mevis

No, I am not doing muay thai. I am not as crazy as you guys .... LOL Originally, I am from Berlin, Germany, but I hated the cold weather so I decided to move to Asia. I used to kickbox under WKA and WAKO rules, did a bit of boxing and traditional karate. Martial arts are not very popular in Thailand except for TKD. There are a couple of commercial BJJ schools around, too and free Tai Chi inside the parks at dusk and dawn. These days I am just sticking to fitness training but looking for an opportunity to take up martial arts again or open my own school over here.

I have my Top Ten headgear since 1985 or so. Back then they just manufactured the one with the cheekbone protection, but these days they have a lot of different models. I still prefer the original one that is called "Full Protection" these days. https://www.fighters-inc.com/protection/head/headgear Imho, the key to using this head guard as long as I do is to clean and replace the velcro stranps once a year. I see many people closing them the wrong way what is leading to tearing the material and loose fit.

Troy Dorsey used to sweep his opponents during his fullcontact fights under PKA, ISKA and WAKO rules. He did pretty well with it as he used to "fall" on the opponent with his ellbows and forearms. Took a lot of breath out of them.