training in thailand, help.

[bt beast]

I'm going on holiday to hua hin thailand, does anyone know of any training camps in that area that i could go to.
Cheers

[Nak-Muay]

I don't know any gyms in that area, what I will say is that where ever you go in Thailand if you ask for 'Kai Muay' you will probably be recommended to about 2/3 that are about 10/15 minutes away max.

It is kind of like arriving in London and saying 'Is there a football team near by?' obviously you will have the London City's that are not your thing, but look around and you will find the Chelsea's and Totenham's :)

[bt beast]

cheers mate

[Dickie P]

http://www.superprosamui.com/content/

[Nak-Muay]

Super Pro is MILESSSSSSSSSS away from Hua Hin... Hua Hin is closer to Bangkok / Pattaya

[Nak-Muay]

To put it in perspective... Super Pro Samui is in Koh Samui:
http://www.millikin.edu/international/Thailand/hua-hin-map.gif

[Berser_KED]

Hey Dude,

I trained in Hua Hin at the now defunct Grapplers Guild (Soi 44 I think)

As far as I can remember you have 2 options (assuming you mean Thai Boxing?) and none of those cater for experts exactly.

Thai Boxing Garden (just off Soi Binterbaht) - I trained there when the gym closed down. Nice guy. You can pretty much haggle with the price.

The other one I have no experience of. Grand Sport Arena. I think its quite near the mall. Tesco Lotus? There are only 2 Thai Boxing places there (unless things have changed - possible) so a nice tuk tuk drive will take you to one of them.

P.S Your a bastard. Hua Hin is great!!! :P

[Craig]

where ever you go in Thailand if you ask for 'Kai Muay' you will probably be recommended to about 2/3 that are about 10/15 minutes away max.


I love quotes like this. In my experience when you actually get out of the tourist areas (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, the Southern Beach areas) and head into central/northern Thailand (Umphang, Lamphang, Phisanulok, Mae Sot etc) most of the locals are really not that interested in Muay Thai at all and would rather watch a football game!

Not trying to be a dick here, but just trying to say that it is a misconcenption that Muay Thai is massively popular all over the country and clubs are everywhere. It is kinda like saying Wales is a rugby nation, yet when you look closely you find that the biggest teams/most of the players only come from the South and people in the North are more interested in football.

Craig.

[Nak-Muay]

I love quotes like this. In my experience when you actually get out of the tourist areas (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, the Southern Beach areas) and head into central/northern Thailand (Umphang, Lamphang, Phisanulok, Mae Sot etc) most of the locals are really not that interested in Muay Thai at all and would rather watch a football game!

Not trying to be a dick here, but just trying to say that it is a misconcenption that Muay Thai is massively popular all over the country and clubs are everywhere. It is kinda like saying Wales is a rugby nation, yet when you look closely you find that the biggest teams/most of the players only come from the South and people in the North are more interested in football.

Craig.

I lived in Thailand for 6 months and didn't find this to be the case, but maybe we just hung around in different circles :) Pretty much everywhere I went people were into Muaythai, actually more so in smaller towns within Isaan or Ubon... Pretty much everywhere you go in Thailand you'll find 2/3 muaythai gyms and a stadium within 10-15 minutes.

In Thailand Muaythai is much bigger than football is in the UK or rugby is in Wales, lol... It is actually seen as a ligit job, that nearly every family has a hand in somewhere and if they don't they will have close friends who are boxers or ex-boxers.

To suggest Muaythai isn't really that big in Thailand is crazy... I arrived in Khorat having never been there before for example and the taxi driver took me to five Muaythai gyms within about 10 minutes of each other... Paimai one of Thailands smaller, lesser known villages and I didn't expect to find much in terms of Muaythai... I was taken to three gyms in a town that seemed to have a population of about 100 people...

[Craig]

I lived in Thailand for 6 months and didn't find this to be the case, but maybe we just hung around in different circles :) Pretty much everywhere I went people were into Muaythai, actually more so in smaller towns within Isaan or Ubon... Pretty much everywhere you go in Thailand you'll find 2/3 muaythai gyms and a stadium within 10-15 minutes.

In Thailand Muaythai is much bigger than football is in the UK or rugby is in Wales, lol... It is actually seen as a ligit job, that nearly every family has a hand in somewhere and if they don't they will have close friends who are boxers or ex-boxers.

To suggest Muaythai isn't really that big in Thailand is crazy... I arrived in Khorat having never been there before for example and the taxi driver took me to five Muaythai gyms within about 10 minutes of each other... Paimai one of Thailands smaller, lesser known villages and I didn't expect to find much in terms of Muaythai... I was taken to three gyms in a town that seemed to have a population of about 100 people...

I wasn't suggesting it was "not big in Thailand". As I said it is not massively popular all over the country. It appears on TV quite a few days a week so clearly it is popular. I am just trying to say that your "Average Joe" outside of areas I mentioned is not that fussed about Muay Thai and is not Muay Thai obsessed (which you never said, but many people seem to think). I remember being in quite a few towns/villages and simply asking local people during conversations if they were interested in Muay Thai/had events nearby and whilst a few said they had done it when younger they were not really that bothered. I was a little shocked/disappointed to find that people were not obsessed with it! (I guess it is like saying this country is football obsessed, yet most people do not attend games/watch it on tv but did play it as a kid).

I have no doubt if you were looking for it all over the country you could find it (as you could a football club/match in this country) and if you were on a training holiday then you would be surrounded by people who were obsessed (as you said we were probably in "different circles").

On a side note (and I am not making a statement about its popularity across the nation here) it is annoying a lot of people that attend the Lumpini are more interested in the actual gambling and the other sports on the big screen than the actual fights. It gets confusing when you hear a big cheer that is seemingly unrelated to the fight in the ring, only to realise someone has scored in a football match on the big screen!

[maz]

go to thai boxing garden. train with chop, apparently he is the best trainer on hua hin!