Total Combat Fitness Blog

TCF 5th Anniversary

Bala Shetty — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:37:51 +0000

5th Anniversary of TOTAL COMBAT FITNESS!

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part III (Fight Night)

Bala Shetty — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:42:38 +0000

Continued from my previous post on ONE FC 3 Weigh-ins… The sun dawned on 31st March – the big day of the ONE Fighting Championship 3: War of the Lions. My friend Ira joined me for breakfast at Hotel Park … Continue reading →

Coverage in the premier issue of SMART life magazine

Bala Shetty — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:26:26 +0000

Total Combat Fitness and I got three full pages coverage in the first ever issue of SMART life magazine this month. The article titled “Here’s Thai Saviour!” features on pages 32 to 34 of the magazine. It talks about how … Continue reading →

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part II (Weigh-ins)

Bala Shetty — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:07:03 +0000

I landed at Singapore’s Changi Airport on 30th April morning and was pleasantly surprised to see a beautiful ONE FC liaison officer waiting for me outside the Airport to escort me to my hotel. She took me to Hotel Park … Continue reading →

Bala Shetty at the ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore – Part I

Bala Shetty — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:59:29 +0000

I am on my way to Singapore to witness the ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC), Asia’s largest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event, to be held on Saturday, 31st March, 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium from 8:00 PM SGT (12:00 … Continue reading →

Coverage in DNA Lifestyle Mumbai Edition for Self Defence

Bala Shetty — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:32:34 +0000

I got covered in yesterday’s (Sunday, 19 February, 2011) Lifestyle Section of DNA Sunday Mumbai Edition on Page 10 under the ‘These women will bring you to your knees’ article that talks about how more women in Mumbai are enrolling … Continue reading →

I get quoted in Mumbai Mirror courtesy smash-and-grab thieves

Bala Shetty — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:17:37 +0000

I got quoted in yesterday’s Mumbai Mirror following the theft of my bag from my car. I had been to Nanavati hospital on Saturday for medical treatment of my knee and had parked my car infront of the hospital. When … Continue reading →

TCF Team Member Gavin Desouza covered in Sunday Mid Day

Bala Shetty — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:04:11 +0000

One of my Total Combat Fitness team members at the Kandivali centre, Gavin Desouza got covered in today’s Sunday Mid Day newspaper as ‘The software engineer who bandages pythons’! Gavin is a wildlife enthusiast and has rescued several animals like … Continue reading →

12th MTI Senior National Muay Thai Championship, Hyderabad 2011

Bala Shetty — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:25:30 +0000

The President of Muay Thai India (MTI), Grand Master Mohammad H. Abid has officially invited all the MTI State Associations in India for participating in the 12th National Senior Muay Thai Championship to be hosted by the Muay Thai Association … Continue reading →

Wai Kru Ram Muay

Bala Shetty — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:20:48 +0000

In Thai language, ‘Wai’ means paying respect to others by joining hands together like a prayer. I would say ‘Vandan’ in Sanskrit is ‘Wai’ in Thai. ‘Kru’ means ‘Teacher’ (‘Guru’ in Sanskrit). ‘Wai Kru’ (or ‘Wai Khru’) means paying respect … Continue reading →