Yeah don't get me wrong, if you want to spar you can spar all the time with your trainer (depending on the trainer) or one of the other trainers. I was just saying most of the students at the gym don't spar or clinch.Yeah some of the trainers still fight, about once every month. yeah i "fought" there. But it's a patong fight...so it was more or less getting in the ring for 2 minutes and collecting my 4000 baht afterwards haha. There's also another gym called singpatong about a 2 minute walk down the street from pbg, you could check that place out too if you want.
hmmm walking distance...there's places around the gym but i'm not sure if the price would be any better than just staying at the gym, you'd have to check the only thing about that is...the gym is in the mountain so there's not really any food options around...your going to have to take a cab or rent a bike or take a long walk into town to eat all the time (at a decent price). you could eat at the gym...but their food gets old real quick. its about 10k a month at the gym, but the rooms are really nice. also the rooms aren't shared at pbg....which honestly is why i went there instead of sinbi. I know you can get cheap places down in the town, 5k a month, probably less if you looked hard enough.
My friend did a little tour (Lanna, Legacy, Tiger, somewhere else) and he hated it, thought it was just a load of posh boys messing around lol, but I spose if you're used to working hard the Tiger atmosphere could be a shock. I did a private with that Yod dude at Tiger, that was freaking awesome. Would definitely like to train with him again lol. Anyways, disgression...
So Jitti wasn't around then? He seems like a nice dude, family / wife were lovely as well. When I was there it was November again, when the amateur MT championships were on - was lucky enough to have a Swedish team there, and they were freaking good. lol. (Think 3 national titles between the 5 or so of them.) Would have to agree the training was good and I got worked hard.
I kinda liken clinch work to Bjj, no matter what people 'tell' you, you only seem to learn it by actually doing it in terms of feel, aside from being shown specific techniques. Problem with this though is I find it hard to see myself 'improving.' Sounds good with Sinbi.
Sok Ti, basically I am one of those guys that is pretty decent on the pads, especially in terms of power, but nowhere near half that actually sparring. Not sure why, I still do beginner esqe things when boxing inside, for example being taken by surprise or shutting my eyes, or getting hit by the same combos over again. Think it's a proximity thing, because at kicking range I'm fine and react properly... And I'm scared of hitting 'too hard' as well. Hence me thinking about sparring a lot, the Thais seem to go very light and technique based. Frankly, I don't like farang sparring from what I've done, especially newer people lol. And always slightly annoying when you have someone swingly wildly to knock your head off.
Lol at 'fought'. I'm quite tempted to fight now, but I'm literally only spending a week there so I'm worried about my fitness? (just because you can collect cash that would basically pay for a whole week of training and accom and more lol lol lol)
Very grateful for the 2nd para... Prices for staying at Suwit are pretty good, I agree I jus want my own room, as I had to share at Jitti and it's a bit weird lol. (even though the guy was really safe etc etc etc)
So I need to find somewhere with a fridge really, could go and buy up some food one day from a tesco or seomting... how long is the 'long walk into town'? As I said, I'm quite happy to walk/jog, but doing it twice a day I can imagine being a bit of a bummer. Honestly I found Bangkok a little boring too, I mean I saw the sites and went to MBK and whatnot, but there's not really a lot on. Not saying I'm going to party, but I'm sure one or two nights out and maybe a trip to the stadium would be nice!
Ok - any camps in Phuket that I could live near and not needa bike to get to the gym or get food? lol. That could be more important now eh, from my track record I'd be scared of renting a bike lol....
Thanks to you both! (wow apologies for the long winded post.. will keep it more to thep oint next time).
