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Day 23 – Use Your Advantages This morning on the way to Petchrungruang I was actually retching on the bike and continued to feel really nauseated as I was warming up.  Given that Kru Nu is...

It’s just a matter of course that if you spend any significant length of time training at a Muay Thai camp, you will get sick.  If you’re training hard your immune system can become susceptible to...

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 19 – It’s About Recovery and Throw It Like You Mean It This morning at Petchrungruang I was starting to feel difficulty in throwing kicks with full force because I wasn’t breathing properly.  Yesterday –...

Day 17 – Mental Tai Chi Yesterday my trainers were telling me I seemed tired and today I was even more tired than yesterday.  Clinching in the evenings with the little kids at Petchrungruang is sure...

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...

When I started training mornings at Petchrungruang Gym in Pattaya to supplement and complement my afternoons with Sakmongkol at WKO, I had the opportunity to talk with Filippo Cinti.  Filippo has been training and fighting in...

Day 13 – Padwork and Clinch Today was a full day.  Damn.  I had some good, hard padwork with Kru Nu at Petchrungruang and he really pushed me, telling me to rest tomorrow.  Then I did...

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...

Day 11 – Fight Energy Another difficult day today.  Morning training at Petchrungruang was good and the trainer there, Kru Nu, has been trying to get me a fight.  It’s proven remarkably difficult to book a...