Discover your limits. Train beyond them.
Opportunity knocks…our students kick the doors off the hinges! Just chilling in the Hotel lobby in Chiang Mai waiting for a Tuk Tuk to hit the road and missed you guys. As you run through your week, MAKE the time to train! Challenge your Poo Chois that are back home and teaching while we train hard and challenge yourself to achieve your goals for the week.
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In Norway PRO Boxing is illegal – Pro Muay Thai illegal – Pro MMA…. you guessed it, illegal !
So this little guy traveled all the way to Thailand and after a month of training with Phuket Top Team, Jon Vetle made his pro Muay Thai debut.
Showing composure, skill, confidence and even some very nice spinning punches and kicks – this 9 year old showed why Thailand is the place he traveled so far to be at!
Watch out for the 11:40 mark in the video – a Clean spinning back kick rocks his opponent.
There are many ways to describe this stretch of road. Shops selling wares with prices that are always negotiable. “Well how much DO you want to pay?” (Lemme introduce you to a ghetto superstar homie. You should have let me walk away). Food vendors don’t need to try hard to grab your attention, the hypnotic smells of authentic Thai food was more than enough to seemingly float you by the nose to their culinary creations. The night club spotters trot along your side in a 8 second battle to run through menus ranging from drinks and food…to forbidden pleasures that lead down dark alleys. As you gaze down the alley, their previous patrons stagger out of the doors eager to hide their indulgence by quickly merging with the crowd. A group of Japanese women snicker at the soiled front of one of the young Australian man’s shorts, partially torn shirt and cat like scratches on his neck.
seem to surround you sending your senses into overdrive, eventually making you numb. Irish guys are hand gesturing and speaking slowly to Chinese women covering their hearts to seem sincere. Their slurred speech and IWC watches seem to be an aphrodisiac. Peter, the spontaneously drunk American teenager that just broke up with his girlfriend, (he told the whole street the story…twice. (If you know a Marie [CENSORED] from Seattle, she my friends is a dirty little…well anyway, “Firecrotch” will get hers). Back to drunk Peter…he is hugging a poor Australian girl who was too shy to push him off of her. Her friends run to her aid with the assistance of a newfound heavily tattooed Russian man. Instantaneously sober, Peter jogs down the street to try his technique again out of view of the recent spectators.
The night spirals into early morning and those who were successful in their banter have disappeared into the hostels with their catches. Those with remedial skills hang their heads and grab their wallets as they resort to the neon flashing lights in the alleys. One Scottsman limping with only one flop flop sticking to his foot with sweat and street goo.
It’s day one and we’ve settled into our hotels in Bangkok. It is so true what they say about Bangkok…there are some things you just plain cannot “unsee”. Miss you all already and I have already learned to stay out of the range of Ajahn’s fork during our first epic culinary adventure. (Let’s see if we can make the Black guy turn burgundy with spice). For the record…this was all his!!
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Video Included: Your fitness homework for the week starting on April 8th
55s – Squats and Pushups:
* 10 Deep Squats, 1 pushup
* 9 Deep Squats, 2 pushups
* 8 Deep Squats, 3 pushups
* 7 Deep Squats, 4 pushups
* 6 Deep Squats, 5 pushups
* 5 Deep Squats, 6 pushups
* 4 Deep Squats, 7 pushups
* 3 Deep Squats, 8 pushups
* 2 Deep Squats, 9 pushups
* 1 Deep Squat, 10 pushups
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Video Included: I am not quite sure how a search for Kings of Soccer resulted in this clip…but I am certainly happy that I found it! Enjoy the highlight reel of techniques! (No…it isn’t a spoiler…it’s Saenchai…c’mon son)
Training Ground would like to invite you to support your S.E.T. instructor Damian “D-Block” Schelborn this Saturday April 7th at the UFE Spring Bash. Building on his success from winning the Fitness STAR Model Search in March, Damian will need your energy to overpower his competition again!
Tickets for this event are now available at discounted advance ticket pricing here. Prices for tickets go up at the door and tickets are subject to availability.
Saturday April 7th 6pm
Port Credit Secondary School (Theatre)
70 Mineola Road East
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5G 2E5
Click HERE to view map to the venue.
There is a lot at stake for Damian so here so your energy and voices would be GREATLY APPRECIATED
