Gym/Training How to get to Thailand?

[PrideNverDies]

I feel I'm ready to train in Thailand. I got a passport but the visa is a pain in the ass. They want proof of pre flight and hotel booking and dates but idk when my visa will get approved so idk when to book. anyone here been there know ways around this?

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

RIP Sherbro

 

[PrideNverDies]

RIP Sherbro

Fun fact, I trained under Dennis Alexio's coach from that gif/movie!

 

[milliniar]

Swimming is the best way

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Fun fact, I trained under Dennis Alexio's coach from that gif/movie!

 

[Stoic1]

1) Make a reservation for a hotel.

2) Buy refundable tickets.

3) Profit.

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Google does everything for you bro. They even got AI to summerize it for you so you don’t even have to click a link

 

[WT3]

I feel I'm ready to train in Thailand. I got a passport but the visa is a pain in the ass. They want proof of pre flight and hotel booking and dates but idk when my visa will get approved so idk when to book. anyone here been there know ways around this?

What country are you from why do you need a visa. Most countries get 60 sixty days visa exemption with another 3 days extension if you want for another 30 days. But if you really want or need a visa you can get a fake itinerary from onward travel for 14 dollars and use that. For the hotel get the book now pay later option send that in then cancel once you get your visa. Live in Pattaya Thailand the last 3 years.

 

[DoctorTaco]

What country are you from why do you need a visa. Most countries get 60 sixty days visa exemption with another 3 days extension if you want for another 30 days. But if you really want or need a visa you can get a fake itinerary from onward travel for 14 dollars and use that. For the hotel get the book now pay later option send that in then cancel once you get your visa. Live in Pattaya Thailand the last 3 years.

Plenty of guys will border hop too. Go spend the night in a neighboring country and then head back to Thailand for another 30/90 days or what ever

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

just go to cambodia instead and cross the border from there

 

[Iactus Inferus]

I got a tourist visa upon arrival when I visited if I remember correctly, just renew it every 30 days at a gov't office or cross the border and come back. Pretty cheap either way. If you're from the US, call your congressman and they can help you out too. I did that and it helped a lot, at least

 

[ezikel315]

Thailand is one of the easiest countries to enter so it's weird to see this question on sherdog. You could easily have looked this up on google, or better yet, the official Thai embassy of the country you're in. It does depends on your passport. Unless you're from Cambodia (currently) or north Korea, you could likely get in. If you're from a "developed" country like in Europe or east Asia, you'll get visa free entry. Some nationalities in Latin America or Africa need to jump through more hoops to get a visa.

You can book a flight with a changeable dates if you're worried. For accommodation, just book a cheap hostel. Most of them allow cancellation and don't require you to pay in advance.

You could also talk to a visa agency that helps you through this process but you have to pay them. I don't trust most of them though. I had a visa agency once quote me 200 bucks for a visa in Vietnam, but then I found out I could do it myself for 30 bucks.

 

[ezikel315]

Another note: Thailand also issues an "education" visa that allows you to stay in Thailand to learn something Thai. Usually it's either Thai language or Muay Thai. So a school will sponsor your visa and you get to stay in Thailand. Apparently they're not that strict as long you as meet the quota for classes. I met quite a few people who stay in Thailand this way. Some people don't even care about Muay Thai; they just don't want to do visa runs.

There are many gyms around Thailand of course but there's a few that are geared towards foreigners who go to Thailand for the express purpose of learning muay thai. I forgot the name but there's a gym in Chiang Mai that has an apartment built next it so you're basically living at the gym. People go there to live and breath muay thai. It's for more serious folks who already have some experience and want to fight.

 

[NoSmilez]

Honestly if you are new to MT training like less than a year and a half. You probably should learn at your home country . Thais aren't good at training newbies. They are good if you already know the basics and just want to train hard twice a day. Also get in shape before you go there.

 

[Rallarsvingare]

Honestly if you are new to MT training like less than a year and a half. You probably should learn at your home country . Thais aren't good at training newbies. They are good if you already know the basics and just want to train hard twice a day. Also get in shape before you go there.

I met a few ones who started out in Thailand and barely trained at home or never did. All of them were terrible. Met an australian who moved to Thailand when he was 17 and he had no training back home. When I met him he had about 3 years of training in Thailand, he spent a couple of months every year in Australia but never trained there because he claimed they did "watered down pillowfighting muay thai".

His father married a thai and owned a resort so this kid didnt work or anything, only trained muay thai fulltime so you would expect him to be a great fighter but still after nearly 3 years he were terrible, had no idea how to block a punch or anything. He did look decent on the pads and were fit but were a terrible fighter. Only time he won his fights was again retired thai bums, every foreigner he faced in Thailand knocked him out.

And thats just one example.

 

[ezikel315]

I met a few ones who started out in Thailand and barely trained at home or never did. All of them were terrible. Met an australian who moved to Thailand when he was 17 and he had no training back home. When I met him he had about 3 years of training in Thailand, he spent a couple of months every year in Australia but never trained there because he claimed they did "watered down pillowfighting muay thai".

His father married a thai and owned a resort so this kid didnt work or anything, only trained muay thai fulltime so you would expect him to be a great fighter but still after nearly 3 years he were terrible, had no idea how to block a punch or anything. He did look decent on the pads and were fit but were a terrible fighter. Only time he won his fights was again retired thai bums, every foreigner he faced in Thailand knocked him out.

And thats just one example.

Those guys fight farang and get pretend to get KOed on purpose. The Thai style of teaching is "just try to copy what I do" and figure it out as you go. I've seen them push people to fight even when they did not look ready at all. I found if you're the kind of person who learns better by having things broken down and explained in detail, Thailand isn't the best place. I learned more from other foreigners who have been training for a long time and could explain things to me in English.