Day 36

Went straight to the doctor after waking up to have him work on my shoulder and elbow some more. I left feeling pretty good and headed back to camp for another private lesson. Twenty minutes of jump rope, then more bagwork and then padwork. Doing a few rounds on the bag means you are more fatigued by the time you get to the padwork. This is a pretty good method because its when you are fatigued that you lose form and forget to block or cover up. I felt like I was holding my own though and still improving. We finished with the usual 200 knee/200 crunch exercises and then right after that it was time for afternoon training so I went into cage for grappling. It was just open mat with the instructors. A few of us went to dinner in Patong at a pretty nice place. Gaz and I went and did some shopping at this marketplace. He started talking to a guy about a suit so we got stuck in there for a little while. I spent most of the time playing peekaboo with the owner's daughter while they talked. I was supposed to meet back up with Eric but due to the suit guy I was late and couldn't find him at the designated meeting point. I figured I'd walk around a little and maybe see if Marco was in the area and sure enough he was. We went to a couple bars and then I bought Garden State and The Weatherman and went back to my room to watch.