Day 34

Woke up and headed to private with Chanman. This time had to jump rope for 30 minutes before we started. We started doing padwork and maybe my technique and movement are improving because he started wanting more power and speed. I was still exhausted from yesterday but he said I had good power. We did a few rounds on the big pads then moved on to the smaller hand pads. After that he put on the gloves and we played around with some light sparring for a few rounds. He was really happy with my head movement. Getting beat about the head, neck, face and torso can teach a person pretty quick about range. I wasn't as timid as the first time and we were able to turn it up a little. We were probably playing too rough when I caught an elbow to the head that shook me. I didn't see black or anything but I did drop to my knees to recover. Would have just been a standing count in boxing, no big deal. I was still kinda shaky though and I think he felt bad and we were past the time anyway so that was the end of the session. I finished up with the usual 200 knees and 200 crunches. He also makes me do pushups and crunches after every round so by the end of a session I'm completely obliterated. I laid on the canvas in a mid snow angel position for about 10 minutes and stared at the ceiling. Mac came by and tried to convince me to take a muay thai fight this weekend. I said I'd fight him mma but not muay thai. I went back to the bungalow and slept until afternoon training. I passed out before I could drink anything after the morning session and woke up dehydrated and hurting. You lose alot of water training here and its really important to stay hydrated. I skipped training and stayed in and watched Bas and drank alot. After a couple hours I was feeling better and headed to the internet cafe and read about the coup. I found out about it while I was training with Chanman but I forgot about it until I saw the front page of Yahoo News. I called home and then slept hard.