trevor smandich

[iamrushman]

well; not in so many words, but welcome to this forum SHELBELLE..... i'm sure you have alot to contribute.

 

 

[KickChick]

Ditto!

 

Welcome to yet another fellow female martial artist!

 

Deby

 

 

[havoc]

dannyboy,

 

wasn't super kick vick a joy to watch?

 

i think what he meant was that canada is still way behind holland,france, and oz/nz.canada is getting there maybe more so than america but not in league yet with these countries.

[Iron Arahat]

Shelbelle wrote:

 

"If ‘title belts are flying around out in Calgary’ (which can be interpreted as a negative statement. I might be stretching it to mean questioning the credibility of the title holders, if I am doing this, I am very sorry)"

 

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I never said that the belts were flying around Calgary, nor am I questioning the credibility of Mile's fighters. I was pointing out that North America has numerous sanctioning bodies out there with more "world champions" than you'd think. A good show to watch Sharbelle is called the "Business of Boxing", it shares many truths with that of kickboxing (I believe it was A&E or Discovery). I have won titles myself in my younger days, but I don't put much value on them, they were made out to be more than they actually were.

 

I know Miles has never stated that his guys are "untouchable", it was the following quote by Prodigy-Child that I was responding to:

 

"mike miles has really shaped his fighters into the top contenders and for now they are untouchable!"

 

I was trying to get across to Prodigy-Child (who appears to be from your camp), that you have to look at things in perspective, not just one fight, and that no-one is untouchable. Trevor is a very good and talented athlete, and is doing very well in his now pro-career, I also believe that before turning pro he had broken into the IAMTF top ten, very respectable. Trevor will bring a great deal of respect to the sport of Muay Thai, and will increase awareness as an embassador of the sport.

 

We are all human, we all loose. I lost my fight in June, and as you can see from some of my other posts I question some days (i.e. Looking to Mo' Smith for inspiration) why I keep active in San Shou (probably to feel like I'm still in my twenties). I might actually change my name to ARAFAT--instead of ARAHAT for a while. Maintaining fight weight has become a challenge, my six-pack has lost a can or two I think.

 

I have great repect for the Miles camp shelbelle, and have friends that train / trained with Miles. Colleen McDermott was what I considered "saved" by Miles, after what I would call a bad experience with another trainer in a different province (I believe McDermott has moved on -unfortunately- and is persuing her law enforcement career--she had potential).

 

I still believe we have to look at Thailand (and for you San Shou guys China) to guage our performances. To make sure that we are moving in the right direction.

 

Shelbella I think you may have read too deep into my short statement, but as I read it now I believe that I did not get my points across eliquaintly. No apoligy necessary for stretching the meaning, my poor choice of words, and one sentence paragraphs, are very much to blame.

 

Some really good information, especially about Trevors IAMTF experience. I had only heard of his 1999??? fight (its hard to come by this info, as I'm sure you are well aware). The media doesn't like to talk about martial arts (or other sports) without top results, which is unfortunate.

 

 

 

This Message was edited by: Iron Arahat on Aug 17, 2001 1:21pm

[Kim Morris]

I have had the honour to train with Trevor Smandych. Trevor is a very good technical fighter that is only getting better.

 

I have had alot of kickboxing(IR) and boxing matches over the last 10 years. I have only been training Muay Thai seriously the last year. (and have taken the summer off for work). MT has taught me alot and I feel like a beginner. I've had to change alot of bad habbits. and Kru Mike and his students are glad to show me what I'm doing wrong. Summer's almost over here in Alberta and its time I get back to the gym. ead:null

[iamrushman]

welcome to this forum KIM MORRIS......

 

 

[Prodigy-Child]

i have seen trevor smandich fight about 4 or 5 times and he has won his fights quite convincingly. i was just wanted to express my opinion and all i got was yak yak yak yak yak about stuff that had nothign to do with smandich but mike miles

 

i guess thats the last time im gonna express my personal opinion here

[thaiboxerken]

I've never seen Trevor fight, but maybe he is really good. It does take a good coach to train a good fighter, usually, but sometimes there are those that are good despite the coach. As for Mike Miles, he does technique video clips at http://www.fighttraining.com and I really dunno if I like his "style" of Muay Thai.

 

Have you seen Alex Gong in the ring.. now that's a good fighter!

 

 

[Caliboy]

Hi there.....I'm new to the board...but I thought I would drop my two cents worth. I've read the latest posts and some areas I strongly agree with and others...not so much. I've had the opportunity to watch both U.S. and Canadian fighters and have even had the pleasure of watching Mike Miles' fighters here in Calgary. And I do agree that Mr. Miles is one of the world's best trainers...also being one of the world's best athletes himself in Muay Thai at one time. But I truly believe that the calibre of competition is not what it could/should be often times. I know that Calgary can be a small market (promotional wise) and we all know that small market often means small purses. And let's all be honest....yes we fight for the love of competition...but if you cannot even have the opportunity to fight for a purse large enough to cover your traveling expenses...often times...you're not going to travel far distances.

I have also seen Trevor fight...along with Nick Ring (who's a personal friend of mine). Both are extremely great athletes in their own right (Nick recently winning the PRIDE tryouts in California) and both wanting to go straight to the top. Bottom line...you are not going to get the calibre of competition you truly need here in Calgary. You need the big markets in order to get the big fights. Miles' promotional fights have slowed (or may have even stopped) in the last while as I have not seen much from his clubs. But since moving here from California...I have often wondered why the fighters that I've seen and trained with there are not here? Where is Bryce Krause? Where is Prudencio Portillo? And how come "Razor" Rob McCullough has never fought up here? These are all amazing athletes as well...but yet have never been up here.

I don't know...just some food for thought.