Gym/Training Muay Thai Gym Q&A

[backwoods]

Anybody went to team quest thailand ? Im looking for a muay thai and grappling based gym. Been saving up and me and my girlfriend plan on spending 2 or 3 months living out there.

 

[willyhoodat]

How long have you been doing muay Thai? Spring should be fine.

For about 1.5 years. Any idea on my questions about the camps?

 

[Deathstriker]

For about 1.5 years. Any idea on my questions about the camps?

Sinbi will be perfect for you. If you are a crazy triathlete who thrives on intense training then go Sitsongpeenong. It's still developing so I have no idea if any of their coaches in the Phuket branch are good or not so it will be a risk you have to take if you do decide to try it out.

Anybody went to team quest thailand ? Im looking for a muay thai and grappling based gym. Been saving up and me and my girlfriend plan on spending 2 or 3 months living out there.

I've read all the recent reviews and it ranks one of the worst gyms in Thailand. Stick with Phuket Top Team, Maximum, Fighting Spirit, or find a bjj gym in bangkok and hit a traditional muay thai gym.

 

[willyhoodat]

Sinbi will be perfect for you. If you are a crazy triathlete who thrives on intense training then go Sitsongpeenong. It's still developing so I have no idea if any of their coaches in the Phuket branch are good or not so it will be a risk you have to take if you do decide to try it out.

Thanks for the reply. Can you please elaborate on sitsongpeenong still developing? I thought it was located in Bangkok? It is the top gym in Thailand or are there others that are better for those who want the best training possible? I don't care about anything else. I just want to train, eat and sleep.

Thank you.

 

[RedGladiator]

Thanks for the reply. Can you please elaborate on sitsongpeenong still developing? I thought it was located in Bangkok? It is the top gym in Thailand or are there others that are better for those who want the best training possible? I don't care about anything else. I just want to train, eat and sleep.

Thank you.

he's talking about the new sitsongpeening in phuket.

There is no "best training possible", everyone has different preferences. Describe your needs in detail. There are plenty of excellent gyms.

Between those 2? From what I've read, if I was a seasoned fighter I'll go to sitsongpeenong/bangkok, else Sinbi.

 

[willyhoodat]

he's talking about the new sitsongpeening in phuket.

There is no "best training possible", everyone has different preferences. Describe your needs in detail. There are plenty of excellent gyms.

Between those 2? From what I've read, if I was a seasoned fighter I'll go to sitsongpeenong/bangkok, else Sinbi.

My needs:

Getting older - currently 31 turning 32 in feb 2014. I want to get really good in muay thai and get a few professional fights under my belt in thailand before age starts to take me downhill. I am not sure on the next time i will get to go to thailand again due to having a wife and 2 small children. I don't want to look back on my life when I'm older with regret because i didn't make the best of my potential.

I currently work out 6 days a week (high intensity cardio and weights). I am in very good shape - better than 90% of people in my gym and muay thai class.

I want to travel back to Canada after a month in a great camp with a feeling of accomplishment. I want to be confident that i can fight competitively and win with a low risk of getting badly injured.

I kick a medium twins heavy sand bag (78 kg) 3 times a week - 100 kicks per leg for the last 1.5 years. My shins are very well conditioned for combat. I also skip-rope everyday.

I am 5'9 178 lbs, 3% body fat.

Is sitsongpeenong the best camp for me?

Thank you for the help - much appreciated.

 

[LJW81]

My needs:

Getting older - currently 31 turning 32 in feb 2014. I want to get really good in muay thai and get a few professional fights under my belt in thailand before age starts to take me downhill. I am not sure on the next time i will get to go to thailand again due to having a wife and 2 small children. I don't want to look back on my life when I'm older with regret because i didn't make the best of my potential.

I currently work out 6 days a week (high intensity cardio and weights). I am in very good shape - better than 90% of people in my gym and muay thai class.

I want to travel back to Canada after a month in a great camp with a feeling of accomplishment. I want to be confident that i can fight competitively and win with a low risk of getting badly injured.

I kick a medium twins heavy sand bag (78 kg) 3 times a week - 100 kicks per leg for the last 1.5 years. My shins are very well conditioned for combat. I also skip-rope everyday.

I am 5'9 178 lbs, 3% body fat.

Is sitsongpeenong the best camp for me?

Thank you for the help - much appreciated.

3% Body fat, are you serious?

