Muay Thai

Sorry, not sorry: How Muay Thai taught me to stop apologising for everything

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The inclusive and intimate Thai martial art has forced one new follower to reckon with her inner agreeableness and fight the impulse to be nice. Women have long been stereotyped as more apologetic than men. We are, apparently, more empathetic, caring, and better in tune with people’s emotions. The divisive YouTube celebrity and psychologist Jordan … Read more

Where the hell is Sagat?

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Cheese and crackers, coffee and cigarettes, some things are just incomplete without the other. So why, asks Don Rowe, have Capcom dropped by far the coolest character in their canon for the latest Street Fighter game? The answer probably won’t surprise you.  In 1987, eight years before Tekken hit the Playstation, an ambitious new fighting game began … Read more