Muay Thai girl

I was looking at a blog the other day that had a lot of black and white images, and I thought some of them would make cool backgrounds for my phone. They did, but all were a bit dark. So I did a google search for black and white photos and found this one.

I love this photo! I’m sorry now that I didn’t bookmark where I got it from, but something about it really appealed to me. It is now the background image on my phone, and everytime I see it I’m inspired.

I dont really know why. Funny how some images just get you.

I’ve never done any Muay Thai myself, but I do love that Muay Thai is now a modern sport martial art, but has retained a very strong emphasis on the traditions associated with the art. Even non-Thais who practice Muay Thai still mainly go through the traditional pre-fight routine.

I also have a lot of respect for women who fight. I fight myself but with men it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Women have a different approach. Where men slug it out, women have a style and focus on technique that is nice to watch. I’m not saying that they are soft, far from that. They hit hard, but do it with style! I’m sure that the lady in the photo would take around 30 seconds to knock me out.

So I guess it really is no surprise that I love this photo after all!

And I only just noticed the watermark in the bottom corner for vangHER photography. I googled them and they’re at http://vangher.com. Haven’t seen them before but I’m going to have a look now!