 

[Ryukyu Damashi]

My needs:

Getting older - currently 31 turning 32 in feb 2014. I want to get really good in muay thai and get a few professional fights under my belt in thailand before age starts to take me downhill. I am not sure on the next time i will get to go to thailand again due to having a wife and 2 small children. I don't want to look back on my life when I'm older with regret because i didn't make the best of my potential.

I currently work out 6 days a week (high intensity cardio and weights). I am in very good shape - better than 90% of people in my gym and muay thai class.

I want to travel back to Canada after a month in a great camp with a feeling of accomplishment. I want to be confident that i can fight competitively and win with a low risk of getting badly injured.

I kick a medium twins heavy sand bag (78 kg) 3 times a week - 100 kicks per leg for the last 1.5 years. My shins are very well conditioned for combat. I also skip-rope everyday.

I am 5'9 178 lbs, 3% body fat.

Is sitsongpeenong the best camp for me?

Thank you for the help - much appreciated.

Payak?

 

[Deathstriker]

My needs:

Getting older - currently 31 turning 32 in feb 2014. I want to get really good in muay thai and get a few professional fights under my belt in thailand before age starts to take me downhill. I am not sure on the next time i will get to go to thailand again due to having a wife and 2 small children. I don't want to look back on my life when I'm older with regret because i didn't make the best of my potential.

I currently work out 6 days a week (high intensity cardio and weights). I am in very good shape - better than 90% of people in my gym and muay thai class.

I want to travel back to Canada after a month in a great camp with a feeling of accomplishment. I want to be confident that i can fight competitively and win with a low risk of getting badly injured.

I kick a medium twins heavy sand bag (78 kg) 3 times a week - 100 kicks per leg for the last 1.5 years. My shins are very well conditioned for combat. I also skip-rope everyday.

I am 5'9 178 lbs, 3% body fat.

Is sitsongpeenong the best camp for me?

Thank you for the help - much appreciated.

Yeah I was talking about the one in Phuket. Honestly you can train at both and learn lots of technique (sitsongpeenong bangkok just might be more intense and is outside the city), but since you want to fight go to Phuket and train at Sinbi. Phuket is the only place you will have a good chance of being matched well. (It may not be perfect, but I would NOT fight in any other location in Thailand)

 

[Shibbybrah]

Anyone have anything on Baan Muay thai gym (not baan muay thai club). I have spoken to Sangtiennoi on facebook but training there is quite expensive from what he has told me 1400usd a month for foodtrainstay. But I still have yet to find any reviews of the gym?????

 

[Deathstriker]

hey man good luck, i am in a similar place as you, however without the actual pro fight part. i've only started boxing (i've never been in great shape or done any sort of martial arts), and i want to just learn the sport to a decent proficiency before i am too old.

i am going to a camp myself in a few months, and from what i've read here Sinbi seems a good choice. the MT gyms they have in my city are all crap, they only do 1 hour group lessons or 1 on 1, and some don't even have heavy bags. so i mostly go to this boxing-only gym, i just love its hours open from 1 pm to 10 pm mon-fri.

just got two questions on gyms/camps in Thailand in general for more experienced ppl, do they have more boxing-oriented equipment like the speed bag, slip bag, or the double ended bag (my favorite activity at the gym), and i'd really like to try my hands on a uppercut bag, they seem really rare.

and do you have to constantly douse yourself with diluted dettol?

They do not usually boxing boxing oriented equipment so I would bring your own double ended bag. They have twins uppercut wall stations. If they have boxing classes like tiger, it's a possibility.

If you are training at Sinbi no, but if you train at a really small camp aka Chorenrit the dettol won't work at that point as my back was itchy from the yoga mats I used for sit ups for 2 weeks:/

 

[kingkokong]

Payak?

LOL...Good One! :icon_lol:

 

[Deathstriker]

I'm surprised I didn't get ringworm or staph. One of my friends got staph from a sauna. They don't clean it on Saturdays so it's free on that day aka staph Saturdays haha. She recovered quickly though.

