Damian Mavis
Master Black Belt
Hey guys, since I got back from Thailand I have been training, but not seriously and barely any Muay Thai. Problem is I still can't punch hard with my right hand and my foot is just now starting to be able to take kicking again. Man I never realised how rough fullcontact, bone on bone would be on my body. It's just plain annoying..... I'll be starting my training regimen again next week and might have a friendly fight at the end of the month against a friend. After that I am supposed to fight in June but not sure if I want to do that since I have to test for my 4th degree in Tae Kwon Do in June and don't want to mess up my chances of passing by being injured.
Something I'm excited about and wanted to tell people was that my province of Ontario (Canada) is changing the law from Muay Thai being totally illegal to full Thai rules permissible. That means there will be alot of big matches run in my neck of the woods and I will be able to fight bone on bone with knee/elbows just like Thailand. Don't know why such a drastic change in laws but I'm not complaining!
I already have my next trip to Thailand planned for next December, this time I'm bringing my girlfriend and my buddy. My buddy and I will both fight while there.
Not sure if I mentioned this while in Thailand but I met and got trained a bit by 2 K1 champs while I was training there in Pattaya. Peter Aerts (sp?) talked to me for a good 30 minutes giving me advice on how to train and how to prepare for my fight and Nick (I forget his last name) was very aggressive in his attempt to teach me long knee. It was a kool bonus on top of everything else that happened on my trip to have 2 champs help me out. Honestly so many kool things happened on that trip it is seriously hard to keep it all in my head and remember to tell everyone!
One last thing.... in retrospect, the all around best Muay Thai training I received (outside the personal training I got from several friends I made while there) was Lamai Muay Thai in Koh Samui. It was the best overall for me.
Damian Mavis
Honour TKD
Something I'm excited about and wanted to tell people was that my province of Ontario (Canada) is changing the law from Muay Thai being totally illegal to full Thai rules permissible. That means there will be alot of big matches run in my neck of the woods and I will be able to fight bone on bone with knee/elbows just like Thailand. Don't know why such a drastic change in laws but I'm not complaining!
I already have my next trip to Thailand planned for next December, this time I'm bringing my girlfriend and my buddy. My buddy and I will both fight while there.
Not sure if I mentioned this while in Thailand but I met and got trained a bit by 2 K1 champs while I was training there in Pattaya. Peter Aerts (sp?) talked to me for a good 30 minutes giving me advice on how to train and how to prepare for my fight and Nick (I forget his last name) was very aggressive in his attempt to teach me long knee. It was a kool bonus on top of everything else that happened on my trip to have 2 champs help me out. Honestly so many kool things happened on that trip it is seriously hard to keep it all in my head and remember to tell everyone!
One last thing.... in retrospect, the all around best Muay Thai training I received (outside the personal training I got from several friends I made while there) was Lamai Muay Thai in Koh Samui. It was the best overall for me.
Damian Mavis
Honour TKD