Upcoming Events Calendar for July 2011

Sat, July 9th: Warrior Dash!


Sat, July 16th: Taste of Thailand!
Come out and represent your team as we partner with Brampton to put on a show for the festival.



Sun, July 17th: The Kearn Nedd Charity Martial Arts Seminar w/Kru!

Mon, July 18th: Women's Self Defence Muay Thai Seminar w/Kru Nick Bautista!

Sat, July 23rd: TKMT Cultural Event!

Sat, July 23rd: Sparring at Kombat Arts! 12-2pm!

New Yoga Trial Class Tonight at 9pm!

Come try out the NEW Yoga class at 9pm tonight (Tuesday, July 5) with Chelsie!
We are experimenting with this new time slot for yoga, so come out and stretch out after your intense Muay Thai training.

Chelsie's class specifically works on loosening up the areas where most thai boxers tighten up. Be sure to also try out her usual class on Sunday at 11am :)

Canada Day Demo, July 1st/11

Come out to Downsview park with the crew on Canada Day!
Hit some pads, light sparring, and maybe some fireworks and food afterword!

Ask Kru for details!

June 26th events and Local blog/news roundup

• TODAY: If you missed this month's critical mass, for more biking goodness, today is 'Best Friends Ride #23' and 'Tour de Riverside', then later in July 'FULL MOON RIDE!'. Also today is the Jacksonville 'Record & CD Show'.
• You might have seen my previous post showcasing our being featured in Frog VS Toad, just below Tom P. posted that Birdie who is behind the comic has a book for re-order "Manly Bubble Baths! A Collection of Comics From The Haiku Life". Click for more information.
• Newly elected Mayor Alvin Brown is kicking off some inaugural events, starting monday // FaceBook Event Page
• The Boselli Foundation is hosting a event to help bring in funds for their continued effort in helping children. It's called 2011 Jax Mud Fest, I mention it because I have love for good causes. Go for early registration to save.
• Stumbled across several facebook pages I'd like to recommend. 'I'm supporting Jax Arts', 'Patrons of Five Points', and 'JAX Creatives'.
• Hellojacksonville.com shows us love in their article 'The Best Jacksonville Blogs'. 
•  Can't get enough Jax? Check out Jax Reader for a endless blog and site posts as it streams feeds from many Jacksonville sites.
• Joey Marchy of Urban Jacksonville blog posts news about his new involvement with the One Spark movement. "One Spark is fostering an environment in Jacksonville to start, build and scale new ideas."

Want to report some scene news? Or have a comment? Comment here!

June 26th events and Local blog/news roundup

• TODAY: If you missed this month's critical mass, for more biking goodness, today is 'Best Friends Ride #23' and 'Tour de Riverside', then later in July 'FULL MOON RIDE!'. Also today is the Jacksonville 'Record & CD Show'.
• You might have seen my previous post showcasing our being featured in Frog VS Toad, just below Tom P. posted that Birdie who is behind the comic has a book for re-order "Manly Bubble Baths! A Collection of Comics From The Haiku Life". Click for more information.
• Newly elected Mayor Alvin Brown is kicking off some inaugural events, starting monday // FaceBook Event Page
• The Boselli Foundation is hosting a event to help bring in funds for their continued effort in helping children. It's called 2011 Jax Mud Fest, I mention it because I have love for good causes. Go for early registration to save.
• Stumbled across several facebook pages I'd like to recommend. 'I'm supporting Jax Arts', 'Patrons of Five Points', and 'JAX Creatives'.
• Hellojacksonville.com shows us love in their article 'The Best Jacksonville Blogs'. 
•  Can't get enough Jax? Check out Jax Reader for a endless blog and site posts as it streams feeds from many Jacksonville sites.
• Joey Marchy of Urban Jacksonville blog posts news about his new involvement with the One Spark movement. "One Spark is fostering an environment in Jacksonville to start, build and scale new ideas."

Want to report some scene news? Or have a comment? Comment here!

Bid for ad placement on JaxScene

Today I created a eBay listing for our top ad spot on the right. The idea is awesome because it's super affordable, bits start at just .99 cents. If you got love for us please help support by placing your ad or talk to anyone you think would be interested. For now I'm selling 2 week blocks to start with.

Super thanks to Tom P for passing the idea to me. I never thought about doing it this way. Speaking of Tom P. what a scholar for re-continuing our classic things to do daily! I am still hashing out a calender system. It's about done but I am testing out how I'm to display it.

Thanks for visiting! Here's a random jaxscene photo of people having a good time.

