What It Was Like Training With BUAKAW For 2 Weeks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2021
- In 2008 I trained in Thailand for 10 weeks. The last two weeks of my trip was spent with Buakaw as he prepared for his upcoming K-1 fight.
In this episode I share what type of person he is and breakdown what I learnt training along side him.
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I went to train at banchamek gym when it was still in Bangkok and buakaw was so nice. When anything was broken in the gym, he would fix it himself. He would cook for everyone, join the football matches (he is an amazing footballer) and always made time to give advice. Super friendly and humble. Everyone in Thailand loves him, he is a national hero in Thailand
It's great when stars like him are so down to earth. Fame hasn't gone to his head.
What a great guy.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial yes, first thing he did when I met him is he showed me his chickens
Agree 100 percent.
Here in Thailand we value friendliness and happiness. That’s why we always said “it’s ok” or “no problem” in many issues (unless u got intentions to make it worse)
So, welcome guys, we loves having people come to Thailand and having some good time. If any of u guys wanna come and train at the Banchamek Gym. U guys are more than welcome :)
@@adamsmith8283 I think they were just clowning around, he is actually really good at football
Having your hero say "sad sad" while you leave must be one of the best feelings ever!! 😂😂😂
"Everybody can train hard , but not everybody train smart" Jan Błachowicz
Wise words.
Fact
Can you make me a Little example for my Muay thai and Fitness Training ?
“Make your workouts a 7/10, and do them everyday” -Firas Zahabi . Im guessing this is what Buakaw did. This is actually better than doing 9-10/10 workouts 3 days a week, especially as a fighter.
You do know prime buakaw 2004 he trained 8 hours a day right?
Thai fighters train 2 times a day everyday besides sunday
@@insan3hvhpromotingcheats206 Im talking about intensity. You’re proving my point. Firas talked about this on the Joe Rogan podcast. Search up “How to workout smarter Joe Rogan”
@@rcem4773 It's actually absurd to me that some fighters continue to exhaust and drain themselves by overtraining in the weeks leading up to a fight. It's well known fact that testosterone levels drop drastically when the immune system is overloaded and the individual has overtrained. Frequent 7/10 workouts are best for most I think.
@@somerled5513 EXACTLY. Finally someone who gets it
@@rcem4773 Im proving my point, thai fighters train 2x times a day, most whilte running 2x times a day too. And they are the athletes in combats sports history with more fights under their belt. They live their life fighting the best of the best and training harder than last time
I guess Buakaw is only human after all.
Great video as usual. I did notice a difference watching Buakaw early in k1 vs later on. Dude was godly. Patience wise, iQ wise, and Toughness. One of the greatest athletes in any sports that I have ever had the pleasure of watching.
Thats hilarious. Seems he's all fun and play until he gets in the ring. Thats where it really matter.
i wouldnt be shocked since he was treated like a slave by his former gym por pramuk which took most of his money while he trained like dawg and won all the time. Ofc he would enjoy a soda.
At least he's made up for the financial loss now. It's terrible how little he got from his fights when he was at Por Pramuk.
Yes, after years and years of training, I start understanding that rest is very important. Those who train hardest win, but those who train balanced and rest properly, can go on forever.
Thanks Gabriel. What a champion and what a good human being you are
That was an awesome story! thanks for sharing Gabriel.
Lmao i'm just imagining Buakaw crouched up behind a bush waiting to show someone his secret shortcut
Your story is amazing and I think some people are putting buakaw On a pedestal and when they hear some cool stories about buakaw, they’re taking it in the wrong way! Buakaw is a legend and he does what he wants, he definitely didn’t slack off to reach where he is
I bet if I was there 2-3 years earlier he would have been training like an animal. Time and knowledge make you realize that crazy pace is unsustainable. He could have just been realizing that and slowing things down. He's been fighting for so long now. It's crazy.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial The last sentence is putting it together. Even if you are a natural like Buakaw, aging won't stop and since he was betrayed so horribly, him losing real large amounts of money, not to mention the betrayal in at least seven fight, that would all got him to the top, making more money with the following fights, he had to realize, that he has to "slow" down, or he would have to stop a couple of years ago and still, he is able to compete with the best.
