First day of Muay Thai

Ethan, Logan and I had our first Muay Thai training session today. You may be wondering why I would sign us up for such a violent sport. I am not sure I have a good answer, but we all had a great time.

First we ran around the lake pictured above. I thought we were going to the the lake right around the corner from the gym, however, it turned out to be the lake that is ten minutes out of town via a fast, busy road / highway. By the time I realized this, we were already sitting in the back of a pick up truck heading out. Logan beamed with joy as we flew down the road. I attempted to calculate the probability of a crash. On the way back to the gym, I threw the previous occupant out of the cab and put all of us in it.

We then attempted to learn to punch, kick, elbow and knee someone. Logan said (with a huge smile), “I never knew it wound be so fun to punch and kick a man!”

Although many of the trainees train twice a day for six days a week, we will probably just do three mornings a week. Ethan wanted to return this afternoon, but it is hot in the afternoon and I need to give my ankles / shins a rest.

(Note to those that worry… we don’t have to actually fight anyone… ever. We punch, kick etc the trainers while they hold pads, but we don’t have to get in the ring and have other punch us. All the other trainees are very fit, 20 year old males, so I don’t think we would have much of a chance. )