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01-20-2016, 09:29 AM
Has anyone here tried some training camps in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other cities? What are the prices and do I need to bring my own equipment or buy it at the camp?
Also heard good things about training camps in Cambodia, but have no exact locations.
My flight is tomorrow from Berlin.
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01-20-2016, 10:08 AM
Tell them too much, they wouldn't understand; tell them what they know, they would yawn.
They have to move up by responding to challenges, not too easy not too hard, until they paused at what they always think is the end of the road for all time instead of a momentary break in an endless upward spiral
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01-20-2016, 03:14 PM
^Are you sure about this place? The training seems too long with all the running and cardio, it's not for a beginner and it's far from the center so there will be hard to game women. How about more central places?
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01-20-2016, 06:56 PM
Damn PTT is hella cheap. 28,000 THB for training and 36,000 THB for a pretty nice room for 3 months...........wow.
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01-20-2016, 10:56 PM
I Trained at Team Quest in Chiang Mai for a few weeks and recommend it, they do push the students to fight and there were pros training there so its more of a serious environment. I also trained at a camp in Pai, a small, quiet town about three hours north and they focused more on the fitness aspect and having fun, not training for fights.
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01-21-2016, 06:16 AM
Three very important questions:
What is your MT experience level?
Do you want to spar?
How big are you?
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01-21-2016, 06:41 AM
Ok, well at that size you'll be ok at any camp that caters for Westerners (which is most as they love the Baht!). The problems come for bigger guys like myself who struggle to get sparring partners in the West, let alone Thailand.
Don't worry about elbows in sparring...most sparring in Thailand is what's called Play Sparring. It's light and good fun...no elbows. The only places where it can get a little hairy are the camps full of Americans like TMT etc. Most people will respect that you are a beginner though and help you out.
It's easy to say you aren't into running...but are you really conditioned enough to train 4 hours MT per day? It's unlikely. Having said that it's always optional, usually done before the classes start and only compulsory for people wanting to fight during their stay. Just don't do it if you don't want to.
One of the beautiful things about Thai training is that you can do as much or as little as you want...don't fancy a particular exercise? Just go and sit at the side for 10 minutes...nobody cares. You are master of your own destiny over there.
As you are a beginner I would recommend sticking to the main camps that everyone has heard of. Don't go seeking out a dilapidated Thai camp in the middle of the jungle.
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01-21-2016, 07:34 AM
Quote: (01-21-2016 06:32 AM)pizdets Wrote:
Quote: (01-21-2016 06:16 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:
Three very important questions:
What is your MT experience level?
Do you want to spar?
How big are you?
Tried MT for 6 months but it's more like a kickboxing/boxing than a MT, so I'm still a beginner.
Sparring is the main purpose and the pad work of course.
I hope they don't use elbows in the sparring.
Mayweather's size.
I'm less interested in Cardio, I don't want to waste my time on 8km running which I can do in Europe by myself.
Less interested in cardio while doing (any kind of)boxing ? That's what you should focus on, MT will get your cardio to
the next level.
Quote: (01-21-2016 06:41 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:
As you are a beginner I would recommend sticking to the main camps that everyone has heard of. Don't go seeking out a dilapidated Thai camp in the middle of the jungle.
Excellent advice I made the mistake going to a ghetto club in Rio those guys tried to break my legs 3 times, bad experience but great learning.
Tell them too much, they wouldn't understand; tell them what they know, they would yawn.
They have to move up by responding to challenges, not too easy not too hard, until they paused at what they always think is the end of the road for all time instead of a momentary break in an endless upward spiral
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01-21-2016, 08:15 AM
Quote: (01-21-2016 07:43 AM)pizdets Wrote:
Quote: (01-21-2016 06:41 AM)CrashBangWallop Wrote:
Ok, well at that size you'll be ok at any camp that caters for Westerners (which is most as they love the Baht!). The problems come for bigger guys like myself who struggle to get sparring partners in the West, let alone Thailand.
Don't worry about elbows in sparring...most sparring in Thailand is what's called Play Sparring. It's light and good fun...no elbows. The only places where it can get a little hairy are the camps full of Americans like TMT etc. Most people will respect that you are a beginner though and help you out.
It's easy to say you aren't into running...but are you really conditioned enough to train 4 hours MT per day? It's unlikely. Having said that it's always optional, usually done before the classes start and only compulsory for people wanting to fight during their stay. Just don't do it if you don't want to.
One of the beautiful things about Thai training is that you can do as much or as little as you want...don't fancy a particular exercise? Just go and sit at the side for 10 minutes...nobody cares. You are master of your own destiny over there.
As you are a beginner I would recommend sticking to the main camps that everyone has heard of. Don't go seeking out a dilapidated Thai camp in the middle of the jungle.
The main reason of my travel to Thailand is not Muay Thai, so I'm not gonna exhaust myself and then sleep half of the time. I want to learn the technique and have fun.
How many days of training per week do you suggest?
Can you give me some camp names?
http://muaythaicampsthailand.com
Have a read through this and decide where you like the look of depending on where you are going.
As for training intensity...listen to your body. Too many people (I've been guilty of this myself in the past) get off the plane and go straight into lunatic mode; training twice per day off the bat only to find themselves injured or sick within a week.
I'd start off training once per day as a beginner. Get plenty of sleep and eat plenty of food. It's hard training in the heat if you're from Europe. It can leave you utterly destroyed.
Ultimately though, as I said, you have to just listen to your body and if it wants to stop or take a day or two off, do it.
