 Okay, I've been working like three jobs, probably why I never see ya, probably why I never have time for the fake friends I won't be ya. Oh god, I've been running now. Oh, yeah. All right guys. Welcome back. Welcome back to another video. We're gonna sit over here today. I think unless the lighting's too terrible In which case we'll sit over here. Hey, no, that's shit much better. Okay guys How are we? And welcome back to another video today. It's Wednesday. That's effectively my 10th day here Since enrolling at Tiger Muay Thai Today I'm coming to you with the title of the video Mission Accomplished and I guess today is a very proud moment actually believe it or not but also a very scary moment and miss the mission that we've accomplished guys on The 10th day of being here is I've been told That tomorrow I should not turn up to the beginner class. I should instead go to the intermediate class and You know being being the sort of anxious person that I am at heart instantly I I began worrying I began getting anxious But at the end of the day you've got to trust the coaches and the coaches basically said don't come back to this class man you've got enough power Your technique is getting there and I feel like You're gonna, you know improve more if you go to this intermediate class now They didn't say it in those particular words because the English is not that good But that's how I got it. So as of tomorrow morning, I think I'm gonna go to the intermediate class, but I I'm not sure man. I'm not sure what I did is actually sat down and watched half of an intermediate class and everything they were doing is You know, it's intermediate. It's you know that you know all the punches you know the kicks and the knees You know the technique. It's just a matter of Practicing combinations and having a partner in front of you that you're working with that that is at that same skill level and to be honest guys It's gonna be a massive challenge. It's gonna be a massive a Massive challenge for me to for me to turn up there and and be confident You know, you've got to be confident. You've got to be confident yourself And that's something I wanted to get out of this trip. You know to me And it's something that's coming along slowly. So I am getting what I wanted out of it now Let me just run through before I do go to an intermediate class I want to run through once and for all what what a beginner class is actually like some of you guys are probably wondering It's it's an hour and 50 minutes usually they usually finish about 10 15 Five or 10 minutes before the two-hour mark just so that the next people can sort of start getting ready and And all that but basically it's it's 15 minutes 15 solid minutes of running Jogging around the mat the outside of the mat everyone jogs around then they'll they'll clap their hands and they'll for a minute They'll go, you know side-to-side for a minute. They'll do a sort of a Great vine thing with your legs another minute Hands up in the air another minute just one two while you're running another minute uppercuts and Basically, you know 15 minutes worth of cardio the first five minutes always just running and then they'll they'll add in Those those different things so by the end of that you've got a good sweater No doubt in the world at least I do Following that we come in and do a few stretches for about five ten minutes and then we get into lines and we practice One two three four five six Left knee Left elbow right elbow Left knee right knee left kick right kick front kick with the left front kick with the right Backspinning elbow backspinning fists and then following that Which is pretty hard. I mean they go one one one two one two Left uppercut right uppercut like it's that pace for a good 10 15 minutes And that's you know with these 16 16 ounce gloves Your shoulders are the thing that actually gets sore in that so 15 minutes warm-up five ten minutes stretching at least 15 minutes worth of you know Technique and then that brings us to about 45 minutes through the session already Following that we get into partners and we they show us something that we are going to work on Whether it be boxing skills whether it be Muay Thai skills whether it be blocking skills whether it be clinching skills and basically you'll have You know three two-minute rounds with a partner just going back and forth with a certain skill in between those you'll get 10 Put you have to do 10 push-ups and you have a little drink of water So that would be another 10 minutes or 15 minutes. I'd say and that probably brings you to the hour mark following that we then go into One-on-one with the trainer, but if there's too many people Half of the class will do bag work and half the class will be with the trainer now We do three three minute rounds with a minute or two in between in between at the end of each round You'll do 10 push-ups. You'll get a quick drink and get ready for the next round Three minutes you're either on the bag or with the trainer like I said so that if you're on the bag You're basically just practicing those you know combinations and those Techniques those different punches knees kicks by yourself. It's basically just just you know doing bag work by yourself Now for your first couple of lessons when you don't really know what the fuck you're doing That can be very intimidating. You feel like people are watching you but at the end of the day It's it's it's cool man because personally I get zoned in especially when I'm with a trainer one-on-one I am looking at that trainer. I am not looking at anyone else. I'm not thinking about anyone else I'm putting my 110% effort into that you know that that trainer because I know that they're putting their hundred percent effort into me Or at least most of the time they are unless they're looking at girls Which I do tend to do sometimes too so I can't blame them, but anyways so We do three rounds on the bag Which is you know three to five minutes per per round including the break and everything so that's another 15 minutes That's an hour and 15 for the next 15. We'll do that. We'll swap over and do it with the trainer Recently I've been doing bag first and then train afterwards So that's another half an hour and that brings us to an hour and a half through the session Following that we'll have a nice break and then we'll come together again and getting to partners for a bit of sparring Whether it's clinching sparring whether it's boxing sparring usually it's a little bit of sparring to do with Whatever technique they showed us and whatever thing we did in partners so Today was boxing sparring sparring is a word that I've always wanted to test myself with I've always wanted to do sparring But it's scary It's scary and today for example I went in there thinking I'm gonna I'm just gonna try and work on my defense I'm gonna try and work on my movement. I'm not gonna go in with big combos or anything like that I'm just gonna work with my movement and sort of try and stay away from from from You know anyone punches And then possibly you know come in with a counter or try and slip and and and hit them in the midsection to be honest today, I Got a couple of nice upper up upper cuts to my chin, which I don't like I don't