Hot tempered and just full of rage—that is his signature. That’s how my uncle fights inside the arena. And me, being the geek of the family just seems to be ignored. Thus, every time I site examples of fighters who won with strategy, he just wouldn’t listen.  He even hates me every time I make a comment on how artistically powerful Asian fighters look. I repeatedly told him he could do so much more when he learned how and when to use anger or when it was necessary to use brain, technique and strength instead. Still not getting thru his thick head I showed him a print out that had Muay Thai training Thailand in large prints for the front cover.

True enough, the first page caught his attention. I left him all alone to decide which from among the Muay Thai camps in Thailand he should consider. I stopped bothering him after that. It was probably a month after when I heard that he booked a ticket to Thailand and that he’d be staying there for a while. I’m just glad he did.