Tuesday 29 October 2013
Monday 14 October 2013
Planning for Thailand
Some guys of my gym were planning on going to Thailand. A lot of people practicing muay thai do eventually a trip there to experience the hard training in the hot country. So, I decided to tag along, but in the end only few of us are going there anyways (3 of us).
There are plenty of gyms as you can imagine where people can train, and there are big chances that those are promoting some muay thai champions. My choice was to go at Sitsongpeenong in Bangkok, the training schedule is great with as much padwork as clinch work. The facilities are top as well and that is something you don't find everywhere.
I started studying thai language a couple of months ago, I'm making some progress, however is not easy to remember everything when I can't practice with someone.
Although my trip was initially to train I decided that I want to mix some tourism and language practicing with it. So, I won't be training everyday.
I'm planning of buying a lot of gear there, in fact in my first day I will be go to ActionZone(popular muay thai shop) and spend all my money, well, maybe not all of them, I have to visit the Boon shop too!
I will probably be doing some video blogs and reviews, so stay posted!
There are plenty of gyms as you can imagine where people can train, and there are big chances that those are promoting some muay thai champions. My choice was to go at Sitsongpeenong in Bangkok, the training schedule is great with as much padwork as clinch work. The facilities are top as well and that is something you don't find everywhere.
I started studying thai language a couple of months ago, I'm making some progress, however is not easy to remember everything when I can't practice with someone.
Although my trip was initially to train I decided that I want to mix some tourism and language practicing with it. So, I won't be training everyday.
I'm planning of buying a lot of gear there, in fact in my first day I will be go to ActionZone(popular muay thai shop) and spend all my money, well, maybe not all of them, I have to visit the Boon shop too!
I will probably be doing some video blogs and reviews, so stay posted!
Thursday 10 October 2013
Moved Up to Intermediate Class
Last week I have moved on to the higher class: intermediate. I have been waiting for a push to move up for a long time. I always get scared to take a chance on things, but finally the opportunity came up.
In my gym the are three classes: intro, general and intermediate. The latter is what prepare you to be a proper fighter. The training is not necessarily harder, but is taken way more seriously than the general class. The kruu (instructor) is always there to push you, to do more and better, to be physically and mentally ready.
The warm up, the sparring and the conditioning are more intense. I have been punched and kick a lot in the face these days. In general I would say to my partner to power down, but here you just go with it. It seems scary, but is not that painful.
I was surprised that I keep up with the training, at least I did so far, and I am really pleased with it; however, now that I spar with people that are a notch better than me, I can tell that I do poorly technically. I mean, that was not a news to me, but now is the time where if you don't get better you get kicked in the face.
In my gym the are three classes: intro, general and intermediate. The latter is what prepare you to be a proper fighter. The training is not necessarily harder, but is taken way more seriously than the general class. The kruu (instructor) is always there to push you, to do more and better, to be physically and mentally ready.
The warm up, the sparring and the conditioning are more intense. I have been punched and kick a lot in the face these days. In general I would say to my partner to power down, but here you just go with it. It seems scary, but is not that painful.
I was surprised that I keep up with the training, at least I did so far, and I am really pleased with it; however, now that I spar with people that are a notch better than me, I can tell that I do poorly technically. I mean, that was not a news to me, but now is the time where if you don't get better you get kicked in the face.
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