I really hope, that he is able to teach Superbon his discipline and tenacity, cause if so, a LOT of guys will definetly get what they deserve.
This is some fantastic real content. Thanks!
Love this video
it explain pro fighter are human too, and from you now i know Buakaw such a Fun guy to hangout with
Very cool story. Buakaw is a legend and all the legends are human. I never would have pictured buakaw drinking pop and shortcutting jogs hahaha. The Thais can be funny sometimes. I remember all the Thai padholders showing up for morning classes and slamming Red Bulls to start the day off when I was training in Thailand. Great story and Great channel, keep it up!
Yep. The trainers were not the epitome of health 🤔
Smoking after session, red bulls...too bad because I like seeing people take care of their health.
His movement is so darn smooth. Absolute pleasure to watch. Really happy to have found your channel
Welcome to the channel 👍
I trained at Por pramuk gym for 1 month also back in 2008, one of the toughest months of my life
Whew. One month. That is a long time there. Especially since there was nothing... absolutely NOTHING to do between training sessions.
Respect.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial I know right, mostly I tried to sleep in the afternoon because the 20k run and 2 meals a day was such a shock to the system from the other gyms I was training at. There were only two other foreigners there when at the time, a Japanese guy and a young Australian lad who was a bit of a prospect for them. I have fond memories of the place though 👍
Great stories. Thanks Gabriel.
Awsome Gabriel. Thanks for sharing your experience with Baukaw in Bkk training camp.
I just found your channel, awesome content. I love Bukuaw he's the man, have been training for about 10 years and I learn more and more every day
Welcome aboard!
There's just so much to learn. I don't think we'll ever be done.
Your videos are very insightful. Love them
Thanks Gabriel for your amazing story. Keep it up :)
That is such an amazing experience! 😃
Love the insights!
I have just started watching your channel, but really appreciate your content. Thank you, Gabriel.
Welcome and I'm glad you're enjoying.
This is hilarious. What a great story. Glad you got to meet your idol! What a dream.
I would give half of my life away just to spend 1 week with Buakaw, massive respect for the guy🙏💪
Best video ever!
Buakaw is my favorite fighter of all time
Buakaw undoubtedly has worked hard, but he also has killer genes. That probably allows him to take his foot off the gas a bit when it comes to training and dieting.
Good call.
He is genetically gifted for sure and that does go a long way.
It's interesting that you bring up the concept of overtraining and mythological super-hard training setups. I saw an interview with GSP on Bispings podcast and one of the main things he said he would have done differently would be not to overtrain as much as he did during his younger days. For Bisping it was to be more flexible so maybe he wouldn't have taken as much significant damage.
Buakaw seems very ruthless in the ring but actually he always strike with calculated agression
Now I can say that I do some things like buakaw... Taking shortcuts mostly! The last time I trained in Thailand the gym owner kept telling me ‘train two times each day, prepare for fight’. My pad man would just say ‘you tired, work hard, no worry, one time enough.’ Naturally I took the more attractive piece of advice and only trained once a day...
Haha this is kinda refreshing to hear I gotta say
I think the food stuff is Thai mentality really. Fighting is just a normal thing there so it's not like anywhere else, where people do months of specific preparation just for one fight.
These guys really mean it when they say anytime anywhere.
Look up Jean Charles skarbowsky he's a French guy but lived in Thailand, was ranked nr 1 in rajadamnern stadium at one point and he was smoking and drinking with his trainers even before big fights.
Wow! Mr. Varga I'm so glad that I found your vids, today. Thank you for sharing the training and diet routines with Mr. Buakaw o_o ^_^
Happy to share and welcome to the channel.
Best regards form Germany....I like your Videos. Your are charismatic
It's so funny when you mention running. I run a lot and am usually the first or second in all of our class running...but sometimes I will literally be dead last and run super slow and I let way out of shape over weight people pass me on purpose because there are a lot of benefits to different types of runs.
Really cool stories! I lived in chachoengsao and worked in bang khla across the street from the bat temple. Never got to meet Buakaw but I did meet the legend Mr Boonlai
Rest and downtime in between training sessions, that’s something to keep in mind. I like your shortcut through the woods story. 🤣
I love my naps. Train, eat, nap, eat, train, eat. That's pretty much my days in fight camp.
