Doctor808 Red trunks May 9 fight Tiger

This was my first fighting in over two years, so in that respect  I felt I “did ok”. I had a bad injury discussed elsewhere so I was out of muay thai  for a while.  It was at my gym at one of the now famous Muay Thai Smokers at TigerMuaythai.

My opponent was  equally matched, neither of us in ideal cardio- shape that would have made the fight  more interesting and both of us a  bit heavy. He the brawler, me with perhaps better technique. The referee judge awarded  the fight to my opponent.

I reviewed the tapes after my Kru Doug Owens told me where my big error was and as usual he was correct,  which I could easily see from the replay.

My opponent a very nice guy , local boy (twentyfive to thirty years younger than I ?) fought a very eclectic style. Spin fist, some power punches and some type of kicks which were not technically well done. As I predicted, he was using the Hawaii Style of a onslaught of barrage. I always have trouble with these barrages,  because frankly they wear me out quickly.  No damage or pain involved but just tiresome to defend. Then when I try to analyze how to counter another irritating barrage comes my way. The bottom line is I was not in shape for an onslaught Hawaiian style.  This means I will be working on my cardio more intensely. My coach said it best , you looked good the first round, but you were out of it by the second as far as energy goes.

Well he is right in that I did not have the energy to move my tree trunk legs for good kicks and relied on hands– but with a barrage there is no time to set up.  I saw so many openings for a good kicks,  but could not take advantage of that due to lack of juice in the latter part of the second and third rounds. 

The other energy I had lost was with the what appeared to be a continuing , almost mma grappling  thing , we ended up in. I am simply a stand up guy and we spent as much time on the ground or tangled up in the ropes as we did exchanging blows. This is simply not my style and I have to expend a lot of energy with this. Energy I did not have to spare. There is actually one point in the fight where he does a “piledriver”,  thats when he falls down backward grabbing me and drives my head into the ring  like seen on wild world  of wrestling (my god I am not a wrestler). 

The bottom line is my heavy weight and cardio endurance if better I could have taken advantage of  his wide open gaps for kicks but seeing them easily does no good if you no energy to take advantage does it?

Bottom line I lost , not by any slaughter  or significant gap. It was good,  but sloppy match. He landed more punches and some kicks , mostly blocked, but none had any power to do damage, I landed more powerfull blows,  but less of them. The fight may be  equally matched,  but I am too out of shape to endure his style of Hawaiian brawling. That will be taken care of , as I realize my coach is right. I am still not sure what to make of the piledriver move where he bounced me on my head—Yet this  is standup Hawaian style.

I will try to review some of the other fights in the next segment. I must say that these “smokers” at  Tiger Muay Thai are fun exciting and some great fighters and their skill are seen. I hope this will continue with support from other gyms. You should come to next one. 

Doctor808

A flu epidemic is caused by a virus which is spread typically by person to person contact. Sneezing, coughing and spread by air , are the usual methods.  It also can be picked up on door knobs if touched right after someone contagious has spread the droplets there for example. In the case of swine flu the virus has made the jump from pigs to humans and the DNA has become mixed up. There was not thought to be a spread of the virus beyond 3 successive people but now that has been dismissed. 

For a more detailed description of the swine flu check this out CDC SWINE FLU report from CDC.

As a Plastic Surgeon in Hawaii,  I do get reports from the local health department and there have not been any reported cases here,  but caution is advised. Hawaii has a lot of incoming visitors as it is a vacation paradise. At my clinic we come in contact with a lot of people and we take extreme precautions not to contribute to the spread of virus or any germs. I have not decided yet but I am considering carefully,  to mandate wearing of mask by staff when in contact with public. Its a balance of saftey and giving the appearance of friendliness that I try to maintain from my staff.

Any of my plastic surgery staff who is sneezing, coughing or shows signs of illness will either be sent home or at a minimum wear a surgical mask. We are tight knit group and everyone is concerned about saftey for our patients and ourselves. 

What can you do to prevent swine flu or any other cold or flu? Well common sense is the first order of business. That  is stay away from where there are reported cases if possible. Next when traveling especially by air or any other cramped condition wear a surgical mass. It may look funny or feel odd,  but better than being ill. Vitamin C of course is always a good overall immune system booster, I take 1 gram a day but that is not advice to you as that can cause diarrhea unless you build up to it slowly. Any medical suggestions here are not my advice to you as a doctor,as that would require a lot more knowledge of you , but you can ask your doctor his opinion. Wash your hands frequently , you may want to aquire a hand sanitation agent.

There are surgical mask commonly seen being worn by people in travel through airports and very common is Asia due to avian flu. I think now is the time to consider such precautions although it is not known how effective. Personally I think its a good step to take.

You can obtain surgical mask here: