Serious about Muay Thai? Going Thailand?

[lorenzodamarith]

Some camps may be like that, and they can give good training. But I don't have patience to prove my seriousness by pounding bags before getting pad work and intensive training given.

hello,

apologies, as something was left unclear. "showing serious interest" to get the attention of trainers (usually) = showing up on time, PAYING ATTENTION to the instruction given and giving a maximum effort. any camp putting people on heavy bags and leaving them there isn't worth a second look. with most thai camps, "you get what you give". many have gone to thailand to train and returned home thinking "well that sucked. didn't learn anything". exactly. THEY didn't learn. they partied. or toured. or posed. or whatever. even a really good camp can't prevent that. what a good camp can do is present material in proper fashion and work with those who demonstrate at least the desire and/capability to learn from it.

often, you will see instructors giving lessons consisting of "go go go harder harder harder faster faster faster" and leaving it essentially at that. this is common with casual students as this seems to be all that many of them can assimilate. again, this is not the fault of the camp. some simply cannot "get it". this is one of the reasons camps separated the training between farang and thier fighters.

as far as only taking as many students as the trainers can handle? agreed. still, if the trainers can handle 60 students and they enroll 60 students, fine. of those 60 students, if 40 are on holiday, loaded, lazy, inept or otherwise, it is not the fault of the instructors. some cannot or will not be helped. and the instructors still have a resposibility to the other 20. having those 40 who essentially suck is what causes many camps to be percieved as worthless, because in essence they are.

if you are a serious student/fighter, to you want to be surrounded by those who are unwilling or incapable of learning? surrounded by those trying to impress themselves? surrounded by those too lazy or burned out to show up? surrounded by those who complain when they get hit?

of course not. the camp has therefore become worthless.

if you are willing to put up with this type of thing, most instructors are loaded with knowledge and can improve your game. many will even work with you "in between hours" if you are serious about learning/fighting.

of course. the camp has therefore become awesome.

it is exceedingly rare that a camp is genuinely terrible. bad instructors, broken equipment, bad attitudes, bad management, overpriced, etc. they just don't stay in business very long.

thanks

[freedomfighter]

For those of you who are serious and passionate about Muay thai and are planning on going to Thailand, the camp which i highly recommend is Chalong Chi - check the website www.tigerpitt.com, its in Phuket

Ive known the guy for 4 years, he's an american dude (Ex marine), has his own gym in the states, he was head instructor at another Muay Thai camp, and he has opened his own in phuket.The guy has had numerous fights in Thailand, fought in Lumpini Stadium, and holds the belt for KOTC Singapore etc etc etc.. i can go on!..

Yeah I know there are many other camps in phuket, so what makes this one special, ive been to them all, Phuket Muay thai, Tiger Muay thai, Rawai Gym etc, what i think these gym lack are stucture and attention to their students, coz there are soooooo many people going to these gyms you lack the one-on-one with the trainers and due to the number of people, if your serious about Muay Thai and wanna get proper skills and develop them, and not just skip and kick the pads endlessly, and then your all done, but some serious hardcore training and wanna learn new styles and technigue i suggest you guys come and train here and get some proper Muay Thai techniques!

https://www.tigerpitt.com

hehe I a gree with u ,go to thailand for learning muaythai , thailand is a good culture and nice view

[Tom Yum]

I'm passionate about chun li...

[aseepish]

Mai Sanook, Mai Dee

You should do what you enjoy. If you want to train in Thailand as a casual boxer, and still have fun on the weekends, do it and have no regrets. Can't get up for the 6 am run because you overdid it on the Bia Chang the night before? Mai pen rai! No worries!

If you're more into training hardcore, twice a day, six days a week, wonderful! I'm sure you can find a camp to your liking.

I personally prefer Koi Samui to Phuket as far as beach resorts go, and I prefer Chiang Mai to Bangkok as far as cities go. But Thailand is a wonderful country, the Thais are great people. The food is awesome. The pop music sucks, but you can't have everything. Watching Muay Thai matches at the local arena or country festival (or even (especially!) on television at the local coffee shop on Saturdays) is a great thing. The bottom line - you'll have a blast training in Thailand, "serious" about Muay Thai or not.

And that's what it's all about.