Only a half day, the afternoon session. After going to bed early last night I woke up early at 6 am. That would have been enough time to make the morning session but I thought I would easy myself into it. Several walks show me that there really isn’t much around the camp area. I hear there is a pharmacy nearby that has everything from cortisone and morphine shots to Valium, no prescriptions needed. Maybe after my second week. I also learn the Master Toddy is here at the camp. There was a show in the US called Fight Girls on Oxygen. Several women compete and the winners travel to train and fight in Thailand. Apparently they travel to Tiger Muay Thai to train. So I guess I picked a decent place to train.
Training. Today’s session went for 3 and a half hours. Outside, 95 degrees, 65% humidity. Thankfully we are in the shade. 30 minutes of jump rope. There are three training areas. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I start in the beginner section. After jumping rope for 20 minutes one of the Thai trainers comes up to me and asks how long I have been training. I am modest and find myself moved up to the intermediate section. That makes me feel pretty good. When I walked into the gym in California one the first things the trainer said to me is “You look like a fighter.” After all this time I must be doing something right. After my first practice that notion was quickly wiped from my head. Some things are simply different in Muay Thai from MMA. Many things I simply do wrong.
I’m going to bed. I look forward to seeing how I feel in the morning. I am here training my body, but the reality is I am training my mind. Learning, forcing my self mentally to will myself physically to complete the task at hand. One small goal at a time. Now the goal is to get up tomorrow morning. I think everything will work out, if I don’t go broke buying bottled water.
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