The following is a guest post by Carlos Navarro of Baan Singto Muay Thai gym in Guadalajara, Mexico. Note: I met Carlos while training at Sitmonchai Gym in 2011. I noticed Carlos upon my arrival to Sitmonchai amongst the other Foreign nak muays but what perhaps marks the moment that he truly stood out to me was the following: Carlos was sitting one the edge of one of the two rings at Sitmonchai watching a Foreigner shadow box. He stood up and showed the boxer how to follow through on a left hook. That was it. That was the initial defining moment for me. It was in that moment that I realized I could see myself train under … [Read more...]
Burn Your Guidebook
The following is a guest post by Justin Samuel Martin of Off The Path Travel and the band Automata. Dear Reader, I do not know you, but I am writing this under the assumption that you travel or intend to do so at some point in your lifetime. I also have taken the liberty to presume that you or someone you know uses or will use guidebooks while abroad. Though it is plausible – likely, in fact – that our personal trajectories are wholly dissimilar, I was hoping that you might allow me to persuade you into doing something somewhat out of the ordinary. I would like you to burn your travel guidebook. I know that you just spent $19.95 on it. Burn … [Read more...]