Ah yeah, but I don't think you can gamble if you get to Las Venturas before you're supposed to. In fact, you barely have time for anything, because the cops are on your ass non-stop. But for the kick boxing, if you can get into the GYM in one piece, the cops don't follow you in. But the problem is, the guy who teaches you kick boxing - is tough. He's stronger than anyone I've ever went toe-to-toe with in this game. He has LOTS of life, and he hits very, very hard. In fact, if you let up for one second, and he gets a good hit in on you, it's pretty much over. If he gets you with the first hit to start the combo, you can't avoid the others, as he grabs your face and pummels it with this knee. This literally knocks off about 140% of your life, assuming you have your life maxed out at 150%. You have to hit him fast and hard, but carefully. Not to mention, getting there in one piece is hard enough. I usually save at the northern most area in LS, hit up a "Ammu-nation" buy some armor/guns if I don't have any yet. I usually have a motorcycle too, but that's just because I like them better than the cars. I drive north as fast as I can, fling my bike over the edge and land into the water. You can swim in this GTA, so it works. Then I usually go north until I hit a dock. That's when you need to get ready, because as soon as you get to the upper-level of the dock that connects to the road, the cops jump right on you, without hesitation. Usually the first thing to come is a squad car, so I have my dual pistols ready (if you reach 'hitman' level you can use dual pistols, not to mention damn near instantaneous headshot). Kill the cops, steal the squad car as quickly as possible, and drive off to the gym. By the time I get to the gym, the car is pretty much smoking and about to set on fire, and when you get out, there's usually cops shooting at you and pretty much rip off the rest of your body armor, and you start losing actual health. This is bad. So I'd suggest doing vigilante/paramedic missions before this, to raise your health/armor up to 150% each. But you can just run around and do stuff, your health will raise on it's own, but slowly. Oh,and as for the lower wanted level cheat, it doesn't work when you're in a town you're not supposed to be in. You can't pay and spray, you can't save, and you can't even cheat. Don't even bother going toe-to-toe with the cops there because they're armed with automatics, and I usually just bring pistols...
