Home for a Month

    Mike's New York visit was a lot of fun for him and his family.  Short and sweet, as he was only there for four nights.  The joint birthday party was very special, and we got a picture of four generations of Schoeneman men together.
     Austin returned home on July 2nd, a few days after Mike.  He had just enough time to say some goodbyes, take another class at UMAC and get a dragon tattoo on one side of his abdomen, from an artist who also attended UMAC.  I'll track down a photo to post, it's a beautiful tattoo. 
    Meanwhile, I had been searching online for a training facility in Thailand.  We were aware, with the increase in popularity of Muay Thai, there were bound to be some "touristy" operations flourishing.  There wasn't a lot of searching before I happened upon a site for "Pra Si Pra Muay Thai Academy".  http://www.pspmuaythai.com/  Operated on a military base in Korat, it appeared to be as authentic as one could get.  We intended to make this all happen as quickly as possible--we weren't looking forward to Austin spending too much time back in the "Santa Cruz mode".  He was of the same mindset.