Sunday, March 15, 2009
 I'm writing this post for all those friends of mine who wants me to go back into the ring & to all my close friends who kept asking me why i like to fight so much. So i've put everything i had into this post so whenever you guys have the urge to ask me those questions again, i hope you would rather read this post, unless of cos u wanna noe abt my fights. Hehe. Ok this is the low down about me... In the beginning, i took up Muay Thai in 1997 as self defence but then, i found out that i love the feeling of going against the unknown & coming up top in the end so i had a personal coach who's name i wish to keep private. At first it was all about street fights @ a time where gangsters roam as free as Banglahs do today. During dat time, u can see gangsters everywhere... If ur as hot blooded as i was bck then, you would noe why i needed to noe how to defend myself but then i caught the eye of someone. He offered to train me for free since his constant plead for me to join his gym was repeatedly denied cos i had no money. Soon i was hooked to fighting... the feeling was like a drug to me... to be in the ring where split second decisions could effect the outcome the fight... no where to run... no where to hide other than behind ur fists. Every facial expression can cause u to hold back or attack... like for example when i throw out a fake right jab & the opponent blink, means dat he's scared & dat he's open for attk... every eye, shoulder & leg movement the opponent makes tells you about where the punches will come from & where he will move to. After 1 & a half years of intense training, i was able to predict all these crucial factors. The training was a torture at the beginning... having to kick the steel pole all day for weeks, hit the hard bags & mits, the limitless roadworks (long distance runs to build up stamina), the bruises from constant sparring, shadow boxing after watching ur opponent's videos to predict ur opponent's characteristics & movement (usually done as training before fights), the diets i have to put up with, so that i could meet the weight requirements... I remember there was a time where my weight was way off the target & i had to eat only an apple after a whole day of training so i have to be very disciplined & kept telling myself dat i can do it. But all that was worth it, the moment the referee hold up my arm & called me the victor as the opponent's head came crashing down onto the ring floor. At that moment in time, life felt so good... everything felt so worth it. Then the money comes in & i treat my coach to KFC then I'll eat like a bottomless pit. Muay Thai was the 1st sport i was interested in but i did it behind my parents back... it was so hard to keep it from them... juz imagine trying ur best to walk normally in front of them while otw to ur room, when ur legs hurts like hell & i had to do dat in skool too, cos if my teachers were to see me limping, they'll most probably see my legs & call up my parents to ask why my legs were so badly swollen... it was nvr an easy path to take but i love the sport so much... even when i was asked to rest after a match ended, i'll still come bck to the gym to do some light training & to watch the guys spar. The guyz used to think i was crazy... to be able to take so much hits & still keep on going... to tell you the truth, i dunno how i did it either... maybe it was the adrenalin but all i noe is dat i felt unstoppable. I even used to go out & pick fights with those Ah Bengs in the street... it was easy cos all i had to do was stare & those idiots would juz come & before u noe it, a fight will break out but those Ah Beng are ntg compared to my opponents in the ring... cos seriously... most of those gangsters dun even noe hw to fight... the only reason why they should be feared, were cos they have weapons... cowards. But winning against them kinda boost the morale if ya noe what i mean. Hehe But i kinda made a few friends along the way. Hehe. Actually lots of friends... but i wonder where they are now... they kinda dissapeared from the face of the Earth seh. SERIOUSLY!! I continued this lifestyle all the way till around 2001... I remember that day so clearly... I fetched Sha after skool & we were walking thru the multi story carpark when i was jumped by 3 indian guys... they wacked me with steel pipes... dislocating my shoulders... but guess wat? i took dat steel pipe & knocked them out... Sha was screaming, crying & shouting for help... we heard the police coming a few minutes ltr & she practically dragged me to her house whic was juz beside the multi story carpark... i changed into her bro's clothes then she took me to her family doctor. She told the doc all about it & thankfully the doc was kind enough to give me free treatment cos we were students. He poped my shoulders back in, gave me some meds & after dat, Sha took me bck home in a cab. I can still remember her crying in the cab as she look @ my injuries & my brused face... then she asked me to stop fighting & quit Muay Thai... i was so stubborn & told her dat Muay Thai was my life... my passion... so i kept fighting till the day my left arm dislocated in a fight... I was so frustrated... i remember the referee telling me dat he'll stop the match if my arm pops out again... i was like WTF!! Let me fight!! It was during the end of the 1st round for god sakes!! Of cos lah i did'nt retaliate!! NOOB REFEREE!! So i poped my arm back in & lay some hurt on the 2nd round, winning by KO. Dat was the 1st time i actually feared of loosing in the ring... it was a close call but if u think dat was it, u were wrong... i got scolded by my coach after dat... i got a huge lecture after i told him abt my injuries... he was pissed off... he told me dat i was his pride & joy... but i waisted it all cos of some street fight... sigh... i did'nt noe he cared so much... but not my fault wat... i dun even noe those indian guyz!! WTF seh!! My career ended a few months after dat & i promised Sha dat i would'nt participate in an official fight again but i still have constant street fight behind her back. Hehehe. Hw else was i supposed to make those stalkers stay away from her... lol. It was fun while it lasted =) Come to think of it... Muay Thai was practically unknown bck then, until 2008 when Contender Asia was shown of TV... dats when Muay Thai started to gain popularity... Sigh... now i get so jealous when i hear this/dat person is a fighter from this/dat gym... sigh... if only i can go back to fighting again but my injuries juz won't allow me to... plus i promised my love ones dat i won't fight anymore. I'm trying my best to keep dat promise... but sometimes, a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do ;) Thx for reading guyz... Labels: I'm still UNDEFEATED =) |
 
Mohamad Syamirza
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