I wanna move to Thailand for a year and train with these legends!
Another quality vid
Great channel, like your content very much
Thank you very much 🙏
Hahaha like your funny stories. I would say it’s actually quite common for a lot of famous Thai fighters, mess around with their less experienced team mates, avoid running in all sorts of ways, Pops everyday 😂
“You’ve got the moves but you don’t got the touch.” Describes people that think its about how hard and long you train. You cant train the touch and some people just dont have it. Buakaw does.
Gonna find out the hard way that training is everything, dude. This video reflects on a burned out legend of the game who I GUARANTEE you had done alllll the hard years in the gym and then some.
@@MikeD-hn9hf not saying you dont have to train hard. Those that are good under the lights, on stage, or in any event that tests their art form at the highest level all have something more than the training to back their performance. 6 yrs competing in bboying, 3 yrs in amateur muay thai, and 5 yrs in cirque. I know all about training my friend. 👍 no disrespect btw. I think we both agree training is so very important!
@@MikeD-hn9hf Nah, the professional fighters don't have the hardest trainings most of the time. That would just make them fatigued. Hard training sessions start 3 weeks before the fight
@@MikeD-hn9hf I think it's not just how hard the training is. Sometimes you gotta train hard and short sometimes you gotta train light and long.
@@canismajoris6733 I'm all for varied intensity training and periods of recovery - my argument was more for the necessity of hard training, especially at the elite level, and that there is no substitute for that experience, even if you're naturally gifted.
Buakaw! And the short cut!! Haha that’s so funny!
Buakaw avoiding runs & drinking mountain dew, nice! A bit of what Khabib said they did was they also napped a lot in between training sessions, cool story and thanks for sharing
thank you so much , big fan from morroco!
Thank you for sharing
Your #knowledge is gold thanks
Honestly it looks like he took a dive in that knockout loss
That has been the case for YEARS. The Japanese as a nation couldn't take another lost. That's why they limited the Thai fighters more and restrict rules to kickboxing in their favor.
@@kaox44 might have taken a dive, not just by what you said but there could of been yakuza involved to make sure he did lose on purpose
Lol looked like a dive. I gotta watch the whole thing now.
Honestly lately it seems like they use lopsided judging; the Rodtang vs Tenshin match was a good example, where it was pretty clear Rodtang won the first rounds and the overtime wasn't necessary.
If you watch closely he got kneed in the liver beforehand, that's why the punch downed him; it was really a KO via knee; Buakaw was just beastly enough to keep standing until he got punched!
Hallo Gabriel, ich finde deinen Kanal super und ich hoffe du bist noch lange aktiv. Ich denke du gehörst in die Liga der Besten.🙂
I’m thinking about training with him for two months in the next couple years
Sad sad buakaw Ko :(
Was a very interesting story, thanks for sharing with us :(
Thanks for watching.
Hey GV. Really like your channel and content. I also trained with Buakaw at por pramuk. One really really important detail you’ve not mentioned is that buakaw was in a terrible situation with the gym owner who is a total crook, leaving to him very publicly leaving the gym and was a huge story over Thailand. Buakaws good nature, which I also experienced, is so much more admirable because he was basically a k1 star and getting ripped off. May also have had something to do with him not training that hard. Also, when I was there buakaw wasn’t training 4hrs 2x a day but he was training hard. Crazy thing to me was after the 10k in the morning he’d go and do 400 knees on the bag straight away
dammmm. i wonder now if bruce lee was just a hype train or really that strong. gabriel you are a G man, i knew training hard all day was bad i injured my back leg and shoulder because i did 36hr of training a week
Buakaw chasing people trying to light them on fire?! WHAT! 🤣😅 I though he was scary enough
Having a good old time between training sessions 😆
2 weeks with varga would be great
Even more a hero
I go train at Sasiprapa gym and he’s pretty good
This was very helpful to know this, Im always worried im never doing enough cause im not killing myself but everyone says thye do so much stuff. I guess what im taking from this vid is, have fun lol training shouldnt be intimidating.
It makes sense that good fighters would be slower at running - since they'd have little if any reason for running away !
