The general consensus is that everyone has a smashy-smashy phase. That’s exactly how Elena Cresci says it – “everyone has a smashy-smashy phase” – as if it makes total sense.
“You don’t realise how hard you’re hitting,” Cresci explains calmly over a lemon bar and a latte. “But you’re hitting really f***ing hard.”
The wisdom seems sensible enough. A hallowed form of kickboxing originating from Thailand, Muay Thai is a combat sport where elbows and knees to the skull are currency, blood and bruising are medals in their own right and headbutts are a type of elegance. That fighters, particular newcomers, can periodically slip into an unconscious state of supercharged Hulk mode is understandable.
