A large number of new people have arrived at Sinbi this week. The largest contingent being a group of hardcore kick-boxers from Spain who look like they break concrete with their heads before breakfast. Though we still get trainer attention with a big group in camp (this is good as I've heard that other Muay Thai camps let this slip) the atmosphere has definitely changed. While I'm on the topic of the people who are training I might as we'll paint a picture on s...

Friday Night's Adventures in Patong Friday started out as such a quiet, peaceful day. The usual rituals of run, train, eat, beach, sleep, train, eat were adhered to then the wheels fell off. A fight night was on again at Bangla stadium in Patong and two fighters from Sinbi were participating. Chane, an American who had been training here for about a year, was in his seventh fight and Dee a the young Thai champion from Sinbi was in the main fight of the night. De...

I had a really good session this morning as I ended up doing some really different things during my five rounds in the ring. I was in the ring with Pot and he was really focused on attacking me then having me counter which was a lot different to previous sessions which seemed more about wearing me down be doing multiple kicks and punches, more for endurance than having any practical fighting application. Now that I've been here training for almost two weeks it's...

I ran all the way to the lake before this morning's training session so I'm pretty stuffed....ar....er.....stoked! Yesterday morning my self and two other guys training at Sinbi went off to Patong in the morning to do some shopping. It was interesting having a look around but was a reminder to all of us of how good we've got it where we are staying. We have few tourists, food is dirt cheap and people are friendly - in Patong it's 'western overload' with even the...

I went to a fight night at Bangla Stadium in Patong last night. One of the Sinbi fighters and trainers, Pot, was fighting so there was a big following from camp attending. To get to and from Patong we all piled into the camp hilux and off we sped into the night for the 13km trip to Patong. The hilux was a bit of a squash, with ten of us crammed into the tray with Tiger (one of the more 'colourful' trainers), perched on the tail gate preaching to us on the virtues...