One can imagine the lack of motivation in fighting a guy one already beat.
The best thing that ever happened Buakaw is his friendship with Saenchai. For years, Buakaw has had to hold the Thai nation on his back, sent by them to take on the world. Can you imagine that pressure?
That would be heavy.
But he dealt with it like a true champ. He's a Thailand star now. 👍
I can hear Buakaw's *Yekh* round kick roar.
We all think guys like khabib and buakaw train there Ass off all the time, they definitely do and train harder then most fighters but everyone likes to have fun. I feel like finding the happy medium with being able to train at the best level and have fun without getting too side tracked can make a good fighter and even a good athlete in general
I'm sure the heat and humidity over in Thailand had a lot to do with weight loss too right? I live in Vermont northeast United States I lived in geaorgia southeast United States and their summers are hot and humid. I weigh about 170-175lbs and I lost 20lbs down there from the heat but what a weight cut lol
just imagine buakaw takes that short cut every day lol
And if it is every day, or even frequently, you have to guess his trainer must know that
He’s so cheeky 🤣🤣🤣
Everything about how they train and eat in Thailand is old school. You just have so many people doing it and the culture to get good is there.
An old saying from my army days which has stayed with me is " train hard fight easy "
But train to hard the fight will be harder
@@gmeme9252 please explain and have you every trained in Thailand?
I think from one of his videos he said that ko by Sato, he was going through that big lawsuit, and was burned out.
cool video who are you anyway? never heard of you have you had any pro fights or just amateur fights?? was this a vacation training session? good memories for you nontheless
Pro fighter my friend. Won 6 pro world titles including the Glory belt 2X.
have you lifted weight in your pre contest ?
Was the soda somewhat dark greenish? I got food poisoned down in Thailand and got that green drink from the hospital AND from the hotel I stayed at when they understood that I had been hospitalized for food poisoning. It’s their type of energy drink, I think. I have no idea what it was or what it was called.
It was definitely green but I can't remember it's shade.
Blah...energy drinks. Not for me.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial It sounded to me like green Fanta which is popular in Thailand. I drank it sometimes when I lived there... it's very bright green.
Wait, what would you do if you are a professional fighter?
A normal day of work is 8 hours, would you not work 9 hours to be better than the average?
If you have been involved in fighting for a while uno a million guys that a really hard work and even some with a special work ethic only to get in ring and get out skilled be an opponent SKILLS pay the bills and who ever has the best teacher or training wins simple that’s why studying greats and correcting flaws is more important than working HARD you should run and get stamina up high but don’t forget being in great shape rarely wins a fight especially the higher level u go u must know what to do and what not to do !!!
Ngl I kinda stopped and wondered about myself when he talked about eating healthy...I'm laying here at 2:22 am eating red vines.still thin😏
j mean ad long as the green doda does not glow it is brobebally not uranium😄
How much is your training done by yourself? As in like your own ideas etc as oppose to your coach telling you what to do?
I don't have a coach in that sense. Everything I do is what I plan out.
Jean sabowsky drinks beer a lot and still beats every one 😂
Lmao i like the shortcut story 😂
Thais can be the nicest people in the world. During and after Covid and with their current political situation, the niceness isn’t always there but Thais are the nicest most loving people I’ve been around. Lost a wallet with a lot of cash and someone saved it for me. This was in Bangkok. I don’t think that act of kindness could happen in any other major city. I love the Thais. I originally dated a Thai girl and after we broke up, I realized I was actually always more in love with her country than I ever liked her. I live in Cambodia now and teach in an impoverished village. It’s just not the same. I miss the Thai language and food but I think I’m doing the right thing staying here. I was moving to Thailand but the covid shut the border down. I was going to return and instead of train in Pattaya with my usual coaches, I was going to make the journey to Chiangmai and find the Buakaw Village and live there on an education visa. Sadly though that never happened. Maybe someday I can meet Buakaw. He was the person who got me back into the gym when I was younger.
What would you do to train to fight Buakaw.
I’m not a nutritionist but I’ve heard a lot of top level athletes use simple sugars to replenish after a hard workout.
Definitely. I just like the idea of clean simple sugars with dyes.