Bid for ad placement on JaxScene

Today I created a eBay listing for our top ad spot on the right. The idea is awesome because it's super affordable, bits start at just .99 cents. If you got love for us please help support by placing your ad or talk to anyone you think would be interested. For now I'm selling 2 week blocks to start with.

Super thanks to Tom P for passing the idea to me. I never thought about doing it this way. Speaking of Tom P. what a scholar for re-continuing our classic things to do daily! I am still hashing out a calender system. It's about done but I am testing out how I'm to display it.

Thanks for visiting! Here's a random jaxscene photo of people having a good time.

Instructor Development Seminar 2: Sunday June 26/11 (Open to All!)

Our second instructor seminar is this Sunday, from 12pm -3 at the gym. The fee is $30.
This is open to all levels of students, including those who missed the first seminar.

The seminar will cover different aspects of leading classes and teaching. Your senior instructors (Kru Jen, Kru Nick and Kru Kosta) will be leading the seminar.

If you are looking to start assisting or teaching Muay Thai any time in the future, come expand your knowledge on various teaching and coaching techniques!

Come Out and CELEBRATE the Canadian Champions! All friends and family welcome!

This Saturday, join us and the Muay Thai family for a fun night at Our House Lounge: http://www.streets.to/assets/recent/our%20house%20on%20ossington.php

Details:

This year Canada killed it at the 2011 TBA Classic Muay Thai Tournament!

Gyms from all over came together and represented Canada very well. The Tournament ran smooth and was a great event to be a part of.

Not only TBA but we had many other belt winners such as: Kru Ruel from Siam in Mexico, Ashley Kew from Mas in New York, Benson from KruDar in Rochester, Matt Embree in Calgary, Simon Marcus in China.

So much Canadian swag.

Now we all should celebrate together! RIGHT?

Let's get together at a club/lounge and celebrate the night away with friends and our Muay Thai family.


Event Start: 9:00pm - 2:00am
Location: Our House Lounge
214 Ossington Ave, Toronto
647-317-3913
Date: Saturday June 25th, 2011
$10 cover at the door

See you at the party.

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110030822422018

The Challenger back on track

Earlier I'd blogged about the reality tv series: The Challenger.

Essentially it is season 2 of the Contender Asia, the Muay Thai tournament where all the fighters live together in a loft and the whole shebang is filmed.

It was almost a year ago when they were announcing the fighters, as well as Clifton Brown to be one of the coaches. Then we never heard from them again.

ANYWAYS... it seems the project is back. They've announced new coaches and a couple of fighters. You can check it out in the link below.

http://www.wmcmuaythai.org/2011/06/16/the-challenger-muaythai-2

WMC claims the show should be airing by the end of this year....

This interests me mostly because Muay Thai could use more exposure...
The original Contender Asia did well in certain countries, but not so much in the North America. Hopefully a second season might improve on the first, generate new interest, and in turn help educate the masses.

June 14th events and Local blog/news roundup

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• Two of Five Point's best newer venues; Lomax Lodge and Underbelly, will be forced to close shop and move due to neighborhood noise complaints. You can read more with the Folio Weekly article online. I hope there is some news on how we can make the situation better for them. You should definitely show them some love.
• Madeleine of 'Art Isn't Rocket Science' blog post some brilliant new large-scale drawings. I recommend clicking them to embiggen. As well ToyCrusher creates the "CROMS"; Spray paint, oil, & acrylic on a wooden box. It's says sweet stash all over it. Not literally. Calm down.
• A new FaceBook page called  Isawyou Jacksonville was created in the theme of Folio Weekly's I saw you section, so you can hook up some love. You can have them post so you can stay anonymous.
• Tony of TheUrbanCoreDotCom posts an article about his new move in joining the keymer group specializing in public relations. He loves this place and strives to make it better.
• BusstopMag.com posts a video of Jacksonville originating skater Nick Blanco in honor of his 20th birthday.
• The Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project kicks of this weekend the 17th. Scheduling and info at http://www.48hourfilm.com/jacksonville.
• I'd like to mention Content Design Group's latest Urban Facelift Project #15. The Urban Facelift Project is where they take photos of desolate or non functioning buildings in Jacksonville and graphically mock them up to show a concept of what they can be. I'm a geek for this stuff so a long while back I submitted one of my own to them.
• ABOVE: Haiku Birdie mentions us in 'Frog Vs Toad' comic strip. Looking forward to seeing cartoon us ha ha. It won't be as long as it takes my cat to clean the both of us, as Frog Vs. Toad flows as a story. For more goodness peep 'The Haiku Life'.

