Damian Mavis

I'm going to tell you a bit about my best friend. He's a great guy and has helped me alot and without him... yadayada, I'm getting all weepy.... anyhow, he's a cool guy that has lived here in Thailand for 8 years now. He's the only Farang (foreigner) I have ever met here that speaks PERFECT Thai. I don't mean he sounds good, I mean he sounds like a native and people here refuse to believe him when he says he's only been here 8 years. He's the type of guy that really throws himself into whatever he's after and when he wanted to speak Thai he studied and practiced for hours every day. His name is Mike Gillies. He's a TKD instructor from Canada like me teaching TKD in Thailand and also like me has trained Muay Thai and fought in the ring here. He fought 5 times and the first 4 fights were all joke fights, meaning he won them VERY easily. He either knocked them out with a good punch or body knocked them out with spinning back kick.

I'll tell you about his 5th fight since that is the most exciting one. Somehow he got hooked up with a promoter that wanted to fly him to Cambodia to fight the ex Cambodian champion. So off he goes to Cambodia, when he gets off the plane there is a cheering crowd waiting for him (they billed him as Canadian Tae Kwon Do Champion haha) and they put something similar to a leigh around his neck and treat him like a superstar, filming the whole thing. They send him off to a 5 star hotel and treat him like royalty. The fight is nationally televised and Mike is feeling a little freaked out at all the attention. On top of all that, the promoter is some huge promoter guy from Thailand that is famous for handling top fighters and champions, apparently NOBODY was sent to be Mikes corner man so the famous promoter had to go in the ring and be Mikes corner man! Now Mike has a picture of this famous dude rubbing his legs getting him ready in the ring, Thais see that picture in his TKD school and FREAK OUT.

So the bell goes, the opponents close on eachother and Mike throws a fast front snap kick to the Cambodians chin right up between his guard and drops him like a sack of poop. Mike is standing there staring at the guy trying to figure out what just happened (even though he threw the damn kick). The ref is counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.... then the ref looks at Mike standing there and gets all mad and stands up and leads Mike back to his corner and then goes back to the fallen Cambodian and RESTARTS THE COUNT! It was like a bad scene in WWF wrestling haha! The famous promoter was flipping out, Art (Mikes friend) is screaming, everyones yelling and freaking, nobody could believe what was happening. So after the initial 8 seconds, another 8 for walking Mike back to the ring and then the restart which is a few more seconds... the Cambodian finally got back up. So the fight went on.

The Cambodian was WAYYYY better than anyone Mike had ever fought or sparred and was wearing Mike down. Mike landed a couple of full power spinning back kicks right in the torso of the Cambodian and sent him flying across the ring both times, the Cambodian was visibly winded but just shook it off and trudged forward again. Mike was a tad freaked out by that. Mike got in a few other good shots but all in all the Cambodian dominated. It lasted 5 rounds and then the Cambodian did what he was being paid extra to do... he cut Mike wide open with elbow strikes. Mike found out later that he was being paid PER STITCH. So Mike was cut open and the ref called the fight. The Cambodian had won.

The promoter dude and Art were red in the face mad and calling foul about the blatant cheating to make the Cambodian win but there was nothing they could do. Mike didn't care at all, he went to get his picture taken with his opponent and his opponent apologised for cutting him open and said he was just doing his job. Mike told him not to worry about it and that he really enjoyed the experience and thanked him for the excellent fight.

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Athecy

Whoa that's crazy! Man I can't wait to get to Thailand!! I am going next week!! I still can't believe it.

Damian Mavis

Where you going again? I'll try to meet up with you.

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Athecy

from the time we get there until May 7 we are going to stay at the Town in Town hotel in Bangkok. We are gonna train at a camp near there. I forgot what the name of the camp is but all i can remember is that they call the main guy there Hippie. I dunno if that helps or not. After that we are going to go to Pattaya to train at the Sityodtong gym!

Damian Mavis

Email me or call me at 07 901 2033 and I'll meet up with you and visit the place you will train at.

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Athecy

Hey Damian, Ill keep your number with me, If i get a chance ill give you a call when im in Thailand. my names Alex by the way. See ya later

Thai Bri

And thus a new romance was born.

This is beautiful......really beautiful..... sob sob.

Damian Mavis

Haha Mr. Funnyman, watch it or I'll get the Russian Mafia after you!

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Thai Bri

How many boyfriends do you have!

Damian Mavis

None jerko, but in this country finding a boyfriend if that is what you are looking for is as simple as going shopping. The Thais swear that half their male population is gay, and I believe them. You walk into a department store and half the employees are male, each and every one gay, smiling, and waving at me. It can be unnerving.

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Thai Bri

Are you prancing around in your sexy Thai shorts then? You little temptress, you.

Damian Mavis

No.. if I was prancing around in Thai shorts I would get no attention from the gay dudes of Thailand..... unfortunately for me I simply fit "the profile". "The profile" is kind of boy bandish looking, the Thais LOVE that look. Especially blonde boy bandish looking... I swear there is a poster of a guy that looks just like me on every gay guys wall and the caption is GAY FER SURE! The only nice thing is the women of Thailand dig that profile too.

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Thai Bri

The real women? Or the Bangkok Lady Boys?

Damian Mavis

uh, both of course! duh! What you never tried a lady boy?! haha

I joke but uh, I don't know how many German dudes I've talked to and they all ask the same thing when I tell them I live here. "What, you haven't tried a lady boy?!" They act like it's perfectly natural and are completely confused when I tell them, "uh no."

My Canadian buddy came to visit me a few weeks ago and I swear I planned for this event for months. I brought him right to the lady boys, but not just any lady boys, I brought him to the ones that are more beautiful than the best looking Thai women. Heh, I was almost in tears watching my homophobic friend get his leg humped by what he thought was the sexiest woman he had ever met. I broke the news to him and he bolted outta there.

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Thaiboxinggear

Athecy - This is Scott. I hung out with you guys the other day when we went out to dinner with Samart and Hippy and Jaraentong. I take it training is going well? Still hitting the rack by 11PM?! I'll see Walter later this week but when are you guys going home?

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