On Sunday january 2nd, I took to Ratchadamnern Stadium to watch the art of Thai Boxing. Bearing in memory this bhikkhu is a bantam-weight himself, I guessed this to be an occasion not to be missed.
When I got to the stadium at 7pm, the introductory fight had passed for about half of them, but it needn't be any reason for worrying, there were 9 introductory fights, and the main event with another 3 fights lined up.
Each fight consists of five 3-minute rounds, a 2-minute break between rounds, and virtually no breaks inbetween fights.
The Program