Fighter Spotlight: Natalie Wong Posted on April 27, 2025April 27, 2025 By Angela Chang What does real support look like in Muay Thai? And why is it so hard to find sometimes? An amateur fighter out of The Little Giant Muay Thai in Virginia, Natalie Wong trains under Thai champion Mahachon, aka Kru Chon. As someone who started in a different martial arts background and found a newfound purpose within Muay Thai, Natalie has found support in the most unexpecting ways – and has lacked support in ways that others didn’t. Because of her unique experiences and frustrations within the sport throughout her training and fighting journey, she makes it a point to support up and coming fighters in her gym in the best ways she can. View this post on InstagramA post shared by William Wong (@wwong.photogram) In this episode of Muay Ying, Natalie sits down with host and professional fighter Angela Chang to talk about the realities of support: how it shows up, how it doesn’t, and how it impacts us as fighters and human beings.If you’d like to listen to the chat with Natalie and the insights that came from her ongoing journey, you can find the Podcast episode below. You can also click here to find it along with other episodes, on your favorite podcast platform.https://youtu.be/vyopqoIJuVo Spotlight how to supportspotlight
Spotlight FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: Niclas “The Dreamchaser” Larsen Posted on April 13, 2018August 28, 2019Niclas R. Larsen made sure his debut in China was not one to be forgotten. Often the underdog, this time at Kunlun Fight 71 was no different. “For most of my fights I’ve been the underdog and I don’t have a problem with that. I actually like to be the… Read More
Spotlight Coach Spotlight: Don Heatrick Posted on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022Heatrick is no newcomer to martial arts. As a youth he trained in Judo and Kyokushin Karate. In time, he received black belts in Freestyle Kickboxing and Taekwondo. Of course, he also discovered Muay Thai. This led him to becoming the EMC European Cruiserweight Silver Medal in 2007 and eventually becoming a full-time coach in 2009 while opening his own gym. Read More
Spotlight Fighter Spotlight: Thai-Ngan Le Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021The second episode of Muay Ying is up! Thai-Ngan Le talks about how she went from corporate American to living and breathing as a nak muay in Thailand. She’s been at Fairtex for the last 6 months and shares what brought her to make such a decision. She also has Lumpinee set in her sights for the near future.You can listen to the podcast by following the link or searching “Muay Ying” wherever you prefer to listen to podcasts! Read More