 

[rugmuaythai]

Fairtex bangplee. Short review.
I stayed here for 4 days. Firstly anyone staying, just get a metered taxi. 250b from airport. Don't bother to use their transfer service.
Training starts at 7-9, 3-5. With breakfast, dinner at 9 and 5. So in reality you will train 7-8.30 and 3-4.30 to shower/dress etc before eating. All staff were friendly. Which ever trainer you have on day one will stay with you. 5 rings, 12 or so different style bags, some in better condition than others. There is a swimming pool and a weights gym that I didn't use. Imo everything, the gym, rooms were dirty. I can imagine the place being really nice when it was new, but the place isn't well maintained at all. The first room they put me in had a leaking AC so I had to switch to a room with bad wifi connection. I'm pretty sure the swimming pool attracts more mosquitoes. I must have ended up with 30+bites. This is after spening 20 mins each night mosquito hunting before sleeping. The rooms are gloomy, dark, no tv just beds, fridge, shower toliet and everything looks run down and dirty. On to the training. Before I start, other people staying told me how much they love it there and one guy said he's staying for 3 months cause he like it so much. Training for me was, run (sometimes) which is up and down the car park by myself. Skipping. 5 pad rounds. Then my trainer said its up to me what I want to do next and normally left. Once I told him I wanted to spar he looked annoyed. He gave me one pad round and told me to spar with one of the other people training but he wanted to do his pad rounds, so my trainer reluctantly spared 2 rounds and told me to do bags. As my trainer was a champion, he just spent the time we spared showboating, don't think I learned anything. I was fucked off at this point as he cut out my pad rounds to one. On my second last day, I gave him a small tip, not cause I was happy with him but cause I mostly always tip. I think it humbled him and he gave me a really good session on my last day. Which just shows to me how lazy he was rest of the week. He corrected me twice in 4 days, and helped me with my low kicks. So I guess it wasn't complete waste of time. I'm glad to be out of there tbh. More of a relief. 15% off at the shop for fairtex members. The shop wasn't well stocked at the time. Really nothing in medium. If the training was better, I could have lived with the dirt, mosquitos. I guess it just depends which trainer you get. I wouldn't go back. Especaily tthe prices they charge.

I can definatly see how some people would like it though, I highly recommend staying 1-2 days before committing.

I've been away from this site for a long while, and missed this post. I totally believe the experience you described., Unfortunately, you didn't say when you were at the camp, and who your trainer was. I must have been a paying trainee at Fairtex for a decade, and have witnessed it's decline. I won't dig into what happened, but would say that Mr.Wong the owner, has retaken the management of Fairtex Bangplee. He is an honest and understanding person, and strive to provide good service to his clients. Trainers at Fairtex at this moment are also good and love to teach muaythai. If you are uncomfortable with your assigned trainer, I believe you can ask for a change. Or possibly, you can even ask to try a different trainer on your first 2-3 trainings. The draw back is you and your trainer will have to make adjustments to each other, every time you change your trainer.
The swimming pool is OK now most of the time. I've not checked the room, since I'm a day trainee, and I don't know the quality of the food there.
Nevertheless, I find that Fairtex is really the best camp to train muaythai. I've trained at several camps in Thailand, and most are good. If any of you do come to Fairtex, do not feel it's improper to lodge complaint. If you feel uncomfortable to complain, look me up. I'm the lone male Thai trainee in the morning session. I'll make sure your problems are addressed. I've trained at Fairtex for a decade, so there is some bond in the relationship. I'd hate to see clients disappointed with Fairtex.

 

[RedGladiator]

I've been away from this site for a long while, and missed this post. I totally believe the experience you described., Unfortunately, you didn't say when you were at the camp, and who your trainer was. I must have been a paying trainee at Fairtex for a decade, and have witnessed it's decline. I won't dig into what happened, but would say that Mr.Wong the owner, has retaken the management of Fairtex Bangplee. He is an honest and understanding person, and strive to provide good service to his clients. Trainers at Fairtex at this moment are also good and love to teach muaythai. If you are uncomfortable with your assigned trainer, I believe you can ask for a change. Or possibly, you can even ask to try a different trainer on your first 2-3 trainings. The draw back is you and your trainer will have to make adjustments to each other, every time you change your trainer.
The swimming pool is OK now most of the time. I've not checked the room, since I'm a day trainee, and I don't know the quality of the food there.
Nevertheless, I find that Fairtex is really the best camp to train muaythai. I've trained at several camps in Thailand, and most are good. If any of you do come to Fairtex, do not feel it's improper to lodge complaint. If you feel uncomfortable to complain, look me up. I'm the lone Thai trainee in the morning session. I'll make sure your problems are addressed. I've trained at Fairtex for a decade, so there is some bond in the relationship. I'd hate to see clients disappointed with Fairtex.

I don't like naming trainers that I don't gel with, especially on a public forum. Anyone who really wants to know and is planning to go can PM me. It might just be me he didn't like
i think he has potential to get better once he's had a few more years experience.
I think the swimming pool was ok when i was there. It looked clean enough and people were using it. I loved the food they serve although i prefer slightly hotter and the timing of the meals didn't suit me as I can't eat much immediatly after training.
I'd feel extremely uncomfortable making a complaint.

