What I'm In For.

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of posts but the training and jet lag combined has been leaving me a bit tired. So far Danielle has posted a bit more and has uploaded some pictures of our room, spiders, and this strange hairy Thai fruit that is really sweet. Check out her page here.

So far the training has been pretty much as I thought. They are concentrating on stance, movement, punches, and kicks for the beginners. Not to mention how to wrap your hands the Thai way and also the Wai Kru; their pre-fight ritual dance.

We warm up each time by running around the stadium. Bare feet on concrete makes for some interesting blisters but they are turning into callouses pretty fast so that's no big deal. After that some warm up and stretching and then running through the basic footwork. The second hour is where they divide up the class per skill level and teach us what we need to know using drills, sandbags (yes they are filled with sand, yes they hurt), and usually having either 10oz. gloves on our hands for the bags, or 1pound weights in our hands for the free-form exercises.

I do that from 7-9am and then again from 3-5pm Bangkok time, everyday except Sunday. This leaves me drenched in sweat by the time I am done (Actually 1/2 an hour through). It's a great workout and although I never run out of breath (thank you elevation difference), the heat and humidity here makes for some sore muscles.

That's all for now, I'll talk to you all again soon.