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Having learned from our experiences from our first trip down to Pattaya three months ago, Kevin and I decided that we’d have our...

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...

I’ve only come back to training at WKO with Sakmongkol in the past few days because of the stitches I received after my fight last Wednesday.  It feels so good to be back to hitting things...

*** A quick note on how these days are numbered: I go by only counting actual days of training with Sakmongkol, so I’ve been in Pattaya longer than 26 days and these two days actually have...

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...

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...

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...