Back to Training, Foot still broken.

It was really nice to get back into training after 9 days in China.  The first day back I decided to catch up on some rest and get a thai massage instead of training, which turned out to be a great idea.  I highly recommend getting a massage after every long flight or bus ride.  I was still a bit exhausted from a messed up sleeping schedule and my nose is stuffed up from the smoke and pollution of China along with possibly getting a slight cold from the freezing nights and travel, but I was excited to get back into Muay Thai regardless.

The run was surprisingly easy and enjoyable.  The fresh air and the aerobic activity opened up my lungs as well as my nasal passages.  I felt like a million baht.  With running I think a lot of it has to do with my muscles no longer being sore and beat up and my glycogen storage being full from all the carbs I ate in China.  Skipping rope was easy and we went straight into 5 rounds of Muay Thai sparring.  It was a bit intense as I went straight into it after a few weeks off, but luckily I had some really cool and respectful sparring partners that didn't go too crazy.  There are a bunch of new guys at the gym which is nice.  I think KC functions best when there is around 10 students in any given class, and up to 15 maximum which is what Chun the head trainer decided to max it out on.  Any less than 6 students and it gets a bit boring with no sparring partners and since it's a small gym anymore than 15 and it'll be too crazy to handle.

In yesterday's class there were 12 students, not including the Thai trainers and fighters which made for a perfect sized group.  I got to switch around with 4 different sparring partners and learned something from each of them.  Then we went into 3 rounds of padwork which totally drained me.  Then straight into 5 rounds of clinching!  It was an intense first day back and by the end of it I was exhausted.  My neck, back and body was sore and I couldn't wait to lay down and take an ibuprofen.  But I loved it, and I missed it so much. Something about training hard and depleting yourself just feels so damn good.

I do miss grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu though.  The two bad things about being at a Muay Thai only gym is first there's no Jiu-Jitsu and second, the guys that train only Muay Thai usually aren't big fans of the UFC which is my pride and joy.  I'm going to continue training Muay Thai at KC but have thought about dropping into Team Quest Chiang Mai's grappling class to check it out.  My friend Wayne is going to start training there next week so it'll be a good reason to check it out since Team Quest is less than a 10 minute drive from KC Muay Thai.  I'll let you guys know how it goes.  And expect an update on Tiger Muay Thai Chiang Mai next week as well as my buddy Will Elliott the general manager of TMT invited me to their soft opening this weekend.

Edit: Oh crap I totally forgot to mention that the little bones in my foot are still broken from my last fight 4 weeks ago.  It's really not that big of a deal as it doesn't affect my running and I shouldn't get kicking with my foot as this isn't karate but it kind of sucks that it hasn't healed by now.  If anything I'll take it as a reminder to kick with my shin and not my foot as I'm supposed to do in Muay Thai anyways.  Ironically, if this happened in the U.S. or back home, I would have skipped training for months until it healed.  But in Thailand, you're always training at 80% health, you'll always have bruises, and small injuries, you just push through it.  It's just more hardcore like that when you're at a fight camp and doing it full time.


Warm Regards and happy training,


Johnny

www.facebook.com/myfightcamp
www.12WeeksinThailand.com