Gavin

Sylive, thanks so much. Part of the reason I joined this forum was to surround myself with good people. I'm excited that you'll be with me as I reach my goal. Likewise, if I can support you, let me know! I did an hour of boxing tonight. The combination we praticed was a little complex. Block right body shot, right uppercut, left, right, left hook, right straight, left, righ, left hook, weave and step left, left uppercut, left straight, right uppercut, right straight, block right body shot, right uppercut, left, right, left hook. Does that even make sense?! At the moment my legs ache after class, it's kinda a bit hard to stand. I'm massaging deepheat and stuff like that into my legs. I'll get there. 10hr 15min... and just like that 1% of my goal has ticked over!

Tonight I did 1 hour of Muay Thai. Main technique was left inside left kick, cross, hook, outside right kick. Also trained right hand, left hook, right body kick, right knee. 9hr 15 min.

Do the technique you want to integrate into your repertoire for 100+ repetitions per day for a week (or month) (mental reps help too), then go into sparring with the intention to use this technique. You won't be very good at it, but you need to force yourself into the uncomfortableness again and again, until you start to get it. I am MT beginner, but this is what I used to do in bjj and judo. Hopefully it helps.

Thank you Darina and Jago! Tonight I did 1 hour of boxing. We practiced jab, cross, hook, cross then hook, cross off the bob and weave. My goal for this week is to do 5 sessions on 5 different days. The week after I will do 6 sessions on 6 days, and the week after that I will either add a 7th or 8th session. What I mean by sessions is that my gym does an hour class in boxing or muay thai and then usually a second one and a half hour class. So the goal will be to eventually do 2.5 hours a day Mon - Thursday, and then pick up another 2-2.5 hours on friday and saturday with my own training. I'm not exactly sure how I will structure it yet. I may be able to pick up an hour in the morning also, but I will consider that later. If I can afford it I might do a session with a trainer once a week so that I can get more padwork in. 8hr 15 min

Hi I'm Gavin. I'm not sure if this is the right place to put it but I thought I'd start a training log here. I'm a beginner in Muay Thai. I trained for one month in Phuket last year and did another month in my hometown before moving across country and getting sick. I've just joined a new gym. I set a goal to log 1000 hours of striking training over the next 18 months (mt, boxing, kickboxing). I work full time and I'm obese (103kg at 5'10'), so I have some challenges ahead, but I really love martial arts. I have competed in Judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu, but stopped grappling due to injuring both my elbows and what seems to be an issue with extended gripping... Some auxillary goals are getting to a fighting weight (I competed in BJJ at 67kg, and judo at 73,81kg), and competing. I reckon I've done about 40 hours so far, but only 7hrs and 15 minutes since I started counting. My end date is Oct 17, 2016. Reading Sylvie's blog and her goal of reaching 100 fights inspired me to set this goal. I know for some people it may not seem like a difficult goal, but for me it is. It's a stretch. I'm not sure if I can do it to be honest. I'm 30, overweight and out of shape and with a chronic overuse injury in my arms. I'm recovering from being sick for over 2 months and I'm also not sure if I'm tough enough. So for me, it's a big goal. I am going to do my best to reach it. So please follow along and comment. P.S. I had to edit the date as I had put 2015, instead of 2016!

It is expensive for sure, but the facilites are superb. 5 rings, a cage, grappling room, weights etc... It may not be as authentic of an experience, but the training is better than anything I've seen in Australia. I've tried 5 different gyms in Aus and it is not uncommon to have 1 instructor to 20 students. At tiger you'll get 1 instructor to 3 students and you get pad rounds everyday with someone who has had at least 100 fights... There certainly may be better places to train in Thailand, but for someone coming from an Australian gym, it's like paradise...

The street is quite long, you'd need several pics. I spent a month there. Picture this... There are maybe 10+ restaurants, 3 pharmacies, 8 massage places, tatoo parlours on side streets, 3 or 4 mma/gear stores, guest houses and resorts. There is tiger, dragon muay thai, unit 27 (crossfit/s&c), PTT (right down the end), and you have titans (fitness/bootcamp) and chokchai muay thai on a side street. I would say 80% of people are training at Tiger however.