iiaks
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I say go for it! I'll be turning 45 this Christmas, and am just loving the sport! It doesn't bother me that most of the others at my gym are young enough to be my kids. We all have muay thai in common, and that is just perfect.
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Does anyone have any experience of the muay thai gym Kongtoranee has in Pattaya?
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On 4/26/2022 at 8:02 AM, Matty said:
This reminds me - sometimes my instructor would have the class play shoulder tag. Stand in your fighting stance and try to tap each other's shoulders. The hand should come out the same way a jab or cross would. Eventually, the game would progress to tags to body and legs (using hands only). It gives us a chance to figure out how close we have to be to touch our partner's shoulder, and practice deflecting the other person reaching for your shoulder. And it takes "getting hit" of the table (though, you could get slapped on the shoulder pretty hard, but students don't seem worried).
You'd also have to remind ppl to not to poke each other in the eye.
Our trainers do this as warmup every now and then. It's fun, too!
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"Sagat is wanting to reopen the gym as "Street Fighter Gym". He's taken money and put it into trying to renovate the gym a bit. He's asked me to help him, but trying to start a Muay Thai Gym business is not something I want to be invested in and trying to manage. "
Is this something that we could help him with? Is is a question of finances only? Also, thanks for sharing your experiences!
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Kru Bird provides online training from Phuket. He seems like he knows his business, and has over 100 fights himself. Maybe check him out and see if it's something you want to try?
EDIT: A friend and I just had a session with him this weekend. It worked out very well, and was a good time. The technology worked, too, which I was surprised about.. We trained in my friend's small living room and it was enough. We did mostly different combos and such, and will do this again, for sure!
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That's awesome! Great job! Spiky Sylvie looks feisty.
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I go with a Suunto 5 sports watch and a Polar 10 chest strap. I use the strap when training muay thai, as I feel the watch gets in the way.
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On 11/5/2019 at 5:04 PM, Xestaro said:
Haha cool!
"My" gym (where I hardly did any training for the last few months, shame on me!) is Diamond Gym Würzburg.
The one where he'll teach for at least a year is Fight Club Ludwigsburg. I already inquired about if it will be possible to get private lessons. They said yes and it would cost 60€ for an hour or 100€ for 2 hours which includes the teacher and the gym reserved for only you.
I'm still thinking about how much training I should at least get in before doing this... I mean: I absolutely need to get back into training first! Wouldn't want to waste the time by being too exhausted early on and also I want to really learn from him without him having to waste too much time correcting the absolute basics that anyone could teach me....
Thanks, awesome! I will definitely do my best to venture down there from Finland!
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This is fantastic! Which gym is he going to? Where in Germany is your gym?
I would fly to Germany for this.
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That looks like a great gym! Have a good time over there. :)
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Our group of people that train together is a very mixed one. Everything from older men to 12-year-olds. I like training with different people, instead of always ending up with the same partner. Training with males does have its advantages, I feel, as there is definitely less talk and more of the real deal :) When clinching I feel really bad for the skinny young girls that must be all bruised up afterwards!
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Some of my Finnish muay thai trainers go to Kongtoranee's gym on a regular basis, and my guess is that the English used is understandable. They've got a facebook page (Kongtoranee Muaythai by Twins Finland) but there's no info on prices etc.