Days like any other

I haven't been updatting my blog much lately but here are some pictures of the past couple of days to make up for the lack of posts. I'm almost done training for my fight on the 24th. Tomorrow's a day of rest, monday just a light session and then rest till wednesdayevening. I'll probably be heading to Koh Samui on the 4th of May but that's still a bit unsure. Okay that's it for now, enjoy the pictures!

After training with Roshaan, Flook and Pon

Maggi during her fight, won by tko round 2

Me and Jimme right before his fight, won on points

Sundaymorning, always a great thing to start a day of rest with a movie like Madagaskar. I love that movie. 

Hmm, yeah so this is what happens when you go jogging during Songkran..

Kongfah wins his fight on points and thereby wins a big bet in between two camps

The local festival where Kongfah had to fight, we were the only falang which made us quite a happening..

The other day Kru Juab and Roshaan both had a fight at another festival. Both won. Me and Hayden got assigned to oil up Roshaan before his fight. 

And of course, Songkran! We went to Ban Pong to celebrate Thai New Year amongst some Thai friends of the gym's owner. Great day, great people, great fun. This was the second Songkran for me and it was probably even better than last year's. Fingers crossed for next year ;)

Pads with Kongfah

Doing a round of pads with Kongfah during yesterday's afternoon training.

Lumpinee April 9th 2013

Last tuesday there was a great fightcard for Lumpinee stadium in BKK. Two fighters of Sitmonchai Gym had to fight so we all headed down to Lumpinee to watch and support. BKK is only like two hours away so it's really great we got to go. A couple of great fights were scheduled for this night and even though some exciting fights didn't happen, it still was a great night of muay thai. Watching all those fights really got my spirits up for fighting. They better be, since I'm fighting at MBK April 24th. So about two weeks left before my fight. I'm training my ass of and having so much fun. Everyday is a happy day here. Here are some pictures of the night at Lumpinee.

Pnae performing his Wai Kru, he lost on points.

The local Thais getting their betting on

Saenchai didn't fight but he did support our fighters during their fights.

Muu getting ready for his fight

Muu lost his fight on points as well, but they both fought like true warriors showing true style

And Sam

One of my Thai friends gave me this to try. I still don't know what it is but I loved it. 

Tia, Jimme and Dit

Heading back to camp after a great evening. Just for the record; getting out of the parking lot/BKK takes about as long as the whole drive back to Tha Maka. BKK and traffic just don't do well together..

Kanchanaburi on a sunday

Sawadee-kha world, what's up. Another week has past and no surprise; all we did was train! Well, that's not all we did.. On sunday there's no training so we decided to take a little trip to the town of Kanchanaburi. A nice way of getting out of the camp for a bit. We took a bus to Kanchanaburi, which takes about 40 minutes and there we just walked around a bit, ate something and did some shopping. It's not that big though, so after about three hours we decided to catch a bus back to Tha Maka and call it a day. It was nice to see something different than just the camp where we spend most of our time. You get tired after a week of training so having a day off is really good. Even if you do nothing that day, your body needs the time to recover from training and to prepare for a new week.

The bu sstop where we caught the bus to Kanchanaburi

The town of Kanchanaburi

Getting some nice Thai food, noodles this time. Believe it or not, I'm actually getting a bit tired of eating rice every. single. day. At the camp we get food after training and it's really good food. But it's rice. It's always rice. Two times a day. Eating noodles every once in a while is like heaven.

Busted knuckles and bruised shins, I'm all about it!

I've arrived in Bangkok about a week ago. Training has been going well and all these people here are like family. This gym is really a great place. Though I have to say, getting up for the morning run at 6.30 is a bitch.  Training starts at 6.30 in the morning and ends about 9.30. In the afternoon the run starts at about 15.30 and training ends around 18.30. It's intense to train for six hours a day but I'm learning so much. Every day brings more experience and new tricks. I love every minute of it. I should be staying here for about three more weeks, but we'll see about that.. I might just extend my stay.. ;)

The morning run goes alongside this small river. It's a straight road with water on the lefthandside and cornfields on the right and that's about it. Oh and a shitload of stray dogs that scare you to death of course.. But that'll just make you run faster!

The evenings are mostly spent watching tv with the boys and just chilling, there's not that much to do around here so we always end up watching a movie or soccer. I watch more soccer here than I do at home..

You! You punch like man! Yeah, good to hear. I've already busted my knuckles on the pads from hitting them hard. Thai solution? Superglue! So yeah, my knuckles are all glued up now and believe it or not, it actually feels better! Going to see if it actually works this afternoon at training..

Baipai is the kid of one of the trainers and he's so much fun. Always bashing around in my room or playing in the ring. And my Thai is actually improving by the things he says haha, go Baipai!

Go hard or go home.. My shins got beat up after padstraining and blocking kicks. The bruising even got worse but one of the trainers gave me a massage and rubbed the bruising on my bone away so it doesn't actually hurt anymore, it just looks ugly..