Extremely late post but 2 weeks after the last fight post, I was back in the ring. This was the first time I faced an opponent who was my weight and height so I was quite excited for the challenge. … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Another Fight in the books
It’s ages since I fought as you all know. Not from a lack of asking for fight. The gym just wants to bring me up the right way. So it has been fight, go back to the factory and add … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Fight night
I walked into King Power, a new duty-free shopping mall in Phuket and it suddenly hit me, I can’t afford anything here. This is a sharp contrast to the same point last year where I could have walked in and … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Living the Fighter’s Life
Colin Powell, the former U.S. secretary of state is quoted as saying “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence“. This is true for success in any endeavour including the art of Muaythai. I want to and will be a Muaythai world champion. So in order to achieve this success, I have to embrace and embody the 5 qualities mentioned above. The quality I want to discuss today is Loyalty. Loyalty is a big part of martial arts. Loyalty to art, loyalty to your gym and team, loyalty to your trainer. The focus of … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Should be Loyal to one trainer?
I haven’t fought since November due to various reasons. I was talking to my friend on Sunday night about possibly only focusing on grappling for a while as I will be competing at a no-gi event been hosted at AKA Thailand in April then the Bangkok Open, a gi competition in May. Someone up there must have heard our conversation because I showed up for Monday morning muay thai and big boss Kann told me I was fighting on the 23rd. That was a week ago. Today is Tuesday so I fight tomorrow night at Bangla boxing stadium in Patong. … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Fight Confirmed
A lot of muaythai trainers teach you techniques which either they themselves don’t do in a fight. A trainer may ask you to lean back to evade a high kick but then you watch the same trainer fight and all he does is catch high kicks on his arm. Why is he not leaning back? My trainer Fahsitan aka Kru Lek invited me to watch him fight last Thursday at Patong boxing stadium. Although he speaks very little English and I very little Thai, we seem to get along really well. I arrived at Patong boxing stadium (not bangla) … Continue reading Training In Thailand: Practise what you teach
This week’s fighter is: Samart Payakaroon Samart is considered the greatest muaythai fighter of all time. A 4 time Lumpinee champion at 4 different weight classes and the winner of numerous awards. He also fought Western boxing bouts. Fight record Total 150 Wins 129 By knockout 30 Losses 19 Draws 2 Samart has an interesting fighting style. Great boxing, elusive and difficult to hit. This is demonstrated in a highlight reel knockout of an opponent whom he made miss about 14 punches in a row then proceeded to knock him out immediately with a straight left. What I … Continue reading Golden Era Fighter of the Week
Long overdue but here are some pictures from my first fight. A big thank you to the always sexy Juan and the ever lovely Katya for the photos. Pre-fight Wai Kru Fight Continue reading Training In Thailand: Fight Pics
After a hard week of training, fight day finally arrived. I had a breakfast of oatmeal with banana and an omelet then spent the rest of the day trying to relax and remain calm. Everyone I run into at the … Continue reading Training In Thailand: My First Fight
Morning 6km run Warm-up and stretching 4 rounds padwork 4 rounds bag work 4 rounds sparring Clinching Kru Neung has taking on the responsibility of getting me fight ready. Padwork was really intense and very fast paced. We worked on … Continue reading Training in Thailand: Fight Camp Day 1
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