We held another blue shorts test in the Kingdom on December 7, 2024. It was a joint event between Bolton House of Muay Thai and the Kingdom. We all showed up looking very good! Well, most of us did. Danny showed up wearing the tightest white legging under his puffy black shorts. He looked like a bearded ballerina who was lost on his way to Swan Lake rehearsal. I think it was laundry day at his house and he had to borrow from his wife?
Kru Yai Gianluca from Bolton HMT ran the cardio section of the test. I think Kru Yai Gianluca and Kru Arash were somehow under the impression that this was a blue shorts test held in Thailand! The cardio section included 150 reps of everything and I really mean everything! I think I sneezed at some point and Coach Hamed said “ that’s one”. Half an hour into the test I ran to Kru Arash and told him I think my favorite color is yellow! I kind of know someone on the inside at Bolton HMT who’s in a position of power and I thought that was going to work to my advantage and make the test go easier for me, but it didn’t!
Abdi’s Audrey, Aria, Armin, the owners of Luna Lounge and many of Bolton HMT parents and families had just come to support. JP from Bolton HMT provided some pre blue shorts test therapy and convinced me that if I consider all the pain and suffering that goes on in the world, the blue shorts test wasn’t going to hurt that bad. While Danny was right there with me complaining for all of the 2 hours, the rest of the Kingdom Nak Muay’s were outstanding. Shannon with an injured knee was having so much fun, she said she wants to do the test twice. The Bolton warriors seemed to be in their element or that they were just too afraid of Coach Francesca’s dirty looks. I wasn’t going to tell on Vinny but he counted some of my burpees towards his own.
After the cardio section of the test we did 3 min rounds of pad works. Again, most of us did. A few were summoned by Kru Yai Gianluca to do 6 min rounds. I actually tried to avoid eye contact with him so I couldn’t be summoned but he caught me!
At the end of the test we all felt like we had earned our blue shorts. The ceremony with white candles, incense and white flowers was a very spiritual experience. Although most of us limped to Kru Yai Gianluca and Kru Arash to receive our certificates, it was all worth it. The pains, we’ll forget, I’m sure.
One thing I definitely won’t forget is Kru Yai Gianluca’s voice bouncing off the walls: “One Muay Thai! One style! One world!”.
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