Showing posts with label sparring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sparring. Show all posts

Monday, 27 April 2015

Busy life vs training

There is so much more I wanna get from my life.
As a fighter, student, instructor.
As well as in my career outside the sports and as a husband, brother, son and simply a men.
I strongly believe that we were born as a community and we should also leave as a community too. I wanna be able to so much more for others.
I know that I am on the right path to achieve all this. I am with right, like minded people.
As most of us this days I can't always do things that I would like to  (even if they are right things to do ). Like my training.
My routine is at least two trainings day, six days a week. When I accomplish this schedule,  I do have a Sunday off with full peace of mind.
If I know that tomorrow I've got to start work earlier I will make sure that I wake up early enough to do my morning session and prepare myself for rest of the day.
My main trainings (Gukwoone, GuruMuayThai etc) are in the afternoon or evening. And they are my priorities.
I will literally do all my best to attend my main sessions.
As much as the morning ones are flexible, I can't change nothing when it comes to the main ones.
So in the busy schedule of my other work related duties. Sometimes it is physically impossible to make it on time.
Sometimes even beeing slightly late is not an option either.
Do I just finish what I've got to do and go home to have a peaceful night?
No way.
That wouldn't be possible.  I wouldn't sleep well at all.
The more I achieve the busier I get and the harder it is to fit in everything I wanna do. But if I can't cope with what is happening now, how will I perform having more responsibilities and more duties (which I am planning to ) on my head.
I am not even parent yet:-) !
So I will always make sure that I have this couple of things with me at all times.
My training kit and membership card to chain of the gyms at different locations around London, where I can do my routine if I miss my planned training.
If I skip it today, tomorrow will something else pop out. Day after day, week after week I will miss more and instead of getting closer I will move away from my goals.
So here we are.
Missed my evening session and just about to start my own training of a run on the treadmill...
Good luck with achieving your goals👍
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Amongst the fighters in Thailand.

What is so special about Thailand, when it comes to fighting training?
As I have mentioned before,I do truly believe that it is not where and how much you are training makes you better athlete or fighter.
It is more about; the way you do it.
However,staying and training for over a week at Singpatong Gym in Phuket,Thailand.
I have had great pleasure of meeting and training with many fighters from all over the world.
Some of them,just like me,coming here for a month or two,to develop their skills and go back home to fallow up with what they have learnt.
Some of them, quite few,stays  here for years and train full time.
Living everything behind and devoting their lives to Muaythai.
Even though back in UK it is my bread and butter too.
Everydays training, fighting, coaching.
I don't think there is other place in the world, where it is so common.
We cannot forget the Thai fighters who started all this culture and continue it on the highest level.
Young boys and girls whom begin their day with a long run and Thaiboxing practice.
When finished they will have a quick wash and breakfast, put on the uniform and leave for school.
After school they will come back straight to the gym for afternoon session.
It is a lot of hard work for young people,but they are proud of being fighters and they believe that this is going to help them build up their future.
Everybody here takes it very serious,at this same time we all having great fun while we are training.
Everyone has a dream of becoming someone. Whoever they wanna become,  Muay Thai is the way.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

From Malaysia to Thailand.

Wednesday 10th of December.
After just over four hours of very much needed sleep.
We have left our hotel at 10 am.
Coaches drove us with their cars to the Malaysian /Thai border. On the way we have stopped for tasty and big breakfast at the Indian kitchen which belongs to one of their friends.
In about one hour drive we have reached to the border.
Checked in and packed in the minibus to Hatyai,another hour away.
In Hatyai we have spent about three hours waiting for another minibus which was going to take us directly to Patong City in Phuket .
We arrived to Patong before 1am,looked around for place to stay at reasonable price.
As most of the places in close distance were booked already we had bargain at the hotel that we got dropped of at.
Where we have stayed for first night.