20s just caught up with me at age 52. [...]

Muay Thai skills can vanish when most needed. Ever heard that fighting is 90% mental and 10% physical? Here's why that's misleading... This common saying assumes three things: That you already have enough 'physical' to be in the game That [...]

Muay Thai has this uncanny way of showing you exactly who you are. No filters, no BS – just raw truth. When I chatted with Paul Banasiak about this very thing, it was obvious: Muay Thai isn't just another [...]

There’s a secret military strategy that can transform your fighting IQ. The OODA Loop is a tactical framework that can give you a serious edge in the ring. The OODA Loop was developed by a U.S. Air Force strategist, [...]

One of my fighters found themselves up to their neck in a brutal training schedule. Three killer training days stacked back-to-back… This isn't what you'd draw up in a perfect world. With Muay Thai training, you must work with [...]

You know what's fascinating about asking world champions for their best advice? They see through the noise and cut to the chase. You may expect a ONE Championship double champ like Regian Eersel to talk about secret training methods [...]

In Muay Thai, you must dig deep, but do you know when to push your limits, and when to ease off to level up? Are you the “More!” type… or the “Too Much!” type? Over the years—training myself and [...]

The simplest way to get better at Muay Thai, is just to do more! I used to think soreness meant progress. If I wasn’t waking up stiff, bruised, or dead-legged, I’d wonder if I had even trained hard enough. [...]