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Beginnings: The Kru II

April 13, 2011 By Laura Dal Farra Leave a Comment

 

kru
Tor Ratonakiet Gym, Buriram, Thailand, 2010

 

Sometimes I follow that which I can’t explain and that which makes absolutely no sense to the people around me. Often, those are the moves that I benefit from the most. I’m not saying my life becomes easier, I just grow. Meeting Gai and deciding to train with him was one of those moves.

 

The general protocol at a muay thai gym in Thailand is as follows:

 

Mornings

– a 10 km run followed by bag work and three to five, five minute rounds on pads

 

Afternoons

– a 5 – 10 km run (or 30 minutes skipping), bag work, five, five minute rounds on pads, clinching and/or sparring.

 

An average day of training may be approximately five to six hours, split up between both sessions. The time between sessions is usually spent recovering. Training is anywhere from six to seven days a week.

 

Each gym has its own culture/way of doing things, but generally will adhere to the above outline. This works for some people, but not all. Oftentimes, for a variety of reasons that I won’t presently get into, training becomes more of a workout than a progression of skills. That’s one of the reasons why you’ll find people who have been living and training in Thailand for extended periods of time who still sort of suck.

 

I didn’t want to be one of those people.

 

So when I was offered to be trained privately by Gai, I took it.

 

I was going to train at an abandoned gym by a guy who I never heard of and who, I believe, had only trained one other person (a Thai male).

 

I was also going to train alone, which meant no clinching partners, no sparring partners and no other trainers to mix with other than him.

 

Gai was also only available in the evenings; I had to train myself in the mornings. I also had to buy most of the equipment. It was an exercise in trust and I jumped on it.

 

My basis?

 

First impressions. I saw him and thought, yeah, this is my kru.

 

 

kru
Buriram, Thailand, 2010

 

Monday, February 21, 2011

 

Read the previous memoir, Beginnings – The Kru, here.

Read the next memoir, Muay Thai Training In Limbo, here.

 

 

Filed Under: Memoir, Muay Thai, Thailand Tagged With: Buriram, Sataban Tor Ratonakiet, Tor Ratonakiet Gym

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About Laura Dal Farra

After a six month adventure training Muay Thai in Thailand in 2007, Laura Dal Farra returned to her native Canada, sold most of what she owned, and boarded a plane set for Bangkok alone. She spent the next 3.5 years training in traditional Muay Thai gyms, pushing her limits, and embracing the unknown. Realizing little was being written on the subject, she began to blog about it. Laura Dal Farra is the founder of Milk.Blitz.Street.Bomb.

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