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| Camp News: May 4th, 2001 |
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The aftermath of the Holidays and the increase in the daily temperature has slowed everybody down a bit and the gym has been quiet except for the four with fights coming up and a few hardy souls who like to sweat a lot!
Yesterday we left from the camp at 10 am going to Uttaradit, it's a four hour journey on a good day but this day it decided to rain constantly, all day, a very unusual occurence for this time of year. The fights were to
feature Den and Kem but when we arrived in pouring rain, and with an outdoor ring, it seemed impossible the fights could go ahead in view of the weather.
The 3 oclock start time past and still it rained but slow progress was being made on a makeshift roof for the ring, the spectators had to use their umbrellas! The fights started at 5pm still amid pouring rain and thankfully by 8pm when it was our turn to fight at #5, the rain had eased off.
Den was first up and faced a younger and larger opponent, Den was on five fight winning streak going into this fight but after a tough fought four rounds the referee stepped in to stop further damaged as Dens opponent pummelled him with punches. Other than a sore jaw Den was okay after the fight and is now looking forward to a month of teaching Muay Thai in Denmark.
Kem was next up and was facing a tough fighter from Lumpinee Stadium. The fight started in typical slow fashion with Kems swaggering style hiding the power in his kicks until he unleashed a couple of kicks to the neck and ribs of his opponent. Kem gave notice of his power at the end of the first round with an excellent highkick to the neck, but in the second was himself on the receiving end of a powerful kick to the jaw, which left him dazed and hanging on for a few seconds. In the third Kem came out again with high kicks to the head and by the middle of the round after working three kicks in succession to the head, his opponent went down with a broken arm after taking the kicks defending his head! It was once again an awesome display of powerkicking that Kem delivers every fight he has.
After Kems fight there were two main fights featuring some of the top fighters out of Bangkok and we were given a opportunity to watch some of the best in action. It rounded off a long day which still was not over,as we had a 4 hour drive ahead of us back to Chiangmai. Finally back at 2am everyone was safely home again after a difficult drive through constant rain.
Our next Camp News Report will be after the 11th May, when Eddie and Jono and Sompong are fighting at Gawilla Stadium in Chiangmai.
If you have any questions or comments do not hesitate to contact us through the web site.
Good luck to all in Muay Thai.
Andy Thomson - Lanna Muay Thai
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