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- To the victor goes the spoils
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 102 days old
- Public displays of affection are a bit of a no-no in Thailand but interestingly, only when between men and women. Beyond that, Thais - when among close friends - are a tactile bunch. School girls walk in and out of class holding hands, motorbike taxi drivers sit waiting for fares with arms slung around each others’ shoulders and groups of... more
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- The big day nears
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 121 days old
- Once I was changed and ready to get going in the famed Rompo Muay Thai Gym, a sweating trainer took a break from munching on a tooth pick to tell me to grab a skipping rope and start jumping it in the sunshine outside for the next 20 minutes. Outside I got chatting to a Ukrainian guy of around 20 who told me had amassed some 40 fights. He lived... more
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- Muay Thai Pt 3
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 130 days old
- Around the start of the year, after going along to a few Muay Thai classes, I was pretty much suckered into agreeing to fighting a bout by my jovial Thai instructor. I had trained in Thailand's notoriously brutal fight form on-and-off over the previous couple of years while in Ireland, but had never taken it seriously enough to be considered... more
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- Muay Thai Pt 2
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 136 days old
- After an initial, grueling flurry of appearances in a full-time Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) gym in Phuket, my employers decided I should relocate to Thailand's exhilarating, smog-choked capital, Bangkok. Most Muay Thai clubs operate during office hours so it was a difficult to find one I could fit around work, but my search eventually met with... more
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- Muay Thai Pt 1
- by letterfromthailand
- in letterfromthailand.blog.co.uk
- 136 days old
- One of the things I was looking forward to most before coming here was getting the chance to train in one of the country's Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) clubs (you may remember me from such columns as, 'Martial arts for the uninitiated'). I had been training away in a gym in Ireland on-and-off for well over two years and while I've never fought in a... more
