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The very first event of 2025, and it was definitely a full house, with more than 30 people turned away at the door. The event was organized by Kru Mat (Etobicoke Martial Arts), who now owes Kru Harold $50 for delaying the first bell by 20 minutes. Kru Harold messaged me last week wanting to bet that the event would start on time, trying to cover both outcomes. I’m glad I didn’t take that bet, though I was tempted. I’m on to you, Kru Harold. The event included four class A fig

I’m a little late blogging about the Muay Thai Ontario Youth Camp in 2024 for a couple of reasons. At the time, I was very new to the community, and I couldn’t really write about the people I barely knew. I also hadn’t been appointed as the Kingdom Blogger back then. But better late than never, so here it goes (get comfortable in your seats as this a longer read): I had started group training at the Kingdom only about a month or so when Kru Arash told the Kingdom about the

Warning! This blog may not be suitable for all readers! Reader discretion is advised. On December 15, 2024, the Muay Thai community was invited by Ajahn Suchart to celebrate Thai National Day at Etobicoke Martial Arts. Elite Martial Arts, Siam No.1 Muay Thai, and the Kingdom eagerly showed up to the celebration. We were dressed and ready to train, but it felt more like we were just hanging out with Ajahn while he shared some of his wisdom. For some reason, I had trouble focus

We had all been looking forward to the NAKA Fight Night. NAKA fight series is particularly important to Coach Hamed and he had told the Kingdom that he expects full participation. I think it’s because there is very good souvlaki just down the street from the location, and Coach Hamed really likes his Greek fries. Oscar Renderes and Andy Laicha were fighting for the Kingdom at NAKA Fight Night III. Oscar’s fight was #6 on the card, against Dylan Keimel from Legacy Muay Thai,

Unlike our other fight events, we all started the day very comfortably! Of course our Ako was going to win and Yusuf had been training very hard consistently so we all had a lot of confidence in him. Unfortunately, Yusuf’s opponent, Arsh Pathan from The One Muay Thai was stuck behind an accident on 401 for close to 7 hours. I think next time Arsh should just walk from wherever he is. We actually offered to pack it up and bring the fight to the Highway of Heros where Arsh was