11-10-2006, 05:59 PM
Can you beleive it? Live kickboxing in Fremont, just a few blocks from Castle MacBeth! DM could slam a few brewskis at home and drive there without even having to get on the hwy. What's more, inside was a reasonably priced reasonably stocked full bar. Nice.
My master has been in China, so I haven't had a lesson in weeks. I was at Lou Reed on Tues, and he had a fighter fighting on Thurs, so he kicked me down a ticket (it was $35 at the door). I had the new company camera to play with and looked all official like as some sort of reporter. It got me up on stage with the DJs with a great view.
There were seven bouts including a CA title championship for the 130 weight class. This is gloved ring fighting. Knees and elbows are allowed. Throws are allowed too, as long as you don't pick your opponent up too high before tossing them to the mat. Some fighters wear headgear. Two or three rounds. Six ring card girls.
I ran into an old classmate of DM & CF, a guy that met DM at Shaolin when he was working on the PBS documentary. We had lost contact. He's now with Fairtex, the leading Muay Thai school from Thailand. I'm with O-Mei. The best fight was the last on the undercard which pitted his schoolmate against mine. Muay Thai vs. Sanda and they boys were throwing all they had into it. A very exciting fight. Ended in a draw. I think the O-Mei guy one because he dialed into kicking out the Thai fighter's ankle whenever he tried to kick, knocking him on his butt several times. But the Thai dude got in several awesome licks too, he had this wicked uppercut that rocked my schoolmate three times as he tried to charge in. They way his head whipped back, oh man, that would have killed me.
The title fight was good. The champ kept the belt. He was from the S.F. Muay Thai school that hosted Tony Jaa. He was like a surgeon, exploiting every weakness and wearing him down.
Live fights. What fun.
My master has been in China, so I haven't had a lesson in weeks. I was at Lou Reed on Tues, and he had a fighter fighting on Thurs, so he kicked me down a ticket (it was $35 at the door). I had the new company camera to play with and looked all official like as some sort of reporter. It got me up on stage with the DJs with a great view.
There were seven bouts including a CA title championship for the 130 weight class. This is gloved ring fighting. Knees and elbows are allowed. Throws are allowed too, as long as you don't pick your opponent up too high before tossing them to the mat. Some fighters wear headgear. Two or three rounds. Six ring card girls.
I ran into an old classmate of DM & CF, a guy that met DM at Shaolin when he was working on the PBS documentary. We had lost contact. He's now with Fairtex, the leading Muay Thai school from Thailand. I'm with O-Mei. The best fight was the last on the undercard which pitted his schoolmate against mine. Muay Thai vs. Sanda and they boys were throwing all they had into it. A very exciting fight. Ended in a draw. I think the O-Mei guy one because he dialed into kicking out the Thai fighter's ankle whenever he tried to kick, knocking him on his butt several times. But the Thai dude got in several awesome licks too, he had this wicked uppercut that rocked my schoolmate three times as he tried to charge in. They way his head whipped back, oh man, that would have killed me.
The title fight was good. The champ kept the belt. He was from the S.F. Muay Thai school that hosted Tony Jaa. He was like a surgeon, exploiting every weakness and wearing him down.
Live fights. What fun.
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