Went for the beach run and stair workout on account of taking it easy on the elbow. I got the chance to talk to Oh after the stairs, this was his first day training at the camp. Oh is a Thai stuntman and personal trainer preparing for an MMA fight in Guam in October. He hasn't fought in a few years but is trained in Krabi Krabong which is the art of hand to hand combat and is the origin of Muay Thai. They learn weapons and punch coconuts and kick banana trees. Their non-weapon competitions are similar to Muay Thai but there are differences. For instance they tie rope around their fists instead of using gloves. I think some of this may be highlighted in the movie Ong Bak starring Tony Jaa. Oh said he knows Tony and they trained at the same camp. Oh doesn't know any groundfighting and is going to be learning mma and teaching at the camp before the fight. He said he may have some work coming up in Ong Bak sequels. He told us a story where he was supposed to flip off of one platform, land on another platform and do another flip onto a bamboo platform. The platform broke and he got pretty messed up.
The stairs completely obliterated me and the water felt great to jump in. Aussie Adam and I grabbed some lunch in Kata afterwards and I headed to the good doctor. The metal blade scraping made less crunching noise and the doc was surprised. the Russian remote control sewing machine gave a readout that said things were greatly improved. You don't feel the shock from this device unless there is an injury so I could tell there was alot of improvement too. He gave me the go ahead to workout and recommended I really bang on it, so that if it hurts again we can isolate the injury. I was really pumped at this news and looking forward to training. I took a new road which follows the coast south to Nai Harn beach. This beach is on the southern tip of the island and is in a bay enclosed by Cliffs and green hills. There were a couple shops and one hotel but few tourists and this was the most serene beach I've been too. I saw some cool cliffs at one end I wanted to climb so I walked the length of the beach and got to climbing. I didn't go all the way to the top but I found a nice little sitting spot for awhile. After that I attempted some body surfing and swam a bit and headed back to camp.
Opted for MMA training in the afternoon with Dan. We learned side control to Americana, the defense for that into a side choke, and side control to Kimura. After that we did a king of the mat to practice the techniques. I volunteered and started first from my back. The person on top's goal was to maintain control and get a submission, the person on bottom's goal was to get to knees or pull guard. I ended up winning all 7 or 8 rounds so I had to stay on my back the whole time. After that we had a grappling tournament. I lost my first match but won my second. I had a dramatic Greco/Judo takedown on a bigger opponent which entertained the crowd. After class I showed Oh some more MMA and submissions. He has only a few weeks to learn for his fight but he seems like a quick learner.
After that everybody went into Patong to watch a couple of the trainers fight. Ngoo was knocked out by an elbow and needed 10 stitches above his eye. Yak's fight was the headliner and everyone had been looking forward to it. The guy he was fighting was a K1 fighter who was taller and outweighed him by 40 lbs. Everyone warned him not to take the fight, but he took it and bet his earnings on himself as he does every fight. He ended up getting knocked out in the first round. After the fight one of his teeth was broken and bleeding. It was raining and kind of depressing so no Tiger Bar tonight.
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