Inside an all-female fight camp: ‘I thought there was no way I could do it – not at my age’
by Jenny Valentish from World news | The Guardian on (#5VC0P)
There's almost always a profound reason someone chooses to take up a combat sport as an adult, Jenny Valentish learns at a women's Muay Thai retreat
A curious audience has gathered at the top of the steps of the beach in Victoria's Bellarine peninsula, gawking at the 24 women having at each other on the sand.
LEAN BACK!" comes the instruction on the wind. That's if you value your head.
Top: Heather Rain with her training partner Teah Curwen, dodging dogs and walkers on the beach in Ocean Grove while concentrating on the drills.
Bottom left: Deb Doan training alone on the beach.
Bottom Right: Learning to wrap one's hands properly is very important in Muay Thai.