Nonsai trains his powerful kicks on a heavy bag.Will
If you dream of becoming a top athlete in Muay Thai and
are convinced of the path you have to take to do it, you
must stick with your decision and not be dissuaded by
others. Don’t postpone your goals to focus on other
priorities. You never know what diɽculties may arise in
the future that could make intensive training impossible.
At a certain age, the body will not be prepared to conduct
intensive competitive training. Physical wear and tear
happens diʃerently for diʃerent people, but from the age
of thirty-five it’s very difficult to train at the high intensity
required for competition.
An Interview with Trainer Khru Pit
For ten years Khru Pit had a career as a professional
ɹghter. He competed in more than one hundred
ɹghts and won the championship of Ubon Province.
He was known as a technically skilled ɹghter with a
deliberate ɹght style that included a variety of push
kicks. In his ɹghts he studied his opponent’s
conduct and developed a strategy to exploit his
opponent’s shortcomings. Some ten years ago he
started working as a trainer in Ubon, motivated to