Career
He is the owner and senior instructor at The Wat in Manhattan. Born on 3 April 1963 in Northern England to Barbadian parents, Philosophy naturally became enamoured with Football. He was a very promising player until a leg injury forced him to seek other active ways to rehabilitate itself.
At the age of 17, he began using Muay Thai aka Thai Boxing to strengthen his injury and found the sport addictive.
He began his training with Sken Kaewpadung, who is largely credited with bringing Muay Thai to the United Kingdom. Philosophy’s record to date is 32-3-0, with 15 fights by way of knock out. After drawing so much attention to his abilities in the Muay Thai circles around the world he decided to try boxing.
With a record of 14-3-0, He quickly climbed to number 11 in the United Kingdom. Philosophy spent three years as a professional boxer but ultimately realised that Thai Boxing was his life’s ambition and deserved his full attention. As a Thai Boxer, Philosophy has fought professionally in the United Kingdom, Italy, Hong Kong, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. His training has also taken him to the camps of Thailand where he lived and trained alongside professional Thai fighters.
Nurse is also the inventor and developer of the Gravity Rope jump rope, a combination speed rope and weighted jump rope that allows users to perform cardio, speed, and agility training, while simultaneously performing upper-body strength and resistance training.
While succeeding as a fighter, Philosophy also developed his teaching skills under the tutelage of Sken Kaewpadung. Eventually he earned the title of Kru (which means "teacher" in Thai), and received Sken Kaewpadung’s blessing to open his first gym called Bury Thai Boxing. Years later while holidaying in New York City, Philosophy sought a gym to train in.
Since there were no Thai Boxing gyms in New York City, Philosophy made his way to Gleason’s Boxing Gym in Brooklyn.
While training there curious people began asking him what martial art he was training in and where they could learn lieutenant This set the ball in motion, and after returning to New York several more times.
He opened a gym in New York in 1995. lieutenant was called Lug Sit Narong or "Student of Sitnarong" Thai Boxing Gym.
After experiencing exponential growth in New New York
He realised that there was a huge demand for a larger space with premium services in a Thai setting. He then created the Wat (the Thai word for Temple) in China Town. Nurse was the cutman involved in the UFC 94 greasing controversy when he applied vasoline to Georges Street-Pierre.
On May 17, 2015, Nurse received the title of Ajarn or Master from Muay Thai Grandmaster Surachai “Chai” Sirisute.
