Kali Majapahit

During our stay in Baguio we had the chance to drop by Kali Majapahit were Mike Bugnosen is teaching filipino martial arts. It was very interesting to see a little bit of the filipino arts and get some cool pictures.

Children's class at Kali Majapahit

The finishing touches

Ole Laursen seminar at Team Lakay

During Tuesday Ole Laursen held a seminar at Team Lakay in Baguio. If you ever find yourself in Baguio, make sure that you visit Lakay, it is a very nice place to train.

Seminar at Team Lakay

The next seminar will be in Davao January 23 and 24.

Legacy Gym goes Jiu Jitsu

Today Ole Laursen and me (Wictor Dahlstrom) competed in the 2010 Phillipines Brazilian Jiu Jitsu International Open. Ole came out as champion in his weight (-82 kg, whitbelt) and in the absolute after not being allowed to compete in a higher belt division. Out of Oles eight fights, seven was won by submission. I took the -79 kg purple belt gold after my only opponent got himself disqualified during our match.

Seminar with Ole Laursen in Davao

Ole Laursen will be doing a two day seminar in Davao at EDGE MMA January 23 and 24. Don't miss it if you have a change to come, it will be good.

See also the article from Sun Star Davao. For participation at the seminar, please contact

BJJ and NO-GI competition

Ole Laursen and Wictor Dahlstrom is currently in Manila in order to compete at the 2010 Philippine BJJ and No Gi International. If you stay in Manila during the weekend, please come by.

How to: Tape hands for MMA competition

UFC-fighter Per Eklund teaching how to tape hands for MMA competition:

Mattias fighting his third muay thai fight

Mattias from Legacy Gym fought his third muay thai fight and won impressivly by second round knockout. The fight was held at the park in Ubon.

Trainer Lei fighting muay thai

Trainer Lei fought muay thai on 26.12.2009 and won by third round stoppage. The fight can be view below:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

How to: Visa run to Chongmek

If you have a tourist visa with multiple entries and you need to leave the country and re-start the visa with a new entry it is very easy to go from Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand to Chongmek, Laos.

From the buss station in Ubon (close to Big C) it is possible to take a minibuss to Chongmek for 100 bath. The ride takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes. When you get to Chongmek you have to depart from Thailand and get your passport stamped. Then you go to the Laos immigration office and apply for a Laos visa, this will cost 1400 bath. You will need a passport photo for the application. Then it is time to get around the corner of the building and pay an additional 50 bath to get your passport back. Unless you have something to do it Chongmek, now is a good time to go to another side of the same building and depart from Laos. Once the passport has a new stamp it is time to get back to the thai immigration office and get your passport stamped for your new entry.

Traveling in style

Safety first

Hand in your passport here

And walk around the corner to get the visa

When we did the visa run we left from the buss station in Ubon at 10.00 and we were back in Ubon with the new visa at 14.15. The total cost of everything was 1650 bath (34 euro or 49 USD). An alternative would be to simply drive to Chongmek on motorbike, but the minibus was fast, convenient and cheap.

The beauty of paperwork

Kim from Legacy scores first round KO

Kim fighting muay thai 19.12.2009: