Fighter Spotlight: Natalie Wong Posted on April 27, 2025May 12, 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
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