like the feeling but it is what it is and you know that sparring was probably at 20 30 percent So imagine what full 100 percent intensity sparring would be like I mean that's some scary shit And you've got to be confident yourself, but that's that's working your way out You know beginner intermediate advanced and then there's a level above advanced and that's fighter that's pro fighter, so After the little bit of sparring or whatever they want to do we will come back down to the mat and you know do either a finisher together which is Possibly getting in the line and doing squats together at one time or getting in a line doing sit-ups together Maybe you know 50 possibly getting in partners that locking your your feet together and doing 50 your plank for maybe a minute Two minutes something some sort of finisher and then a little bit of stretching at the end and then Cup and cup We're done So that that is a bit of an outline of a beginner class if I never set foot on one again But never step foot on one again That's what they like Before I go and forget all that and go to the intermediate class. I'm too scared to honestly. I'm too scared I'm gonna really Oh, I don't know man The morning sessions definitely gonna be one that I have to hit because that is when my motivation is the highest I literally my morning routine is get up at quarter past seven have a shower put my contact lenses in Go downstairs where there's a free coffee machine I have three shots back-to-back Jump on my scooter five minutes down the road and I'm there like it's a fucking cool morning. It really is and And you know, there's been mornings where I think oh, you know, I'm not feeling it this morning But you've just got to get down there. You just got to get there Start running around like I said and and after five minutes you've got a sweat up and it's like well I'm not leaving now So mission accomplished mission accomplished man. I have been a little homesick at times You know what I mean? I have met a couple of people. They you know, we'll go down and have a Protein shake of something like a coffee after training, but it's it's all it's all small talk for me so far and That's the kind of guy I am and I'm really I'm really quite reserved and in You know with meeting new people and I think I keep on going back to thinking, you know Wherever I'm living permanently after this. I'm gonna join a club. Obviously martial arts Academy or a boxing Academy, whichever one I want to do and I like the thought of you know coming together three times a week or whatever in your hometown Everyone lives there. There's not gonna be new people every session You're gonna really get to know your your training partners and your teammates and that's the real vibe that I want to go for You know, this is great, but there are always new people people always coming and going and with me You know being quite reserved not really opening myself up to to people unless I know that they sort of live in the same town Or whatever that's my fault. That's my bad, but it is the way I am and so I feel like I'd really start you know thriving in an environment where I know these people are gonna be turning up each week and you know fellow Kiwis fellow Australians, you know, there's people from all over the world here different I mean the first day the first day was Fucking embarrassing and I actually mentioned it in the first video that I kept on apologizing to this guy this this guy that I was Partnered up with because he'd probably he'd obviously done a few sessions and that was my first session and I kept on fucking it up and You know the hardest thing for me is actually not doing the combination myself But then being on the other end and having to hold the pads and you know Obviously doing the exact opposite of what you just done like my brain just doesn't work like that sometimes And this guy was getting frustrated. I could tell and I was like Apologizing but then at the end of it. I was like man. Fuck that fuck that bro. I'm in a beginner class This guy shouldn't be getting frustrated And then I tried to apologize. I tried to actually talk to him afterwards just to make friends with him He goes English. No But He was a Dagestani fighter, I believe he looked like one anyway Guys, that's it for today mission accomplished. It's day number 10 My mission was accomplished after a total of seven Muay thai sessions. I went Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday last week I had Saturday Sunday Monday off and now I've gone Tuesday Wednesday So that's seven sessions 14 hours total and they've told me I can go to the admiral's class now I don't know if they if if you know, everyone should be expecting that to happen But I'm pretty pleased and pretty proud of myself at the end of the day. We'll have to see man We have to see I'm gonna continue doing my one-on-one sessions with Ali I'm so glad I met him on the first day I really am because he seems to be the most person of all he seems to he seems to like me I don't know if you you know likes a lot Everoni meets, but he seems to like me and we get along well and I'm about to do my second one-on-one session. I will be filming that and I'll be doing it with Ali So you can expect to see that in the next video We're gonna be doing that tomorrow. I might actually skip the morning session just so I've got enough energy to do that but You know probably not because I'll wake up at seven. I'll be like what else am I gonna do? I better go down to training and that's the vibe here man. It's like what else are you gonna do? You're immersed in the fucking culture, man. You're here you know Make the most of it and that's what I'm doing. So by the time you see this video major key physiques Let's just go off on another tangent for a second major key physiques my brand I actually shut it down whilst I'm here for this particular reason because I've got no way of packing orders and I actually had no place to even put my Computer gear or anything. I don't have a computer with me. I got nothing so My memory cards are actually filling up I'm gonna have to use someone's computer and put The footage from my memory cards onto my hard drive which I've got with me clear these memory cards once again Charge my batteries and and Bob's your uncle so Guys as you probably tell them. I'm actually quite pumped. It was a good session today. Good sweat and Well with that being said have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world if you're thinking about coming to Tiger Muay Thai and my my videos have helped or you know that I Feel like I gave a really, you know, pretty good breakdown of a beginner class And I would have been really keen to hear that before coming here. So I hope this has helped someone out there I hope you guys are having a great time in life. If you're not there's always a way to change it Step by step guys. Nothing happens overnight. I had to take multiple steps to even get here to be able to do this. I Haven't talked about that the life Life is a roller coaster. Just get decided. No, sorry guys I've really got a fucking calm down. Anyways final verdict Mission accomplished stoked I'll see you in the next one. Have a great day, everybody. Peace out from Phuket, Thailand