Saengmorakot Gym Visit

Saengmorakot gym is hard to find. Very hard to find. What started off as a quick afternoon training session at a new gym turned out to be an all day event. Despite leaving my apartment at 2, I didn’t make it to the gym until nearly 5 o’clock; only to find out that training started [...]

GSP Commercial (ESPN)

GSP has won the Canadian “athlete of the year” award on multiple occasions and to add to that, he’s the most marketable fighter in the UFC. He has sponsorships from major brands such as Under Armour and Gatorade and as the sport gains more popularity, I imagine he’ll be getting a lot more offers as [...]

New Gym Search

A good “vibe” is indescribable, but it’s definitely felt. When I first arrived at the 13 coins gym 7 weeks ago, the vibe felt amazing. I still remember my initial walk through of the gym. I was pretty star-struck. Orono was there, Pornseneh was there, Saenchai was smashing pads in the back ring in preparation [...]

UFC 123 Technical Breakdown

After each UFC event, Rhalan and Rener Gracie have been putting out tutorial/explaination videos that break down specific grappling sequences to give the fans a better understanding of what’s going on. In this video, they analyze the main fights on the UFC 123 card. Up first is BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes, but there really [...]

BJJ Is Too Expensive

  I came across this video the other day and it doesn’t really require much of an explaination. Just check it out. I’m sure you know the type. I mean, why spend 100 dollars per month on training? That’s 1,200 dollars per year! With that sort of money, you can buy an Ed Hardy shirt, [...]

The Realist Fake Fight Ever

The reggae bar on Koh Phi Phi island in Thailand is known for hosting fake fights and fights that feature drunk beginners. In this video, which I noticed for the first time when I logged into facebook and saw it on my newsfeed, two Thai’s (who were obviously WWE fans), take the show to a [...]

Impressions of Eminent Air Gym

So, I’m still in Bangkok (I’ll probably hang around here until just after Christmas) and I just got back in from the Eminent Air gym so I figured I’d throw up an entry. I’ve been doing the majority of my training at 13 coins but recently, the vibe around the gym hasn’t been that great. [...]

Funny “Bully Beatdown” Episode

Well, all of these episodes are funny. The guys on this show are always so delusional. They walk around and bully a bunch of helpless “kids” to boost their ego’s. Thing is, there’s so many guys out there with the same mentality as these “bullies”. They’ve never trained a day in their life but they [...]

Epic Muay Thai Round

I logged into my facebook account a few hours ago and this video appeared on my newsfeed. It was posted by a guy who rarely posts things up, so I had a feeling it would be worth watching and damn, it definently was! It’s the 4th round from a fight at Lumpinee stadium featuring Pornseneh [...]

Saenchai.. SinbiMuayThai?

The rumour has been circulating around the 13 coins gym for about a week or so but today, it was confirmed. Saenchai “Sor Kingstar” has decided to accept a lucrative offer put fourth by the Sinbi Muay Thai gym in Phuket, Thailand. As of November 11th, he will be fighting for Sinbi instead of the [...]