I still believe to this day that most thai fighters are simply a product of natural selection. They train hard, have questionable diet and nutrition by modern sports science standards and just grind and fight every other week. It's the fighters that have the combination of natural talent, genetics and willpower to just keep doing it and not breakdown.
Cool analysis. It's wild how with minimal strength training, diet, etc they still dominate muay thai.
I guess natural talent, genetics and willpower go a long way.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Literally every Muay Thai fighter in Thailand has the same story. Regardless if they're champs or not. They come from poverty and fighting was a way out of it or at least something productive to do. Their training regiment and lifestyle are all pretty similar. You put all these kids together and let them all fight each other and it naturally filters out the stronger ones.
Out bodies are alot more adaptable than we think. These guys have a mental strength advantage i believe. Growing up in poverty and practically fighting for food and fighting so
Often. And they train high rep padwork bagwork and tons of running. Their kicks are so powerful i remember watching sakmongol in k1 and i had never seen a better conditioned harder kicker up to that point
Wow
I actually believe that Buakaw took a dive in the Sato fight, it did look like the classic coreographed thai fights in Thailand, he det himself get punched but he did not got punched flushed
The only reason he would have gone down there was the knee before.
I know that sounds odd but my brother was telling me the other day I kneed him years ago.
He said it wasn't a crazy hard knee, maybe 60-70%, but his body got tingles and his legs shut down.
He was speculating another 20-30% of power might have shut the body down somehow.
Those where just his thoughts after dealing with a similar knee.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial i just feel that the way he fell and just as you say in your response video he wasnt "knocked out" plus theres another big reason i believe he took a dive because of the presence of the yakuza and how dominant buakaw was, they robbed him of one of the masato fights and probably threatened him and his career if he did not take a dive..dont get me wrong im a buakaw fan and hes one of the biggest reasons i fell in love with muay thai because when i started training muay thai myself was around the time of buakaws rise in k1-MAX i just know hos the yakuza made other top fighters throw fights,script fights etc..it happened in both PRIDE FC and K-1 sadly..
Well you guys really need to subscribe to Buakaw YT channel. The guy is hilarious as hell, which is shocking knowing how he always looks calm and compose all the time. He's a meme lord before costa was IMO 🤣
Buakaw and Goku same type of people.
SLEEP is huge.....the naps were huge for me over there.... and the guys who went out during the week were not good training the next day.... it was obvious
For sure.
Well done taking advantage of proper rest.
It seems silly to travel across the world to get better and not be at your best because you are going out in the evening.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial Yes! I train hard at home, and would be a fool to squander the opportunity in front of me!! Appreciate your well thought out videos👊👊
Is it possible to turn pro with the person you first started training with?
I think so. Sometimes you just luck out and have a great coach and team from the beginning. If it's not broken don't fix it.
@@GabrielVargaOfficial what about if it was ur traditional martial arts instructor but you wanted to compete in combat sports...is that possible?
Is there a big difference from taking mid-day nap and just lounging around?
Hmmm. I believe there is science behind sleep and how it's the best form of recovery.
Do a bit of research on that but I find a hour nap is much better than 3 hours of lounging.
I like your hat. :) How old are you?
Haha when you said he runs 10km 2x a day i immediately thought of how ungodly you would need to sleep and eat, lol. Not to Mention how demanding that would be on joints. basically another like 1250 calories and 4 hrs of sleep. The pop makes sense now. Also didn't know as a Minnesotan that Canadians say pop haha
I think it would be just like training with any other man or woman... just his name happens to be Buakaw... someone many covet to be but do not realize they just got to put in the work and will have the chance to be better especially now that he is not on top anymore.
You will be in the Top or somewhere close at 40 years old?
@@thailandlife2414 yeah he would be a top haterrrr
One thing to remember is that the best Thai fighters are selected from tens of thousands of kids that failed to meet the demands. It's not useful to compare yourself to Buakaw - he's the pinnacle of Thai training system. What applies to him (like drinking sodas) might not fit us, mere mortals ;)
I wish
lmfao this was great
Buakaw been training since he was little boy must get boring after while. Might need to do these things to spice things up.
Absolutely! And training that hard for years upon years is crazy.
My prediction is, it hurts.