It been a minute since my last post, but all is well. A dear friend of mine, Marlon Chavarria, passed away early March so I took a break from writing a blog for some time.
Anyway, hope everyone had a good and safe 4th of July weekend. As for the latest news, I have been teaching @ House of Champions & Muay Thai School USA along with a few private clients as well. Muay Thai School USA is now in its 4th month since the grand opening and Im happy to say business is doing well. During the last few months besides teaching I had been sparring with a few other fighters who had bouts coming up: Jared Papazian (MMA), Max Skayzer (Boxing), Markus Kowell (MMA), Isaac Sebaduka (Boxing), Roy Corona (Muay Thai), Borin Khoun (Muay Thai) and Roman Mitichyan (MMA).
I was scheduled to fight in Santa Clara against Nathan Willet on June13 but was injured during training and was forced to reschedule. I have to thank Robin Hart Sriampai for working with me throughout the strength training sessions and Kru Nokweed Sriampai for the clinching and numerous hours of pad work. I am still in the gym keeping fit and will await til October for the match with Nathan or whomever my opponent will be at the time.
Make sure you guys come out and support Borin Khoun & Olivee from Muay Thai School USA July 18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center & Roman Mitichyan August 15, 2009 in Ontario www.calltoarmsfights.com
Id like to send out congratulations to Vanes Martirosyan & Manny Gamburian for the victories of their recent fight.
As for the requests of posting a video up of a walk through of the completed Muay Thai School USA, I promise it will be posted by the end of the month.
The grand opening of Muay Thai School USA was held February 1st and turned out to be a total success. I thank everyone for the support and will post photos soon on my facebook as well as myspace within the next week or so.
As I write this now, it is the 3rd week since the opening and am happy to say business is good! Im happy to eager people signing up to learn the art of muay thai. The days I will be teaching at Muay Thai School USA will be Tuesday & Thursday nights @ 730 p.m. On Monday & Wednesday nights Im teaching @ House of Champions.
I have been back in training as well for my commitment to fight in Guatemala in May. I must send congratulations to my fellow fighters who won the fights at CXF last month and also to Vic Darchinyan and Vanes Martirosyan for their added victories.
Welcome to my first vlog !!! Here is a short glimpse of Muay Thai School USA on New Years Eve while in construction. The gym’s grand opening is set for February 1, 2009 so feel free to come on down and check the place out. Ill post the details when we sort things out.
Peter Cunningham and I just got back from an exhuasting but yet enjoyable weekend in Miami teaching a seminar at the Team Karate Center in Aventura, Florida.
The weekend was filled with hours of demonstrations from katas to breaking bricks as we sat and watched along with master Fariborz Azhakh, sensei Nina Azhakh and sensei Jason Lau. We also visited the famous South Beach and chilled there drinking mojitos and taking in the sites.
The seminar on monday night had a great turnout in which Peter and I saw potential fighters in both the MMA and Muay Thai world.
A huge thanks goes out to Jarett Peremutter and everyone at Team Karate Centers for an awesome weekend in which Im looking foward to repeat next year.
I got a new tatto of my last name on my back this week at Rantz’s Needle Pushers in Van Nuys, Ca. The artwork was done by Remy Avagi and inked by Huero.
As for the rest of the year I plan to continue training to keep in shape to be ready for Guatemala or anything that pops up before that. I also began teaching the muay thai class at House of Champions in Van Nuys on Monday nights only. In other news, Peter Cunningham and I will be flying to Florida next month to teach a seminar.
Im sorry to announce my fight in Guatemala has been postponed till March of 2009. The outdoor location has suffered due to a tropical storm. The promoter tried to relocate the event to another location but was unsuccessful since time is too short to move a promotion that held 7,000 spectators. Both Bryce Papenbrook, another fighter that was to fight on the show, and I are dissapointed at the outcome but I do have some good news that I will write about in my next post. Until the, have a great weekend !!
Ive been training for this upcoming fight in Guatemala for the last 2 and a half months. Training has been going very well and I am pleased to have made an addition to the team with a new strength trainer, Robin Sriampai; I had been missing that aspect of my training the last few years and now have seen first hand what a difference this addition has made, both physically and mentally. With less than 20 days left till the fight I have now picked up the pace for sparring and running to keep my body very familiar with the sense of anaerobic bursts of combinations.
As for my website, I am pleased to have it back online and have to admit I was lagging a bit in doing so because I was busy doing other things. I hope you all are please with the new design and would like to let you all know photos and videos will be added after the fight as well as more info on private training.
WBC Muay Thai at the San Manuel Casino May 1, 2008
My next fight will be at the San Manuel Casino on May 1, 2008 against Freddie Medrano at 145 lbs.
On another note I was invited as a guest to the Hyefighters UFC Fight Night Dinner Party to show support to our Armenian MMA fighters Karo Parisyan, Roman Mitichyan & Manny Gamburyan.
UFC Fight Night Dinner Party Promotional Flyer
Group Pic of dinner table (Left to Right - Ceasar Pacol, Gustavo L., Peter Cunningham, Me, Sensei Mihran A., Vartan P., Sensei Vic & Patrick S.
After cancelled WBC event (left to right) Kevin Dowell, Bryce Papenbook and me
What a night … I attended the WBC Muay Thai event even though I wasnt fighting to show some support to the sport and of all things that can happen … the entire show gets cancelled 45 minutes after everyone gets seated. It turned out the promoter overlooked a compliance when holding an sports event so the Athletic Commision cancelled the event. Kevin Dowell, a fellow fighter from my gym was to have his amateur debut tonight !!! What luck huh ?
Group Pic at the weigh in - (from left to right) Travis Garlitz, Me, Peter Cunningham, Kevin Dowell, Chris Gregory After leaving the cancelled WBC event - (Left to Right) Kevin Dowell, Bryce Papenbrooke and me
