Kru Mark "The Hammer" Castagnini Muay Thai Seminar - Sahan Subhawickrama Says

"Kru Mark Castagnini's seminar was the second seminar I attended. It was quite similar to Robert Halaijian's Seminar in some ways such as using palms and using a persons head to move their bodies but also different in that we used a lot more knees and elbows probably because of his Muay Thai background.

I also thought it was quite similar to our classes in terms of elbows and footwork, catching kicks, etc. we are trained to use. I definitely found the elbow and knee techniques he showed us to be effective.

The Seminar was aimed at conditoning knees and elbows as well as shins to deliver more powerful blows. The ways of being ready for a king hit and pretending to be friendly just to search a potential enemy for weapons would be handy in a late night confrontation.

He also made us aware of all the new weapons such as guns, knifes, poles that are being used in the nightclub scene and why fancy moves never work in a streetfight.

Mark Castagnini's Seminar also showed me the demands and conditioning that Muay Thai requires as well as the bad side of fighting late at night in clubs an so on. Both seminars were interesting, well organised as well as informative and well presented."

- Sahan Subhawickrama