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www.5pointsfitness.com

I actually got the name of the gym by visiting some video in Youtube and find this name appear in the video. The gym located in NY, USA where is the country that Muay Thai is so popular. Rather than offering courses that only focus in Muay Thai, the gym also offers other types of fitness activities such as Yoga, Kali and so on.

However, their Muay Thai class seems to work when I had a look at the list of instructor who had very long experience in Muay Thai fight. The gym also offer kid’s class. Overall appearance of the gym’s facilities looks very good. Apart form Muay Thai class, the gym also constantly organise Muay Thai matches which representing there are also opportunities for students to perform a real professional fights.

As there are many of good quality Muay Thai gym located inn Phuket, then it makes this province become famous not for its tourist destinations but also from good Muay Thai gym. Phuket Muay Thai Gym has also been mentioned in many of international Muay Thai forums. What I like the most about this cam is they have training programmes for women, which many other gyms do not have, and after reviewing the programmes, I found that it is quite interesting programmes, so any of you who is woman and looking for intensive Muay Thai class, join the camp may be good option.

This gym has very long history. I can heard the name of this gym quite often during the 90s and there were also famous fighters during that time who gained many champion titles such as Sarawut Panthayoung, Lumphini Champian in 1998 and two consecutive years and Phumin Hasadorn, Lumphini Stadium champion in 1999. The environment around the gym is every friendly and comfortable. The gym also provides accommodation for both trainers and Muay Thai learners. Looking at the trainer list, I could see the very familiar name of many of good ex-Muay Thai fighters. The other thing that could interest you is may be the training programme that arranged properly, not too loose and not too tight as well as the supplemental class like Thai meditation also very useful to the Muay Thai training.

Reviewed by Dawn DelVecchio

In all, there were 26 of us training that day, including a large group from California, four instructors from France, a professional competitor from Portugal and several other women and men from the UK, Australia and the States. People were either striking a bag, working with their trainer on pads, or practicing a unique element of Muay Thai, a stand up wrestling technique with knee and elbow strikes called plumm. Others were doing abdominal conditioning, improving their form, developing their calves by bouncing on tires, getting a rub down on stretching. The group was happy, friendly and yes, sweating and smiling.

Typical of many Muay thai camps, Fairtex offers both a morning and an afternoon training session. Each begins with a warm-up run (one that my group happily avoided on grounds of old age and poor conditioning), shadow boxing, pad work and /or bag work and sparring for those who are interested. Following our morning session, we were served a delicious Thai meal and then had majority of the day for ourselves. At about 3.30, folks began to gather around the rings for an afternoon session. After six hours of rest, we were energized and ready to go. While my friend continued to develop their form and increase their striking power (and caloric burn), I worked with a 29 year old Kai, a man with 130 professional fights under his belt, 114 of them wins.

Fairtex Muay Thai Fitness offers elite training to both serious practioners and those those looking for fun and challenging experience. With 17 personal trainers teaching the techniques of the kingdom’s national sport, Fairtex is expanding quickly. The camp sits on 1.5 rai (2,400 sqaure meters) and offers guests a full range of facilities, including housing, meals, weight room, yoga/Pilates studio and a soon to open detoxification center. Visitor can choose to stay from a half day to months at a time.

Reviewed by Dawn DelVecchio

A new approach to new techniques does not imply a watered down version of the art. While the intensity level of each person’s programme may vary depending on their goals and objectives, Lin says, “at the same time, you are getting elite training with a modern state-of-the-art facility. We are setting the standard for future gyms, especially here in Thailand.”

Training is completely personalized, therefore, students can work out as much or a little as they would like. Fairtex provides a coach for each student, allowing those who stay long term to build a rapport with their trainer over time. These men are either current or retired professional fighters, some of them champions of their weight class. So what is it really like to train at a Muay Thai camp? As a beginner and a retired fighter respectively, my friend and I were not interested in a serious competitor’s regime, we simply wanted some exercise and some fun for a day. We discussed our goals and objectives with Khun Sam who in turn explained our needs in Thai to the coaches.

We began at about 7.30 AM when each of our trainers carefully wrapped and gloved our hands. Once complete, my friend Todd and Fong, who have had no experience with the art, stepped into the ring. Looking a bit sheepish at first, they were relieved when their coaches began slowly teaching them basic moves such as stance, offensive strikes and simple defense. Of the experience, Todd later said, “At first I was intimidated by the sights and sounds of professionals and amateurs training away, but soon enough I was joining them under the guidance of the friendly trainers and accommodating staff.

