Silver Wolf Training

[ubersum1]

give him a break he's clearly only been training a couple of months. anyway interesting to see that masato's trainer is training you in nothing more than pure and traditional muay thai. masato himself kicks and punches like a kickboxer though, oddly enough. completely different stance, footwork, hip turning. i suppose pros don't really need to be told what to do. they just need someone to hold the pads :p

[RealPassion4Combat]

Awesome man, I saw yours before going there and inspired me, I just did a copy of yours jeje!

[cenerozzzz]

Why does everyone think he has good kicks? facepalm...



[kirnehbjuhr]

u lucky bestard !

[areyougannabe]

solid kicks, they would hurt so bad to some fag on the street

[2ossy]

way to low guard, to high chin

[RKGOLF]

You need to keep those hands up!!! You drop them every time you kick or punch!

[dseijin]

Anyone know of any gyms I could train in Okayama? imma be spending a year there and possibly move there if things go well... Im actually gonna be living in Mabi Cho but i doubt there's anything around there.

[Colombianfunk]

Those kicks were nice dude!

I think your cross was your best punch. Just make sure to turn your knuckles over, so the label on your gloves points towards the ceiling. That little extra roatation will give you more snap.

[SOULFIGHT]

I know dude, I fixed it! I wish I had a new training video up. Check out my recent tournament - 4 fights in one day!

[AlohaRebel808]

Nice Snap in Those Kicks.

[jonothai]

anyone know of any k1 style gyms in japan, simular to this gym, but as somebody mentioned its TOO expensive.

[SOULFIGHT]

Try the Spirit gym. It's run by Nick Pettas. 8000 yen a month AND the trainers speak English. I knew some kids from my uni who trained there.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

I liked how the instructor faked that middle kick and threw the push kick instead. Heard he's the best coach there and teaches Masato but I never got to practice with him.

[SOULFIGHT]

Yeah, that's Nuatorani. I cant believe he used to fight at 130!!

I liked all the trainers. My personal favorite was Yasutaku. He made my kicks so much harder and faster.

The boxing trainer was good too - Hiroshi. Not the same as Masato's boxing trainer though.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Well you know how skinny most Thai fighters are. I might be able to go to Japan this summer again so I was just wondering just in case whether I might piss Masato off or not by asking him to spar me. When did you ask him to spar? While he was taking a break or when he came in or what?

[SOULFIGHT]

No way, I would never ask him!. And I never did. Around Masato, I was HEAVILY starstruck.

I only talked to him on his birthday because my parents gave me a bag of Darjeeling tea and told me to give it to him. Then I got his pic.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Oh yeah, I felt the same way. I was able to ask other top professionals whether I can spar with them or not when I was in America but Japanese gym really seems to see highly of people with higher ranks. I had to practice far away or sit out whenever Masato and other professionals came.

[SOULFIGHT]

Yeah, Japanese organizations, especially this gym is big into the big Senpai/Kouhai system.

And to ask the #1 Senpai, Masato, to spar is kind of challenging his position.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Yeah...

In the US, everybody knows that it's out of curiosity and respect in most cases. I just felt that I might interrupt him from his training. Well, I was a light heavy weight competing in heavy so I never had any chance to spar anybody there. It kind of felt like discrimination towards amateurs since I couldn't get much training I wanted.

[SOULFIGHT]

They did have their own pro-practice time

Lots of sparring going down.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Yeah, so I decided that I'm not going back until I get my license.

[SOULFIGHT]

Pro License? I'm waiting till I can get a job in Japan. I'm gonna go pro in Japan, definitely.

The guy I fought at Kaminarimon went pro and I wiped the ring canvas with that ass. I woulda won if it wasn't for that damn yellow card

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Well you know how thing goes in any competition. But I think it's easier to get a license in America though. The reason why is because I heard most license can be obtained by just sending a form to certain martial arts organization you're trying to compete in and once the guy thinks you're good, they'll sign the print and prepare all the matches and put up the money for you but you just have to fight one guy before you can become pro. But in Japan, they look more at how conditioned you are.

[SOULFIGHT]

Yeah, in NJ, you only need 3 amateur bouts to go pro in MMA.

In my opinion, the American system is really controlled. You can go pro, but that doesn't mean you've got good training, you know?

And you have to fight alot of Semi-pro matches to get your name out in the US - no pads, no pay.

But in Japan, the Semi-pro level is pretty much paid. I think alot of the Semi-Pro fighters in the states are pros who don't get paid.

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Yeah, I heard you make anywhere from $250-$800 in the beginning but after one fight, couple of guy I know started making few grands although it was still not even enough to make a living with that alone.

