Training blog

So I'm going to start to shoot and display my training and some video blogs. I Love your continued support. I hope you enjoy the blog for a long time to come. By the way it was done on my phone so it'll get better with time, I promise.

Peace

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The beauty of it all

What's up people, hope all is well and blessings are being showered upon you all. I just want to step away from the actual physical toll training and fighting take on ones body or the opponents body and focus more on the beauty of it all. You often hear how amazing the human body is or how shocked people are at what the body can do. I on the other hand am not surprised by anything the body does but i often find myself in awe of how beautiful it is in motion. Whether it's Michael Jordan playing one of his finest games with the flu and a temperature over 100, or Anderson Silva finishing Chael Sonnen after being beaten to the punch in every aspect of the fight for 23 mins straight. It's beautiful, internal struggles of life don't go away because you have a fight, in fact they become somewhat magnified. The external struggles of everyday life become more obvious to everyone around and even under the worst circumstances we push on. We are the real 1%. We are believers in the impossible and achievers of the improbable. We wear our hearts on our sleeves and our emotions as our armor. Nobody can suggest to me that what we do is violence out of anger rather than out of competition. If we get angry we make mistakes, because we are human. What we do is beautiful and we are blessed to be able to do it. Please enjoy the videos, I think they help support my point.

Examining: Winning

Hey guys, it's a huge joy to put these thoughts and feelings into words and share them with you. In my opinion this is winning in a big way. It's long and drawn out and as long as I can think of something I can write it. However, victory in combat sports isn't the same. It's like being shot in the heart with adrenaline like Winona Ryder in Pulp Fiction or like Jonah Hill in Get him to the Greek "I'm aliiiiive!!!".

That's right it makes you feel like your alive. It's infectious to everyone around you. People you don't even know feel like somehow they were in the fight with you. This feeling lasts a different amount of time for every fighter. Some guys will talk there fights up for years, some for an hour,and some are ready to fight again immediately after they win. In there is the rub of the whole thing, no matter how long the feeling lasts, you want it again. Yeah i'm gonna say it...It's like crack. I have never tried it but that feeling of wanting it again has to be similar. I don't think it matters when that last fight was or how old you get, you want that feeling of victory again. I'm sure there are some old fighters out there long since retired that are still wanting to feel their hand raised just one more time. This is the reason that guys that haven't fought in years still talk about that one win as if it happened yesterday. I just had one a few weeks ago and already want it again, that might be a sickness. Don't get stuck on winning though because "winning isn't everything" or was it "winning isn't everything it's the only thing"!?! Only one things for sure as they say "you're only as good as your last fight" so let it be a win or accept it as a lesson.

Origins:Muay Thai

Of course I chose Muay Thai to be the first post about knowing the history of your art. I believe it is important to know the history of the art form you practice. That knowledge really rounds out a fighter and gives them a better understanding. So here we go. Muay Thai, originally called Muay Boran, was created by Siamese soldiers for use when they would lose their weapons on the battlefield. At the same time a weapons based art form called Krabi krabong was also created and used by the siamese soldiers. Eventually Muay Boran gained popularity as a sport. Challengers fought using the techniques of Muay bare fisted in front of spectators and festival goers. The bare fists at some point gave way to lengths of hemp rope wrapped around the hands. In the 19th century under King Rama V Muay Thai became nationally recognized and use as a form of excercise, as well as recreation. Camps began to spring up all over the country and much like sports in the ghettos of the U.S. it has been used to create financial gains for those fighters that train and compete regularly. Before every match the fighters do a ceremonial dance called the Wai Kru to show respect for their teachers and ancestors. These fighters often took the last name of the camp they trained at out of respect. This is still somewhat common in the modern age. As the years went on, Muay thai lost such strikes as the headbutt, and groin strikes and made way for strict rules, time limits and weight classes. The hemp rope also slowly went the way of the dinosaur to make way for cotton wraps and boxing gloves. Also more western boxing hand strikes have come in to play in the modern age. As the sport grows the natural progression will change however the true spirit of the art will always be there if we chose to keep it alive. Even if it is just passing the history on verbally or in writing it must be preserved. Kob-khun-krap (Thank you)