I just want to say again, some people at the camp at the same time as me were saying how much they were loving it there. Just try a day or 2 before committing longer. Also the pricing sucks.

I might go back to visit the proshop but don't think I'll ever go back to train.

 

[RedGladiator]

double post

 

[Harukaze]

I've been away from this site for a long while, and missed this post. I totally believe the experience you described., Unfortunately, you didn't say when you were at the camp, and who your trainer was. I must have been a paying trainee at Fairtex for a decade, and have witnessed it's decline. I won't dig into what happened, but would say that Mr.Wong the owner, has retaken the management of Fairtex Bangplee. He is an honest and understanding person, and strive to provide good service to his clients. Trainers at Fairtex at this moment are also good and love to teach muaythai. If you are uncomfortable with your assigned trainer, I believe you can ask for a change. Or possibly, you can even ask to try a different trainer on your first 2-3 trainings. The draw back is you and your trainer will have to make adjustments to each other, every time you change your trainer.
The swimming pool is OK now most of the time. I've not checked the room, since I'm a day trainee, and I don't know the quality of the food there.
Nevertheless, I find that Fairtex is really the best camp to train muaythai. I've trained at several camps in Thailand, and most are good. If any of you do come to Fairtex, do not feel it's improper to lodge complaint. If you feel uncomfortable to complain, look me up. I'm the lone male Thai trainee in the morning session. I'll make sure your problems are addressed. I've trained at Fairtex for a decade, so there is some bond in the relationship. I'd hate to see clients disappointed with Fairtex.

If you don't mind me prying a bit, wasn't one of the reasons that Fairtex's camps started declining in the past decade partially due to Mr. Wong's attempt to have his son take over? I'd heard something about his son being something of a playboy and marrying some famous singer, and just generally neglecting to run the camp properly while his dad focused more on promoting -- do you know much about this? My Thai language skills are really spotty so it's hard for me to read the news/tabloids haha! Fairtex is a camp that's near and dear to me since it's where I started my Muay Thai training, so I've been very eager to see it rise up again (was stoked when Yodkaikaw won his fight in impressive fashion a couple weeks ago).

 

[rugmuaythai]

If you don't mind me prying a bit, wasn't one of the reasons that Fairtex's camps started declining in the past decade partially due to Mr. Wong's attempt to have his son take over? I'd heard something about his son being something of a playboy and marrying some famous singer, and just generally neglecting to run the camp properly while his dad focused more on promoting -- do you know much about this? My Thai language skills are really spotty so it's hard for me to read the news/tabloids haha! Fairtex is a camp that's near and dear to me since it's where I started my Muay Thai training, so I've been very eager to see it rise up again (was stoked when Yodkaikaw won his fight in impressive fashion a couple weeks ago).

Ah so you know Yodkaikaw aka kru Got. We must have met and talked. I don't know if kru Got still train students, since Mr.Wong took him and DejBanchong aka Loh to Pattaya, to be under his watchful eyes.

 

[Ryukyu Damashi]

If you don't mind me prying a bit, wasn't one of the reasons that Fairtex's camps started declining in the past decade partially due to Mr. Wong's attempt to have his son take over? I'd heard something about his son being something of a playboy and marrying some famous singer, and just generally neglecting to run the camp properly while his dad focused more on promoting -- do you know much about this? My Thai language skills are really spotty so it's hard for me to read the news/tabloids haha! Fairtex is a camp that's near and dear to me since it's where I started my Muay Thai training, so I've been very eager to see it rise up again (was stoked when Yodkaikaw won his fight in impressive fashion a couple weeks ago).

I thought Anthony Lin was the person in charge at Bangplee before.

 

[Harukaze]

Ah so you know Yodkaikaw aka kru Got. We must have met and talked. I don't know if kru Got still train students, since Mr.Wong took him and DejBanchong aka Loh to Pattaya, to be under his watchful eyes.

I only know Yodkaikaw by name, and the only trainer still in Pattaya that I know is Rambo (if he's still around). I haven't been connected to the Fairtex camp in maaaany years now haha. Would have loved to have met and chatted with you though if it were possible.

I thought Anthony Lin was the person in charge at Bangplee before.

That's correct -- rugmuaythai set the record straight for me via PM. My Thai language gossip skills are not too hot.