Learning Muay Thai
I just started learning Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) last summer. Most of these months have been with Mark and Alexis Mian’s Alter Center (Mark is the one training me in this video.) Watching myself is...
View ArticleLearning Muay Thai, Updated
Two more months of training, since the last time I recorded myself. I seem a little faster and a little more responsive. It’s depressing to watch myself, though. The bit of extra range I’m developing...
View ArticleThai Popeye
This looks like a hilarious B-movie. I don’t speak Thai, obviously, but I got the gist: Found via My Muay Thai
View ArticleCocky
Mark sent me two boxing vids. Here is one fast, cocky mofo (Roy Jones: check out the move at 2:10 in particular): And here Jones is up against Vinny Pazienza, a boxer who slips and dodges even better...
View ArticleSparring with Mark
Here’s some video of a few rounds of sparring I did today. This is my second attempt (last one was a long time ago; maybe a year?) Mark put on the baby gloves for me and taught me some basics. It’s...
View ArticleMore Sparring
I’ve been doing a little more sparring these days, usually a couple times a month. As always, it’s incredibly frustrating to see myself on video. I look so slow, so inflexible, so flustered. Mark says...
View ArticleSparring Redux
Mark’s out of town, so he has a friend subbing in on instruction. We sparred for a few rounds at the end of today’s session. She says I’m way snappier than I was than a year ago when she last did a few...
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