My road to becoming a professional fighter
Jun 24, 2018 18:32:17 GMT -5
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Post by TheStorm on Jun 24, 2018 18:32:17 GMT -5
Little update for this following. Shoulder isn’t 100% but I’m able to train and spar, just no power left hooks so far. It will likely take me a while to feel comfortable again with those, but it’s okay because it’s Muay Thai and there are many weapons.
If you follow my Instagram page, please no mention of this on there, but I’ve committed to an amateur fight on June 30. I know I’m injured, but I have never felt so ready in my life. That being said, going to be a little rough as I’m flying to Singapore this week to watch the UFC fight night with my family. I will be working hard on shadow boxing, light technique, and recovery while I’m there. When I get back I’ll have 5 or 6 days to reacclimate if needed.
Something else cool I’m doing is a Thai pad holding course at PTT. One of my goals, being a personal trainer, has been to gain enough Muay Thai experience one day to train others in the art. This won’t make me ultra qualified, but it will definitey help me along my journey. Thanks for reading, will hop in as anything else exciting happens, and will be sure to post video of my fight, win, lose, or draw.
You're never 100% once you train regularly. Recovery helps but it will be a long road of adjustments and creating mental fences/limitations for what & what not to do especially for our age. I find PTT shady with them pad course. They made some news a while back with their 3 month blue belt program as well. Not saying they're not legit, looks like a money grab. If you're training regularly, do you still need thai pad course? Also, enjoy the UFC and Singapore's alcoholic beverage prices.
Of course, I have never been 100% in my life as an athlete and I have pretty good judgment on when to push and when to recover. As soon as I get back stateside I will likely try to get this surgically repaired, but I still feel comfortable fighting at amateur level .
The Thai Pad course is most likely a money grab, but it’s not a lot of money for me, and it’s literally just to say “I was trained to train Muay Thai, in thailand.” When I get back to America. It’s dirt cheap, and the guy who I train with, spars with me and stuff to help me get ready to fight, so it’s still an awesome experience. I saw the white to blue in 3 months and I’m not sure how I feel about it. I imagine 6 days a week for three months could certainly get you there, but still probably looked down upon.