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MyTraining Experience in Krabi-Krabong
I just recently returned from a weeklong training experience in the Thai art of Krabi-Krabong. The martial art that Muay Thai comes from. I had just a little taste of Muay Thai about a year ago and I wanted more. So I started looking up information on it and soon found out that it came from Krabi-Krabong. I also found out that there are very few people in the USA who teach it. I ran across Defend.net (not knowing at the time that it’s the official forums on the TBA). I quickly made a short post asking if anyone knew of schools or people that teach Krabi-Krabong. Ajarn Steve Wilson responded to my post and we started conversing by email. He was able to work out a weeklong intensive one on one training class in OR where he lives. I jumped at the opportunity and once I saved the money up I got the plane ticket and flew up there to start the training.
Ajarn Steve picked me up at the airport and from then on I was like family to him. We trained hard during the week and put in a lot of hours. I trained in parks, a tennis court, a backyard, and a gym. I was taught the basics in Krabi-Krabong working with the Staff, Double Sword, Single Sword, Mai Sok, and Knife (including how to throw a knife). When we were not training, Ajarn Steve told me a lot of stories of his training while at the Buddhai Sawan and other places. Needless to say I learned a lot more then just about the different weapons we trained in. Ajarn Steve also introduced/trained me under several other teachers. Jeremy Wijers in Muay Thai, Bruce Raymer in Krabi-Krabong, and Dan Burke in Muay Thai. So I would like to thank them for all the time and hard work in training and teaching me during the week I was there. But most of all a big thanks to Ajarn Steve for taking me as a student and putting a long week’s worth of time into someone he never met, who can’t even walk square yet. I have a notebook full of information that I was able to take away from the class that will serve me very well from now on. So my training will be able to continue. Ajarn Steve expected a lot out of me and thanks to him I did get a lot out of it.
If you want some good training, willing to work hard and want to learn about Krabi-Krabong, the roots of Muay Thai I would highly recommend contacting Ajarn Steve Wilson. He is willing to travel to teach at your school as well as train you one on one for an intensive.
If you have any questions about Krabi-Krabong or the training I had feel free to ask me and I will do my best to answer them.
Train Hard
Samuel A. Jones
Ajarn Steve picked me up at the airport and from then on I was like family to him. We trained hard during the week and put in a lot of hours. I trained in parks, a tennis court, a backyard, and a gym. I was taught the basics in Krabi-Krabong working with the Staff, Double Sword, Single Sword, Mai Sok, and Knife (including how to throw a knife). When we were not training, Ajarn Steve told me a lot of stories of his training while at the Buddhai Sawan and other places. Needless to say I learned a lot more then just about the different weapons we trained in. Ajarn Steve also introduced/trained me under several other teachers. Jeremy Wijers in Muay Thai, Bruce Raymer in Krabi-Krabong, and Dan Burke in Muay Thai. So I would like to thank them for all the time and hard work in training and teaching me during the week I was there. But most of all a big thanks to Ajarn Steve for taking me as a student and putting a long week’s worth of time into someone he never met, who can’t even walk square yet. I have a notebook full of information that I was able to take away from the class that will serve me very well from now on. So my training will be able to continue. Ajarn Steve expected a lot out of me and thanks to him I did get a lot out of it.
If you want some good training, willing to work hard and want to learn about Krabi-Krabong, the roots of Muay Thai I would highly recommend contacting Ajarn Steve Wilson. He is willing to travel to teach at your school as well as train you one on one for an intensive.
If you have any questions about Krabi-Krabong or the training I had feel free to ask me and I will do my best to answer them.
Train Hard
Samuel A. Jones
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