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Since I have been here at Team Quest, one of the biggest things I have been taking advantage of is training partners. I have a different experience with training partners than others might have but I am sure most people will be familiar with some of my issues. For one I am the coach at my gym, I am the person who introduced MMA to Pakistan and I am quite sure I will be the…
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One of the things I plan on taking advantage of while I am here is being able to fight in MMA. I have had three MMA fights before in Pakistan but I never really consider them fights that challenged me or gave me opportunities to assess myself and explore what I can do to make myself a better fighter. These three fights have a total time of a little over 3 minutes with the first…
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What is a ”smoker” event? When you’re training in MMA you eventually want to test your skills. Often fighters enter amateur events to get a better understanding of where they stand. But what if you’re not ready for an amateur event, and you have already sparred with everyone in your gym. Then what you want is a “Smoker” – an event in which different schools and gyms pair up and have their students test themselves….
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So, I decided I would write a short post on finding a good Muay Thai trainer. I don’t mean finding a “certified Kru” in your local McDojo back home but finding a good trainer when your training in Thailand. This is really directed towards guys who are brand new to Muay Thai and are coming to Thailand to train for the first time. So your in Thailand, you’ve chosen a camp to go train at…
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So a quick post on Koh Samui for those who are thinking of training there. Some basic facts for the people who did not bother to google Koh Samui. Koh Samui is the second biggest Island in Thailand and is off the eastern coast. You can get there via air (quite expensive) or by Bus/Train and then take a ferry. The island is getting quite developed but it is not quite developed as Phuket although…
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I was really looking forward to training at Phuket Top Team for a number of reasons. One is that I love checking out new gyms to train at, I have trained at least 20 different Muay Thai/MMA gyms across Thailand, in every corner of the country and I love seeing what thing brings to the table. Two, there was a lot of hype on the internet about PTT and it looked like very legit hype,…
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So my last post was about Pinyo Muay Thai, in my opinion the best gym to train Muay Thai at in Koh Samui. Although I loved the place there was still one more gym that I needed to visit. It’s between Lamai and Chaweng beach and you will see it on the top of a hill on the left side if your heading towards Chaweng. It’s a brand new gym called Yuth Pan and its…
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Lamai Muay Thai on Monday, SuperPro on Tuesday and on Wednesday I headed to Pinyo Gym, also by Lamai Beach. I will tell you upfront that this ended up being my favorite gym during my time on Koh Samui. Great training and a great atmosphere. When I went into the gym I immediately felt the same type of acceptance and camaraderie that I felt going to True Bee gym. In fact Pinyo gym touts the…
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Super Pro Samui is where I originally planned on doing all my training for the week that I was going to stay on Koh Samui. However, those plans changed when I found out that the MMA instructor was going to be gone for a couple weeks and that MMA classes were to be student led and only on Tuesday and Thursdays. Couple that in with the fact that Super Pro has the most expensive per…
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So my first day on Koh Samui I decided to check out the WMC camp. The actual name of the place is Lamai Muay Thai though, they are just affiliated with the WMC. This place has been on my mind since it is affiliated with the World Muay Thai Council (WMC) which quite frankly is the only Muay Thai council that matters. For more information on Muay Thai “Federations” check out this post here which…
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