Just finished my first week at Sitmonchai. Chaz and I landed in Bangkok around midnight Saturday. The camp is about an hour and a half taxi ride outside the city. Arrived at the camp around 1:30am and crashed out. Got woken up at 9 for breakfast, the food here is amazing, as most is in Thailand. Ended up sleeping most of the day.
Monday morning got up at 6am and did about a 5 mile run then some pad and bag work. The trainers here are really great. I love their style, boxing and low kicks, one of the big reasons I wanted to come here. The camp has a very close knit kind of feel to it. It feels like a family as opposed to a gym/business. We get done training around 9amish and have breakfast then relax until 4pm when we go for another 3-4 mile run. After that another pad work session then more bag work and clinching or sparring.
I really like that it’s so far away from the city, well it’s good and bad. It definitely keeps you focused on why you are here but it can get boring being out here in the country if you are looking for something to do. One big perk is the air out here is nice and clean. It’s just green everywhere, farms and fields, trees and grass, it’s beautiful. About half a mile away from the camp there’s a grocery store, 7/11, pharmacy, anything that you would need. The camp does have Wi-Fi however it tends to come on and off but there are internet café’s within walking distance if you really need it. All the fighters here are really friendly and seem happy to have people at their camp.
Chaz is going to be fighting in about a week and a half at MBK so he’s been training really hard. I was supposed to be fighting in NY june 25th but now they’ve moved it back 2 more weeks so I had to turn it down cause it’s too close to the Saencahi fight. I was thinking about getting a fight out here but I think I’m just going to enjoy my time here, train hard and let my body heal up a bit. One week down, glad to have a day off. Not much else is going on other than hard training day in and day out but I’ll get back to you with another update soon as well as some pics and video.
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