Want to report some scene news? Or have a comment? Comment here!

June 14th events and Local blog/news roundup

Click to embiggen.

• Two of Five Point's best newer venues; Lomax Lodge and Underbelly, will be forced to close shop and move due to neighborhood noise complaints. You can read more with the Folio Weekly article online. I hope there is some news on how we can make the situation better for them. You should definitely show them some love.
• Madeleine of 'Art Isn't Rocket Science' blog post some brilliant new large-scale drawings. I recommend clicking them to embiggen. As well ToyCrusher creates the "CROMS"; Spray paint, oil, & acrylic on a wooden box. It's says sweet stash all over it. Not literally. Calm down.
• A new FaceBook page called  Isawyou Jacksonville was created in the theme of Folio Weekly's I saw you section, so you can hook up some love. You can have them post so you can stay anonymous.
• Tony of TheUrbanCoreDotCom posts an article about his new move in joining the keymer group specializing in public relations. He loves this place and strives to make it better.
• BusstopMag.com posts a video of Jacksonville originating skater Nick Blanco in honor of his 20th birthday.
• The Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project kicks of this weekend the 17th. Scheduling and info at http://www.48hourfilm.com/jacksonville.
• I'd like to mention Content Design Group's latest Urban Facelift Project #15. The Urban Facelift Project is where they take photos of desolate or non functioning buildings in Jacksonville and graphically mock them up to show a concept of what they can be. I'm a geek for this stuff so a long while back I submitted one of my own to them.
• ABOVE: Haiku Birdie mentions us in 'Frog Vs Toad' comic strip. Looking forward to seeing cartoon us ha ha. It won't be as long as it takes my cat to clean the both of us, as Frog Vs. Toad flows as a story. For more goodness peep 'The Haiku Life'.

Want to report some scene news? Or have a comment? Comment here!

York Muay Thai and other Canadian Teams recognized on Muaythaiislife.com !

Muaythaiislife.com wrote a great review of the TBA Muay Thai Classic tournament just passed this weekend.

As you know, Mike Zhang and Patrick Wallace took home the B class titles for the tournament this year.

The article has a great re cap of the entire event, shout outs to Canadian teams (including ours), and some high quality pictures featuring our team.

Read: http://www.muaythaiislife.com/?p=1656



I'll leave you with this quote:

"Adding to the level of skill present at the tournament were our always tough neighbors to the north. Yes, Canada. Say what you want about Canada. You can say that their beer sucks, that their accents are funny, that hockey is the only sport they’re good at, or that their entire country is like a loft above a really great party. However, what you can’t say is that Canada’s Muay Thai scene takes a backseat to that of the U.S. Because honestly it doesn’t....

I may be off on my statistics here, but I think that more than half of the titles at this years TBA went to Canada. They’re that good."

York Muay Thai in SNAP

Click here to read about and see the photos SNAP took from YMT's 1 year anniversary: http://www.snapnorthyork.com/?option=com_sngevents&id[0]=278422&utm_source=email&utm_medium=snapd

More Gold for YMT!

Hot off the press! Heinz and Travis win GOLD at the Non-Quon River Canoe Race. First place with a winning time of 2 hours 44 minutes, covering 26 km. (in the rain). Thanks to Kru and PC's for keeping them fit and Ken Sylvan for a great paleo diet program.

TBA Muay Thai Classic Tournament Results!

York Muay Thai would like to acknowledge and congratulate Mike Zhang and Patrick Wallace for taking home the championships this weekend!

They are the 2011 TBA tournament B class champions in the Light Welterweight and Middleweight divisions respectively!





Leo made it to the final but an old injury prevented him from getting the gold. Arash made it to the semi's and lost against the eventual champion of his bracket. PC Cam, Niloofar, Tbook and Sweaty fought hard fights but were eliminated in the prelims.

The corners and coaches for the team were Kru Jen, PC Brian Naidu, PC David Kim and Durst. Kru Mikey Perez from Southside also assisted in cornering when we had fighters in overlapping bouts.

We would also like to congratulate Eric Noble (Victory MT), Raul (Southside), Bruce (SS), Ian (SS), Lucas (P4P), Benson (Krudar), Tiffany (Krudar), Derrick (Warrior) for bringing home the belts in their respective divisions!

I may be forgetting some other noteworthy finalists, but overall, the Canadians represented well!



A special thanks to these schools for their support and help during the weekend. The other Kru's were there to jump in and do what they could when the York team had fighters competing simultaneously.

