1- the ARRIVAL

They are the 5:40 in Thailand, is the 28 July of 2004, one given historical for me that I will not be able to forget. I will not be able to forget it, because the airplane is as soon as landed to Bangkok , and I have just the setting time the baggages by hand, than finally I can touch for before turns the land of the ancient Siam Reign, overflow of battles.

They are happy finally I find myself in the place where I had decided for a long time to go, but for several reasons me it has not been possible. We head towards the airport, and with a splendid smile, and I embrace same brother, receives us Kru Simone Falcini. I watch a po' in I return and I see the written ones in language thai, and task that if I put to them in of the shorts, people think, that they are a beautiful pair of shorts, and not the indications for the toilette. We salt on an car a po' dilapidated, than I had not never seen while still alive mine, to eight places, and with the guide to right (I did not know it!!), that machine is a taxi. Once the suitcases arranged, head towards Pattaya, and my look cannot that to notice with astonishment, I interlace it that style New York exists between skyscrapers, ancient houses in style orient them and shacks! All that makes to think me and asks Simone, than ready it explains me that all that has had to the fact that in Thailand, if an American comes, constructs a skyscraper in its style, if the same thing comes a Japanese ago and so on, creating therefore this I interlace of styles that more Bangkok fascinating renders still.

On the taxi I feel a little cold, and task, than if I remained to house I was beautiful to the warmth, instead me mistake, because, is the ignited air-conditioning, and with my astonishment more physicist that mental, when I come down from the machine, I feel myself to lack the air, in fact, is a lot rarefied from the heat, much heavy one, and they are not accustomed any, but I watch the positive side, will be much profit in order to make breath me.

We arrive in hotel and I see the room, is much pretty, small one receiving, with tv freeze and air-conditioning. Seeing the frigo, with Totò we think that it is useful in order to buy to eat, therefore we save po ', but just a time to go outside eating, than when we go to pay the account we notice that it costs to same the 1 euro, fantastic!

After we change the moneies, 50 bath they correspond to 1 euro, and since from 10 bath in on, the moneies are all of paper, the pocketbook, seems is transformed in a carpetta, and we feel all same rich.

Turning the storees, we notice how much coast finally little all, but above all the strange thing is that more than storees, seems of the mercatini to the auction, not a lot aesthetically, but more to level than management, in fact the price of the products comes dealt, until when it is not arrived to an agreement.

2- the TRAINING

Finally for before the time I see the Sityodtong Boxing Camp, enters nothing regarding our arenas, if it sees a person to it normal, thinks that it is dirty and ugly, but instead for me not there it is wonderful, it is like me I waited for, made from a shed, with three ring, a myriad of bags and many wheel  of lorry, I feel to house mine.

After it are to us introduces to you, we choose the masters, indeed they are they that they choose we. Not if for my fortune or my misfortune, mine personal trainer, he is the son of Yodtong, Great Master Toy.

The training to the field is a lot massacring, but with going of the time we become accustomed ourselves, and we always train ourselves more, the beautifulr thing is to discuss to the end of the training with Mauro, Totò and Gianluca, of what we have made and the new technical that we have learned.

3- the CHILDREN Of the FIELD

The children who train themselves to the field, are very many, are small and allegros. When they return from school before what that famous is the uniform that wears style boyscout. They always arrive to the camp with a fierce smile, but the thing that it hits to me very is that they are a lot educates to you, in fact every time that arrives to the field, greets to us for one with a cake sawadee kraap.

Two of these children, have hit to me in particular, perhaps, because, are smallest having 5 years everyone. They are many technicians, but also many forts (for their age naturally), in fact Toy told that one to me of they (from the aggressive look), has already made three match and it has gained them all and three for KO, while the other, 2 has gained them and one has lost it.

Their training is strongest, a lot in order to begin, after that they greet all, without that nobody says nothing to it, are changed, is put pantaloncini and guantoni and they are heated alone to the bag. Forsennati are trained like, make all, from the bag to the pao, the scariche of soccer, to those of fists, until ending also with those of ginocchia; they make potenziamento with foldings on the arms, the legs and even the tractions to the slab.

A type of training that they have made to make the children, than has hit to me more, has been one contest of clinch. This contest consisted normally in making clinch, but who projected to earth the other, she took a point, and she gained who arrived to 10.

