DANY BILL - Genius of Style
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Dany Bill is a 7-Time World Muay Thai champion from Muay Thai's golden era and touted as possibly the most technically gifted fighter to ever compete in the sport of Muay Thai. Dany shares insights from his unique journey, locker-room stories and inside information behind his numerous victories against the best Muay Thai fighters across the globe during Muay Thai's celebrated Golden Era.
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TEEP 013: Dr. Jason Park
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Dr. Jason Park is a Physical Therapist, Board-certified Sports Clinical Specialist and a Sports Performance consultant. I honestly hope that there is a "Dr. Jason Park" facility one day, because Jason is truly a multi-talented human. We got together and talked about his fight history, his "Muay Thai thesis" and more.
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TEEP 012: Alex Von Have
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Alex could very well be the first transgendered individual to enter the Muay Thai ring. We sat down to talk about that and a whole lot more.
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TEEP 011: Richard "Maximus" Abraham
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A conversation with likely the hardest working man in combat sports about discipline, principles and how fighting keeps everything in perspective.
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TEEP 010: Regian Eersel
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This episode features my conversation with one of the most feared young fighters making waves around the planet in both the Muay Thai and Kickboxing circuits. Regian Eersel aka The Immortal is the current Lion Fight Super Middleweight World Champion and I spent some time with Regian and his trainer Paul learning more about what it feels like to be a world champion at only 24 years of age and how the American Muay Thai scene appears from his perspective in Holland, the world capital of Kickboxing.
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TEEP 009: Joe Gogo
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In this episode Joe and I get way into the behind the scenes of some of his epic fights against top tier opponents including Travis Clay and Eric Luna. I learned all about what it is to be Chomorro and we explored just how different Muay Thai fighting is from other fight sports. We talked about life, self-awareness, tradition and how knowing ones self and honoring that knowledge can order your steps toward living a fulfilled life.
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TEEP 008: Travis Clay
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I'm happy to have finally caught up with a unique fighter that I've been tracking since around Jan of 2016. Travis Clay (Sitan Gym, Arizona) is a WBC National Muay Thai Champion and is one committed and too often underestimated American Nak Muay.
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TEEP 007: Sergio Wielzen
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The TEEP THIS PODCAST returns after a six-month hiatus with special guest and Lion Fight Lightweight Muay Thai World Champion Sergio Wielzen.
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TEEP 006: USA Against The World
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Conversations with Janet Todd and Asa Tenpow on how American Muay Thai plans to change the game and make a mark on the world stage.
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TEEP 005: You Can Get With This or You Can Get With That
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This month in exploring Muay Thai and MMA in the states, I speak with Daniel Gutierrez of Defiant Promotions and conducted my first ever group discussion at The Submission Factory in Los Angeles.
info_outlineSince I first began moving through the Los Angeles muay thai community Jeff Dojillo has been a present force. Our discussion here delves into the origins of muay thai’s presence here on the west coast, and features a detailed account of Jeff’s journey through muay thai gyms, trainers and experiences. Including his time at The Boxing Club (San Diego) training with Melchor Menor, Caine Gayle and Artem Sheroshkinbefore turning pro. The legendary Fairtex Gym in San Francisco (now closed) alongside Luis Bio and Ganyao Arunleung. Other key elements in our discussion reach as far as Rajadamnern Stadium in Thailand and we get inside of Galen Okazaki’s West Coast Muay Thai brand and collaborating with photographers Marty Rockatansky and Ahren Nunag. Jeff shares very personal and enriching stories about his journey through muay thai via taking us behind the scenes of portraits that he’s shot of our favorite muay thai fighters in North America including Kevin Ross, David Huerta and Tiffany Van Soest (pictured below). I hope that you enjoy our conversation as much as I did and please share the articles and spread the word. Muay Thai is here to stay! Here are a few other links that we touched on in the interview which may be of interest to you. | Robot Fight & Fitness | Tetsuya Yamato | USA vs Thailand | Inside The Fight | Mark Beecher | East Los Angeles Youth Center | Adam Rothweiler | Coach Jorge Zerate | Zarate Muay Thai | Dialogue (video teaser) | And here’s another interview on Jeff Dojillo at a respected muay thai source My Muay Thai
The best links to keep up with Jeff Dojillo are his website and facebook.com/westcoastmuaythai
In the second half of the podcast I caught up with photographer and muay thai fanatic Erica De León of Vivar Photography. She’s a super passionate individual a devoted mother, committed photographer and she trains hard alongside champion muay thai fighters like Ariana ‘Pink Lady’ Gomez and Selina Flores. In our conversation Erica takes us inside training at Muay Thai Academy of America in North Hollywood, CA. She shares intimate stories of how she found muay thai, photography and became friends with the likes of Ariana Gomez and Troy Fisher (Big Troy of Cali Muay Thai Series). Erica has shot some beautiful images and we discussed a few including one of my favorites in her repertoire entitled The Flying Knee fearturing 11 year old Isaiah “Izzy” Ramirez. Erica is hilarious, honest and inspired. She was truly a joy to speak with and I know there’s nothing but more to come as we’ve just scratched the surface of what lies ahead! I’ll look forward to seeing her this month out at the fights ringside capturing the magic that is muay thai in action and ultimately training with her and breaking an honest sweat.
This month’s podcast episode comes laced with a fun musical offering from Chicago true-school hip-hop artists The Surge and Sam I Am The MC. Sam I Am is an incredible artist, incredible human being and a die-hard-hip-hop-head! He’s an authentic songwriter and producer who prides himself on practicing and preserving the art of freestyle rapping. He and his friends like The Surge produce and host one-off and repeat hip-hop nights around Chicago advocating for and advancing hip-hop; the music and the accompanying culture that they love and respect so dearly. Please enjoy the interviews and the music and above all enjoy this and every moment. Sawaddee krap.
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