Travelling to Thailand?

[STALIN]

Am interested in going to thailand to train and fight over there for 3-6 months. Could anyone (speaking from experience) give some advice on this subject?

[TAO @ JTS]

hi Stalin,

training in thailand is paramount to being a Muaythai fighter nowadays. if you dont get over there for a period of time you will be left behind by those who do go. So. well done on your choice to go. furthermore your intended length of stay. many people go to thailand for training and then only stay 2 weeks to a month and expect to build a solid thai foundation on this. unfortunately it really isn't tht simple. if you wish to attend a reputable camp, your initiation period (where the camp leaders/trainers/fighters suss your commitment out), may well take this long. you can opt for going to a camp that caters for westerners and that may well be a good place to start while you find a serious camp.

Camps like: Sor Vorapin, Sityodtong, Fairtex, WMC camp (Samui) etc are good camps for those going to learn some basic skills and develop the ground work. unfortunately each of these camps (with the excepton of Fairtex) are close to partying, and it's easy to get distracted from training. if you are serious about developing real fighters skils and potentially fighting in thailand then i'd be more inclined to go to a fighters camp. somewhere that really doesn't tend to train westerners, where you'll be training with the thai fighters and not just along side them.

kaewsamrit gym. home of the famous anuwat kaewsamrit and kunpunit kittawan has now opened its doors to foreigners. the likes of Nathan "carnage" corbett and Mark Staiti have just returned from 3 months there and said the training is second to none. there westerners are trained exactly as the thai's and the skill at that camp is of the highest level. while kaewsamrit is new to training westerners it will still be very traditional and hard training, and you would probably be heading there at the perfect time.

Kaewsamrit gym :104/50 Thungmangkon Road Soi 22
Chimplee, Talingchan. Bangkok. 10170
Thailand

other gyms i would consider are:

Lukbanyai
07/1 Soi Intramara 45 Suthisan. Dindeang. Bangkok

S.K.V. Gym
10/3 Soi Banjamit 2 Sukapibarn Rd. Kunnayao Bungkum Bangkok
(this is where samkor and yodyut train)

Eminentair
114/1 Soi Puttanavithee 20 Sukumvit 101 Rd. Bangjak Prakanong Bangkok

Nakorntongparkview Seangmorikot.
87/102 Dumrongrak Rd. Quang Kongmahanak Keat Pomprap Bangkok
(this is where marwin and pinsiam train)

Jocky gym
574 Soi Sinumnaen Pracharaht 1 Rd. Bangkok
(this is where scarbowski and kaoklai train)

Keatyongyut
168/58 Chaiyaplek Klongchuckpra Talingchan Bangkok
(i think nongbee trains here)

Rompogym
135/105 Klongtoei Housing Authority Artnarong Rd. Klongtoei Bangkok
(this is where ramazan & aslan train)

obviously there are hundreds of camps in thailand. but i know these to be camps of impecible reputation and quality.

CHOK DEE
TAO (JOOK)

[gvmuaythai]

Couldn't agree more. Training in Thailand must be done if you are serious about being the best you can. No only does it teach you skills, but the biggest hing I find when I train there, is you learn more about yourself, and what your body can go through without collapsing! The gyms Tao has listed are very high quality, and nothing impresses the Thais more if you do exactly as they do, you must eat, breath and sh.t muay Thai. I agree if you are serious about your training to stay away from the party areas(why does Sityodtong have to be so clos to Walking St damn it lol). Sangtiennoi had a camp in the outer suburbs of Bangkok and away from the sexy girls and all those wonderful bars, but I think he has closed his training camp down now.

Best of luck
(p.s learn as much Thai as you can)