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this post will make the most sense if you watch at least the 1st 12 mins of this video lecture We are all trying to improve our Muay Thai, but one of the difficulties in plotting...

I learned a ton training with Sakmongkol in Pattaya for 7 weeks, as well in my time at Petchrungruang Gym. You can see my daily blog posts of my time with Sakmongkol here if you want...

A little bit ago I learned these pull-ups for clinch, seeing Bank do them at Petchrungruang Gym. Bank is Kru Nu’s young Nak Muay son, about 40 kg. They seemed pretty good so I added them...

Day 21 – Low Kick In my fight on Friday I landed some low kicks, something that the Patriarch at Petchrungruang and Sakmongkol have had me working on previously and what Kru Mutt had asked for...

Day 15 – First Training After My Fight My shin is a little swollen from checking a kick in my last fight so I wasn’t sure whether I’d be able to kick on it today.  It’s...

After training with Sakmongkol in the afternoon at WKO we departed a bit early and took the motorbike back over to Petchrungruang Gym to have some clinching with Kru Nu’s son, who is ranked 2nd in...

This afternoon, in the last 20 minutes of training when I was wringing out the last of my energy on a hanging bag, Sakmongkol’s boss who I met yesterday called me into the ring for some...

This afternoon’s clinching session started with me shadowing in the ring, warming up.  Sakmongkol taught me a knee that he was working on with Sifu McInnes and his son last night.  Basically it’s a long straight...

We arranged a private session for clinch instruction just before regular afternoon training today.  I wasn’t in a good mood entering the gym, which is unfortunate because my attitude and how I’m “read” by trainers is...

Today was my first double session.  There is no Muay Thai in the morning but they gym is open all day, so I got up and headed over to arrive at the gym by 9:00 AM. ...