Fight Confirmed!

It has been confirmed I will be fighting on the Siam Camp show in September if there is an opponent willing to fight should I add, I will start training after this Sundays show at Tara Leisure. I will be working hard with Andy and Master Kevin over the next 12 weeks and will be going through a lot of pain, mentally and physically. A lot of people think a fight is going in the slugging it out for 10 minutes. Not the case unfortunately. A martial artist has a lot of things to consider going in the ring or cage;

• How is the opponent going to react?
• Should I throw this attack now?
• Will I get countered if I do throw it?
  

It's not all about going in for the KO.
I am looking forward to the training as well as hating the fact it's going to be painful. Although Andy and Master Kevin will be hurting me, it will be to make me a better fighter and to make sure I win my fight in September. I will probably be working on my dieting, cardio vascular and sparring over the coming months.

For my cardio I am planning on going on 1-2 mile runs every day and swimming Monday Wednesday and Friday, having Tuesday and Thursday for a rest.

That's enough for today, I will update accordingly dependent of the updates at the gym and training updates, thanks for reading :)

Training Hard

As I start my first blog post, I would like to thank readers for taking the time to read what I have to say and what I am working on in my life. At the moment, I am addicted to Martial arts, mainly Muay Thai and Brazilian Ju Jitsu. I love learning about the movement and techniques of the traditional arts. If I'm not training at the gym, I'm playing UFC on the xbox or running.

First off I fight out of Siam Camp in a small town called Oldham, I am enjoying every bit of training working under Grand Master Kevin and Andrew Lofthouse (W.M.F World Champion) I feel like his little project at the moment.

So enough of that, today's training session went well, I pulled out a little more than I should but who likes elbows in the thighs? Starting the session off we did our usual 15-20 minutes skipping with press ups or sit ups every 25 skips. As we moved more into the warm up, we had a few abdominal exercises including:

• Leg raises
• Knees to shins
• Raising legs 6 inches from the floor for a set time (In this case 30 seconds)

In-between these warm ups we have Grand Master Kevin walking around the area, standing on our stomachs, hitting us with Thai pads or giving us a kick a in the calf! The pain doesn't seem worth it at the time but when you get in the ring and you don't feel a thing, it couldn't feel better, which rounds up the title of my blog: No Sacrifice, No Victory.

Thanks for reading and please come back soon when I have updated!

Kyle.