Reviewed by Dawn DelVecchio

Fairtex Muay Thai Fitness Camps are at the forefront of the trend to use the art as a medium for both martial arts and fitness training. Currently, about 60 per cent of the people (including local Thais) who visit Fairtex are there for non-competitive reasons, including weight loss. Mr Somboon Leelhasuwan (Khun sam), the general manager of the operation, claims that this percentage is actually increasing as more people become aware of the benefits of Muay Thai training for health and fitness. While Fairtex is also home to an impressive stable for fighters, including a number of world class champions, the management has created a training environment that can meet the needs of the growing number of non-competitive practioners. According to Anthony Lin, President and CEO of Fairtex, they want people to enjoy getting in the ring and training on whatever level they are comfortable.

He claims that the face of even non-competitors is changing and they want to meet the needs of this growing segment of the community “ more and more westerners taking up Muay Thai are educated and see their training as part of the overall lifestyle”. In response to this, Fairtex, along with many elite gyms in the USA and Europe are taking martial arts to the new level. “The whole fundamental thing that Fairtex trying to do is to promote the art safely and professionally”. We want to make sure that when people come here, they don’t feel intimidated” says Lin.

www.tigermuaythai.com

I am very proudly present this famous Muay Thai gym in Phuket province. Tiger Muay Thai, in my opinion has now become more than famous Muay thai gym which has large number of students each year from both local and international. The gym also has many of training programmes such as mixed martial arts. However, these are not the highlight of this fantastic gym, they also regularly organise Muay Thai events throughout the year to let their students and fighters have more opportunity to perform the fight as well as to promote the camp, so you can be sure that you will have chance to test what you have learned as well as to see the quality fights to learn for your own improvement.. This is very unique benefit of tiger Muay Thai among any other gym in Phuket. Do not worry about the expense which you may think you have to spend a lot of money to join the gym, they have variety of programmes and accommodation packages to fit the budget too.

www.thaiboxings.com

Sor vorapin is the gym that provides training programmes for both Muay Thai anf boxing. The name Sor Vorapin may not familiar among Muay Thai fans even though it is quite a big gym and very famous, but for its boxing fighters, Rattanapol Sor Vorapin The World Champion I.B.F ( International Boxing Federation ) and Rattanachai Sor vorapin W.B.O ( World Boxing Organization ) Champion, so this can guarantee the quality of the training programme. Even though the Muay Thai fighters from the gym are not very famous in Thailand, compare to other gyms which has the number of students and fighters, but for international competition, fighters from Sor Vorapin gym gained reputation, particularly if you are the real fan of K-1, the name KaoKlai Kannorrasing may be the name that you can recall. KaoKlai is the fighter from this gym so should be no doubt about how this gym becomes one of the most popular Muay Thai gym for international students.

www.rawaimuaythai.com

The charm of Phuket, Thailand is not just represents the destination is one of the most popular travel destination in the world, but also the most popular destination for Muay Thai learners too. I once had a chance to visit Phuket recently with my closed friend who travel for just as a tourist, but he and I love the same thing, Muay Thai. At the very first circumstance, we just talk about Muay Thai in general but I just could not remember how the discussion was led us to start to look around to see Muay Thai gyms in Phuket. Once we asked around with local people, we found that most of them mentioned about this quite often so I realised at that time this gym should have something interesting . Unfortunately I did not have a chance to visit the gym myself, neither my friend. Because the time to stay in Thailand for him was too short to take any of Muay Thai training but. Rawai Muay Thai still also mentioned in many of world’s famous martial arts forums. What I like on their website is the comprehensive FAQ about the gym, which I believe that you will get all questions answered to have information before you decide to join this gym.

http://www.lannamuaythai.com

Lanna Muay Thai is one of the most prestigious Muay Thai camp in Northern Thailand, and maybe one of the whole kingdom. Located in Chiang Mai, the heart of the northern of Thai would ensure that you will not only learn The pure art of Muay Thai, but also to absorb the northern Thai culture and very cheap cost of living, which will also be suitable for one of you who looking for budget Muay Thai camp. The name of Kiat Busaba camp, which is the other name of the camp is also very well known. The coaching team consists of highly experienced in Muay Thai training.