Thursday, July 21, 2011

Contact Sports

As a kid, I wanted to learn Karate. I don't know why, I just liked it. I used to watched martial arts film or something that looked like it. Jacky Chan was my favorite. I didn't know that he was a stunt man. I thought he was really a Kung fu or Karate expert it seemed that he was. Then again, I was just a kid and I didn't know how to distinguish what is Karate from Kung-fu or just plain stunts.

Now that I'm older and somehow I was able to save some money to learn boxing and Muay Thai. At first, I didn't like boxing because the training was too tiring and I thought at first that it was boring; but I like the discipline that comes along with it and after a month of training, I also learned Muay Thai. I figured I should learn first how to box before going to Muay Thai and it paved the way. I could do some hard punches and now I'm polishing my power kicks so to speak.

Learning this kind of sport amazing. I get up each day looking forward to do my training. It feels good doing weight training, running and the like. I have this confidence that I couldn't explain.

Through my urging, I managed to convince my brother, my three nephews and my niece to learn Muay Thai; so, it became a family thing. I couldn't be more happier.

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