Examining: LOSING

The following are my thoughts about losing, it doesn't mean all fighters feel the same. The spectrum of emotions from fighting win or lose is so broad that it can't be defined by one persons words. I can only give you a glimpse into what happens physically and mentally. All that being said losing is one of the strangest and most humiliating things that can happen, however it can also be the trigger that ctapults the fighter to new heights.
First, I think most people believe that losing is something that happens after the fight is over. In reality losing starts in the ring or the cage or whatever setting the competition is set in. I believe somewhere in the fight everything starts to seem a little surreal. Your body seeoms to be working on autopilot. It's doing everything you tell it to do but nothing seems to be effective. Meanwhile your opponent is living out some sort of Van Damme fantasy fight. If you're anything like me, you throw back everything but the kitchen sink but with no luck on this day. Your heart started sinking in the first round when you took the first hit or maybe the middle of the fight when the pace seemed to catch up with you or maybe right at the en d when you were throwing haymakers as a last resort. Somewhere in there you just know it's not your day. That's just the beginning because now you have to see all the people not just in the stands but your friends and fmily that came to support. I become very apologetic. I always feel like I let them down. I know that's not the case but I think it will always be that way.
You've made it through the gauntlet of family and friends etc. and now you start to feel doubt in yourself and what you do. That accompanied by the guilt of letting people including yourself down plus the increasingly painful bumps and bruises, cuts and other from the fight can make for a very powerful cocktail.
Losing is your defining moment in life in any form of competition or just in life itself. It is the choice, the choice to lay down and turn the other direction or stand up and embrace the loss as a part of your education. It is the ability to face fear or turn tail. It can also be as simple as the realization that this may just not be for you or it might just be the thing you had been waiting for your whole life. In any case, losing is one of the places you wish you hadn't been but one of the places that teaches you the most. You never forget losing. I know who I am, I know what I do after a loss. Who are you? What do you do?

Warrior mindset

How do you think when you train? Are you concerned with your belly fat, is it about lowering your cholesterol, or are you just fulfilling your New Year's resolution and just staying in shape. If you believe that when fighters train they think like you think you would be sadly mistaken. We have a "warrior's mindset" when we train. I work the heavy bag and mitts with purpose. Every movement is calculated and executed not with reckless abandon but with instinct and speed. Fighter's don't force or try to create power, power is the bi-product of technique and training. While most are losing weight and toning up their love handles we are preparing for battle. I have to believe that when i'm not training, my opponent is. I have to push harder and do more than he is doing because once the bell rings everything is exposed. The If you haven't adopted or developed a warrior's mind in training that also will show as mental lapses and weakness. Oliver McCall cried in his corner, Victor Ortiz after being hit by Floyd Mayweather looked for the ref to save him. The flipside of that is if all the training is sufficient and mind made strong during training in the event of a losing scenario, we never quit. Bernard Hopkins proclaimed that he would fight with a dislocated shoulder after being tossed to the mat during a fight, Tim Sylvia, after having his arm broken by Frank Mir also wanted to continue. Another product of having strong mental power is insinct, Chiek Kongo was getting a beat down from Pat Barry before dropping barry with a punch surely thrown on instinct, Scott Smith has multiple finishes in fights where he looked like he was on his way to a loss. When you sharpen body you must also sharpen your brain. It will show in your performance.

"If you were the greatest warrior for your people and you were on your way to battle and got caught in an avalanche and got broken ribs. Would you get back on your horse and go home and lose the battle for your people or continue on and help your countrymen fight?" -Jex Fontaine

"I would continue on and fight" -LUCKY Lloyd Walton

"Good, then get in the ring" - Jex Fontaine

A little motivation