Both Kru Jen and PC Brian Naidu were helping with the officiating for the tournament...a job that started as early as 8am and ended as late as 11pm. We would like to thank Jenny, Rod, Carm and Durst for assisting and supporting the team during this hectic and exciting weekend.

Watch the York team at the TBA tournament LIVE streaming this Weekend!

Parkway Productions will be filming and streaming all the fights! Check the link below to see the live stream starting June 3rd!



Watch: http://parkway.tv/tba/

YMT heads to Iowa...

Well well! It's been a while!

Here's your YMT news for the weekend!



Kru Jen, PC David and Brian Naidu will be taking the team down to compete in the TBA SA Muay Thai Classic tournament tmrw June 2nd! Everyone will be back Monday.

We will try to update you here and via Facebook while in the states! Elimination fights are Saturday, Championships on Sunday.

The following classes are cancelled for this week:
Friday- 5pm Hand to Hand
Saturday- 1030am Kids, 130pm Fighters
Sunday- 12pm Sparring




We would also like to congratulate the new blue students from our own YMT, and our friends at Brampton MT! Great job everyone! Keep training hard and learning!

Today events and Local blog/news roundup

• Today Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School JAX gets some dude energy going at the Metro // Event Page
• Tonight is ART 'Friends' Electric? Spring 2011 Edition at Square One. Looking forward to seeing several new artists that had not yet displayed their work before // Event Page
• Band 'Tropic of cancer' plays free at upcoming Jacksonville Jazz Festival // Event Page
• Club TSI gets a liquor bar and starts up some new nights // I <3 TSI Event page | Indie Revolution Event Page
• Burro Bar Grand Opening post at Jack Diablo's blog featuring video and operation hours // Jack Diablo Blog
• Duval Destroyer collaborates with Burro Bags in creating a limited addition bag with his original design inspired by the new Burro Bar // Duval Destroyer
• Go Local Jax posts May 12 further detailing the idea behind the GoLO movement while mentioning some delicious places // GoLoJax.com
• Last Friday Underbelly does another free music show featuring Robin Rütenberg and Connor Kicky. I nice friendly time to listen and drink before the night gets too late. Look forward to more goodness from Underbelly in five points // JaxUnderbelly
• BikeJax promotes two upcoming end-of-the-month righteous rides; Critical Mass and Blessing of the Bikes // Bike Jax
• As you probability already know, Alvin Brown won the Mayor election. Many happy, some not, but mostly prompted to think how far Jax has come. Jacksonville.com posts about the campaign.
• ABOVE: Haiku Birdie cranks out new materiel for his 'The Haiku Life' and 'Frog Vs Toad' comic strips. There's speculation that Tom P. and I of JAXSCENE, will be in several of these strips as the image above shows. Birdie will be implementing lots of other local characters in Frog Vs Toad.

Today events and Local blog/news roundup

• Today Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School JAX gets some dude energy going at the Metro // Event Page
• Tonight is ART 'Friends' Electric? Spring 2011 Edition at Square One. Looking forward to seeing several new artists that had not yet displayed their work before // Event Page
• Band 'Tropic of cancer' plays free at upcoming Jacksonville Jazz Festival // Event Page
• Club TSI gets a liquor bar and starts up some new nights // I <3 TSI Event page | Indie Revolution Event Page
• Burro Bar Grand Opening post at Jack Diablo's blog featuring video and operation hours // Jack Diablo Blog
• Duval Destroyer collaborates with Burro Bags in creating a limited addition bag with his original design inspired by the new Burro Bar // Duval Destroyer
• Go Local Jax posts May 12 further detailing the idea behind the GoLO movement while mentioning some delicious places // GoLoJax.com
• Last Friday Underbelly does another free music show featuring Robin Rütenberg and Connor Kicky. I nice friendly time to listen and drink before the night gets too late. Look forward to more goodness from Underbelly in five points // JaxUnderbelly
• BikeJax promotes two upcoming end-of-the-month righteous rides; Critical Mass and Blessing of the Bikes // Bike Jax
• As you probability already know, Alvin Brown won the Mayor election. Many happy, some not, but mostly prompted to think how far Jax has come. Jacksonville.com posts about the campaign.
• ABOVE: Haiku Birdie cranks out new materiel for his 'The Haiku Life' and 'Frog Vs Toad' comic strips. There's speculation that Tom P. and I of JAXSCENE, will be in several of these strips as the image above shows. Birdie will be implementing lots of other local characters in Frog Vs Toad.