Anyways, lets just continue on with messages instead of comments like you said:)

[SOULFIGHT]

This is me in the video, not Masato! :-P

[palchepitbull]

damn i need to go to japan

[forflagged]

you shouldve called out masato and sparred him

[SOULFIGHT]

I wanted to.  But he told me he doesn't spar with family.

[forflagged]

he's retiring :(

[cruelgrotequeblood]

Wait, I don't get it. He always came in around 4pm and sparred a lot against other professionals. What do you mean by "family"? I really wanted to know this, but does he get pissed sometimes if somebody asks if they can spar with him?

[SOULFIGHT]

Masato is my COUSIN!

[SOULFIGHT]

Btw, did you train out there too?

[cruelgrotequeblood]

I was always thinking but what does "btw" means?

Anyways, yeah, I actually trained there but for only couple of days. So now that I answered your question, can you answer mine?

[SOULFIGHT]

Probably, I never wanted to find out. I wanted to spar him just for the experience - but they'd probably have said no. Besides, Masato's such a diva that he'd be like "This guy? Never" (Not like I'm trying to say I'm good enough to spar the guy).

Claiming to be Masato's cousin is an inside joke, btw. I think most of Masato's sparring partners are invite only - like Yasuhiro, Shirasu, and Masaomi.

[Lemurai]

I know where this gym is. But I never go, TOO expensive and i've gotten more training for half the price , got training by Thais, a full time boxing coach, and a stright up kickboxing coach. I know the other places he trains at, I think he's weird and none of the other active Japanese kickboxers like him, neither do I. I dropped everything and went to Holland to train and came back and won a no#2 rank in All Japan Kickboxing, heavy que class. Celebrity gyms in Japan are NO good.

[SOULFIGHT]

I thought it was a pretty good gym. I woulda learned more if I spoke better Japanese maybe.

ALot of the guys who were Amateur when I was in Japan are now pro.

I do think they don't offer that many fights.  Other than J-GROW and RISE, they don't offer many amateur opportunities.

[Lemurai]

Man do yourself a favor and go to Holland. Japan is a great place to train but ONLY if you can find a good gym that is friendly to foreigners. Going to Thailand will do nothing but diminsh your skills, as real Muay Thai is not dynamic and as explosive as kickboxing and difficult to learn if you start late. The Dutch took kickboxing and adapted it to the needs of Westerners and our body sizes. Muay Thai is truly a little mans sport. kickboxing is better for larger bodies plus big men can punch.

[SOULFIGHT]

Hey man, I'm a little man! I'm like 65kg tops.

I thought SW was foreigner friendly, and I've heard of even more foreigner friendly gyms.

I'd go to Holland when I can get a reason to go there. Do they ever have training camps in Holland? Like Thai camps?

[wertyy2]

FFC!!

best gym in holland :D

[cruelgrotequeblood]

You do have a point there and I understand what you're trying to say but watching Alexei Ignashov, Remy Bonjasky, Ernesto Hoost and other top Muay Thai fighters in heavy weights, I think it's pretty good. But comparing and watching other heavy weight fighters, guys doing kickboxing definitely looks like they're more explosive with power especially with their hands. But I can't say for sure kickboxing is better. Muay Thai isn't that hard to learn by the way.

[vayaustedalamierda]

le falta destreza con la cadera

[SOULFIGHT]

lo siento

[g0han86]

does anyone know the address for the silver wolf gym??

[SOULFIGHT]

Just get on the Den En Toshi line, get off at Sangenjaya

Walk all the way until you see a big gorilla ontop of a Family Mart

[SOULFIGHT]

3-15-2 Gorira Biru, 2F

Setagaya, Tokyo

There was more Kanji in the address, but I couldn't read it, and it wasn't "Sangenjaya" :-P

[ranbirsingh50]

Is the trainer a thai or Japanese?

[SOULFIGHT]

He's Thai

[muaythai70]

u suck

[superfly000]

does masato even go to his own gym often lol haha

[SOULFIGHT]

Only for 2 hours a day. He does his other training at other gyms, I think.

[superfly000]

im still suprized that not a ton of girls, or people, come outta no where to see him when hes there, or am i wrong?

[SOULFIGHT]

Not really. ALot of foreigners come in to "watch the training" and then take a pic with Masato.

One time, an old Japanese lady came in looking for Masato the day after he beat Kalakoda. People just blew her off.

[superfly000]

damn, im still pretty suprized the ladies dont all come in like a mob and ask for his autograph lol and yeah, ill probably be a foreigner too, cept ill be there actually training around

[leclair4210]

rockin

[GuitarEclipse]

im jealous soul T.T

[superfly000]

that you soul?

[SOULFIGHT]

Yeah buddy!

[Zodiac1110]

LMFAO!

LAME>

[ro332]

That was good. I want to go there to train...

any tips?

[SOULFIGHT]

Learn Japanese :-P

[kasakee]

usa shorts lol sorry Soul too funny