muay thai
15 septembre
Muay thai fighting is pretty scary. Especially when one of your friends is involved in a fight. Jamie has been training in muay thai ever since he arrived in Thailand. He has been doing karate most of his life and started doing some Thai boxing in St. Louis before he left. He trains at Grand Sport and has an instructor that speaks only a few words of English. This past Friday was Jamie’s first fight. There is a fight every Friday at Grand Sport, and there is always a flyer to accompany it. Jamie’s flyer had an intimidating picture of him on it. Above his picture, it reads “BOXER FORM USA” vs "BOXER FORM THAILAND” and it claims that Jamie has been in 6 fights and hasn’t lost a single one. Underneath his picture, though, it says his name is JIMMY not Jamie. Jamie says that the people who work there are unable to pronounce “Jamie” so they call him “Yimmy”. It also says “Jimmy” weights 72 kilograms, which is also incorrect, because Jamie weighs a little more than that. The flyer is full of lies and that is why it’s hilarious. I need to scan it and post it on here.
Several students from Webster came out to see his first fight, even though the cost was 350 baht (which is a lot here). There were 4 fights preceding Jamie’s that involved boys as young as 13 years old. There was also a girl boxer, who kicked her male component’s ass. It was awesome. Seeing all of these aggressive fights made us, Anne and I especially, worried about Jamie. Has he trained enough? Does he even know what the hell he’s doing? But then he came into the ring and did such a great job. He won the fight within, probably 5 minutes. The guy he fought against was short and stocky and didn’t look remotely like any of the other Thai boxers. They tend to be small, lean, and void of any fat. Jamie doesn’t really look like the normal Thai boxer, either, but he did really really well.
There were a couple fights after Jamie’s and then we all left. Jamie was in the greatest mood of his life and was skipping around town, dodging cars, nearly getting himself killed.
I love muay thai!
Jamie’s next fight – September 29.
15 septembre
Muay thai fighting is pretty scary. Especially when one of your friends is involved in a fight. Jamie has been training in muay thai ever since he arrived in Thailand. He has been doing karate most of his life and started doing some Thai boxing in St. Louis before he left. He trains at Grand Sport and has an instructor that speaks only a few words of English. This past Friday was Jamie’s first fight. There is a fight every Friday at Grand Sport, and there is always a flyer to accompany it. Jamie’s flyer had an intimidating picture of him on it. Above his picture, it reads “BOXER FORM USA” vs "BOXER FORM THAILAND” and it claims that Jamie has been in 6 fights and hasn’t lost a single one. Underneath his picture, though, it says his name is JIMMY not Jamie. Jamie says that the people who work there are unable to pronounce “Jamie” so they call him “Yimmy”. It also says “Jimmy” weights 72 kilograms, which is also incorrect, because Jamie weighs a little more than that. The flyer is full of lies and that is why it’s hilarious. I need to scan it and post it on here.
Several students from Webster came out to see his first fight, even though the cost was 350 baht (which is a lot here). There were 4 fights preceding Jamie’s that involved boys as young as 13 years old. There was also a girl boxer, who kicked her male component’s ass. It was awesome. Seeing all of these aggressive fights made us, Anne and I especially, worried about Jamie. Has he trained enough? Does he even know what the hell he’s doing? But then he came into the ring and did such a great job. He won the fight within, probably 5 minutes. The guy he fought against was short and stocky and didn’t look remotely like any of the other Thai boxers. They tend to be small, lean, and void of any fat. Jamie doesn’t really look like the normal Thai boxer, either, but he did really really well.
There were a couple fights after Jamie’s and then we all left. Jamie was in the greatest mood of his life and was skipping around town, dodging cars, nearly getting himself killed.
I love muay thai!
Jamie’s next fight – September 29.
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