5- the ENCOUNTER

We had come in Thailand, mainly in order to train to us, and if we would be resolutions to support like must the training, we would have fought to the stage, but unfortunately for we the stage for a long time was engaged and the Pattaya closed Stadium. Simone says us to fight to the Best Friend Bar where even if it is not the Lumpini Stadium is possible to fight with true athletes thai that in its turn they fight also to the stage. To the beginning I was skeptical because I thought that the bar was disonorevole, but after to us it are once I have understood that the Best Friend Bar was managed from teaching of the Sityodtong and that lì the true encounter are made.

Therefore we decide to fight all and three and we come to an agreement ourselves with Simone which it is coordinated with the promotore of the evening.

The day of the encounter, after lunch, we go to the field, not to train to us, but it makes to make the massages us, with the tailandese oil. After the massages, we make a little empty, councils and speeches from the masters and in mouth to the lupo general of all, therefore return in hotel in order to rest a po '.

They are hours 19:00 and wide awake Totò me, I do not have wants to raise to me, I want to sleep, I have sleep, but I cannot sleep, I must prepares me for the match.

They are the 20:00 and we assemble all to the reception of the hotel, in order to go to fight. After approximately 20 tiny ones we o to boxing the bar. The judges call, in order to make the couplings to us. In my head, I hoped, that my adversary was, what he had fought the slid week, against a Chinese of my field, because, is much fort, and wants that my adversary is a worthy adversary. The fortune wants that understood against of he, therefore in my head task to pull mine low kick in order to touch, who has them more forts.

In the ladder of the match, I am sixth, Gianluca the fifth and Totò the quarter. He fights also an other boy of the field, a French, that it is the second. After it are changes to us to you, we attend the beginning of the encounter. The time passes fights the French and wins, after it fights an Italian of an other field Marco Polo, than to the second round, takes a pugnetto and falls to earth.

Now it touches to Totò, fights against the Master of the Pedh Rung Rang, the encounter has been a lot fought, with Totò that attacked continuously is of soccer that of fists, making to always remain its adversary to the ropes, in order then to end in clinch, where if the contendevano both. Totò, therefore by now sure of the Victoria for via of the enormous difference of score (also because, all the opposing attacks came always block to you), to the third party round, have tried to manage the match, therefore it has attacked less. It arrives you to the verdict, all were sure of its Victoria, but instead, the damage the defeat, all that for cause of the bet , because all the public had bet for he comprised Kru Simone and Master Saperi. In fact after the encounter they have ignited of the controversies a lot that of the Germans the gambler have not paid seen the luminosity louse that it had been created.

Gianluca has been the quarter, salted on the ring not ago notices that they have changed the adversary to it, but nothing. Gianluca begins to the large one attacking its adversary, and hitting it continuously of direct and frontal in full face, but its adversary does not seem to accuse the blows, indeed nozzle of the beautiful ones ginocchiate of encounter, schivate fortunately from Gianluca, succeeding also to hit our gone sicialian with a beautiful one low kick to sign. He arrives himself to the second round, that it is the proseguimento of the first one, where looks at alone Gianluca, while its adversary cannot make other that to defend itself. By now nozzle lacks little and finally to the third party round Gianluca a skillful circular that hits in full face the tailandese, and is the end of the encounter.

Finally it touches me, all is ready, after to have made to me to put from Toy mongkol and the prayat, with the rituals, I go up on the ring. After to have executed the Ram Muay, beginning is given to the match, does not reason, all automatic rifle comes me, with the training,ho acquired all the mechanisms, of which I had need, every my circular, ago to fall down my adversary, every its circular comes stopped or from my facades, or mine low kick of advance payment on the support leg. It is the first one round, mine low kick always enter more to sign with force, speed and precision. My nth one low kick ago to fall lands my adversary who does not raise more, has the blocked thigh, and I have won. They are enthusiastic, aspect the 10 of the arbitrator and after to have made to me to raise the arm from the arbitrator, capriola, it embraces and photo. All offer to me from drink, are all contents, sin for Totò. Simone is to the nth sky, and us door all in discotheque, offering to us also to eat and from drink, making to feel us like of the true champions!!