Pictures: Julie Kitchen training for Amanda Kelly

Scott Hirano (@ScottHirano) was on hand to cover Julie Kitchen as she trains for her upcoming fight against Amanda Kelly at Muay Thai In America's "In Honor of the King." Julie has been training in Los Angeles with trainer Paulo Tocha and will be fighting Amanda on December 1st at Raleigh Studios. Here are few snap shots, but be sure to  check out the entire gallery on the embedded slideshow below.

 

America At A Glance – A series of articles, videos, interviews and more highlighting American Muay Thai, then and now

by Eric Rivera

Unfortunately, Muay Thai in the U.S. is still in its infancy and is far from reaching the popularity that it currently enjoys in both Europe and Asia. However, the last few years have been pretty big for Muay Thai and the opportunities to help the sports of Kickboxing and Muay Thai flourish in America are now many. For many years American Muay Thai fans could only voice their opinions about the sport at their local gyms and small events where they were either spectator or participant. Now, with sites such as Muay Thai is Life, Muay Thai Authority, Liverkick, Total Muay Thai, My Muay Thai, and more, fans finally have places where they can share their thoughts and or learn about what is going on in the North American Muay Thai scene, as well as the rest of the world.