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The greater the differential between outside and inside, the greater the stress on the body in trying to maintain body temperature. This stress might weaken your immune system enough for you to succumb to an infection you might have been able to avoid if you wore a cap or a jacket or stayed out of the rain.

Don't they have rainsuits or ponchos in the UK? They're light, water repellent, often have reflective tape and will keep you drier than a T-shirt.

It seems that Bruce Lee's greatest ambition was to be on the silver screen. Depsite the fact that "Enter the Dragon" was his greatest cinematic work, I think he would have ended-up a bitter actor, pigeon holed by his ethnicity. The only movie roles available to him would be the ones taken by the late Pat Morita. As the paucity of major roles for Chinese men in American cinema became more apparent, he would probably have returned to Hong Kong to do films for Golden Harvest.

There's a saying among boxers and highway patrolmen: speed kills.

Ross Enamait has excellent training/boxing advice.

If you're going to be a black belt soon, I'd think you'd want to take a more serious approach to your strength training instead of a "time to time" approach. If weight training is too much of a hassle, consider bodyweight training. At the very minimum squats, sit-ups and push-ups. You can get more aggressive with bodyweight training as your strength improves, I'm also a big advocate of heavy bag training. You can build a lot of speed and power working the heavy bag. What ever you do, make it a routine instead of time to time. Good luck.

The closer you get to a competition, the more conservative you should think regarding strength training/plyos. My concern would be a training injury that would sideline me before the fight.

Exactly. I figure if the match is 3, 2 minute rounds, train 4-5, 2 min rounds. Increase the number of rounds for endurance not the length of each round. Just as E&K says, the length of each round in training determines the pace you'll be able to sustain in a match.

I know it's because of your sensei/trainer, but don't you think the three minute rounds in training will throw your timing off for the 2 minute rounds in competition? Especially so close now?

I missed the last one. I saw the one where he lost to Souwer. It seemed like he drew the tougher fighters, while Souwer had one of his opponents withdraw due to injuries.

How good is Buakow compared to other boxers in Thailand? Do you guys know if there are better ones, and we don't know about them 'cause they haven't made it over to K1?

Kyokushin karate isn't about the sport nor is it about self defense. You practice Kyokushin karate for yourself. Maybe it means you get to be a good tournament fighter or maybe a good street fighter, but that's not the point of Kyokushin Karate, or any karate for that matter.

I'm in pain. I had to take some aspirin and drink 2 liters of Aquarious after reading that. You better win that match!!!

Indeed, though Andy Souwer is a better puncher.

Your training regimen sounds so intense I wonder if your muscles have enough recovery time to benefit from the weight lifting. The bag and pad work, this close to your match, seem like they should be sufficient. You need more surf time!