{"id":366,"date":"2008-08-08T21:28:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-09T05:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2008\/08\/08\/blog-147-christine-the-blade-part-2\/"},"modified":"2009-04-12T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T03:29:46","slug":"blog-147-christine-the-blade-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/08\/08\/blog-147-christine-the-blade-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 147 > Christine the Blade – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christine
\nChristine the Blade | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

Hey, this time, she’s finally finished! Remember my *Blade* black-white art<\/a> almost a month ago? Well, here’s the color version! Like I’ve mentioned many times, *Blade* is based on the Muay Thai<\/a> (kickboxing) fighter Christine Toledo<\/a>, commissioned by Alias Fight Wear<\/a>, and obviously drawn in an anime style, lol.<\/p>\n

But a couple weeks ago in July, I met Christine for the first time and saw my first Christine fight! So here’s my photo story, lol. ^_^;<\/p>\n

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A couple months ago in June, when my co-worker friend Melanie introduced me to her friend Christine’s website, Muay Thai was totally unknown to me. But over the weeks being exposed to it, I grew more and more fascinated by it. To the point where I’d welcome the chance to see a Muay Thai match. Hey, why not, right? Here’s an intimidating photo of Christine when she still had her long hair, lol.<\/p>\n

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\nChristine from ChristineToledo.com | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

Well, that chance came when Melanie was able to grab a free ticket for me to the “World Championship Muay Thai” event scheduled for Saturday, July 26th, 7:30pm at the Las Vegas Hilton Theatre. Wow! On top of that, she also invited me to the Muay Thai press conference scheduled for the previous Thursday, July 24th, 5pm at the Filipino “Cafe Moda”, where I met Christine for the first time. I must say, far from being the intimidating fighter in the ring, Christine (just like Melanie) is down-to-earth, charming, funny, with that touch of wackiness that almost every Filipina girl seems to have, haha. Isn’t that true, Mom? Awww, here’s a great photo of Christine (on the left) and Melanie (on the right).<\/p>\n

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\nChristine & Melanie | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

After the press conference, here’s a photo of Christine Toledo with her British opponent Ruth Ashdown. Two days till their battle!<\/p>\n

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\nChristine Toledo & Ruth Ashdown | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

The day of battle! Here I am on Saturday, July 26th, at the Las Vegas Hilton, making my way through the parking lot to the theatre.<\/p>\n

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\nLas Vegas Hilton | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

Here’s my awesome view from the theatre balcony! The first match started a half-hour late at 8pm, but wow, the 3-hour event of 7-8 different matches was amazing. Ups and downs, punches and kicks, and boos and cheers, haha!<\/p>\n

\"Christine
\nAwesome view from the theatre balcony | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

One of the highlights of the evening~ The ring bikini girls! The blonde holding up the “Round 2” card was pretty hot, lol.<\/p>\n

\"Christine
\nRing Bikini Blonde Girl | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

But the Asian girl holding up the “Round 3” card was even hotter! Her name was Jo!<\/p>\n

\"Christine
\nRing Bikini Asian Girl | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

A-ha, of course, J.P. (in the cool shades) and me (trying to act cool), cheering for the bikini girls, haha. I met him at the Thursday press conference. But I can’t believe Rowena (sitting to J.P.’s right) thought the blonde was hotter. No way! ^_~<\/p>\n

\"Christine
\nJ.P. & Jay | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

Here’s Christine during her Muay Thai ritual before the start of her match, while Ruth focusses behind her. The rest of the photos are pretty self-explanatory…<\/p>\n

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\nChristine in Ritual | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

\"Christine
\nChristine Strikes Ruth | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

\"Christine
\nChristine Between Rounds | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

\"Christine
\nChristine & Ruth Circling | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

\"Christine
\nChristine Victorious! | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n

Congrats Christine! Thanx everyone for reading! Hope you enjoyed the post! ^.^;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christine the Blade | Click to enlarge Hey, this time, she’s finally finished! Remember my *Blade* black-white art almost a month ago? Well, here’s the color version! Like I’ve mentioned many times, *Blade* is based on the Muay Thai (kickboxing) fighter Christine Toledo, commissioned by Alias Fight Wear, and obviously drawn in an anime style, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[100,99,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-5U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/07\/15\/blog-143-christine-the-blade-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":366,"position":0},"title":"Blog 143 > Christine the Blade – Part 1","author":"xjaymanx","date":"July 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Christine the Blade | Click to enlarge Yes, she's finally done! 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