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MUAY THAI CAMPS?

Subject: Where to go? How much $ ? How long?
From: tiger claw
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 12:45 AM

Any infos about a good Muay Thai camp in Thailand? Which one should i go? What are the prices? How long should i stay? Anyone want to share his experience?

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From: Link
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 01:04 AM

www.fairtexbkk.com

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From: samboboy
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 01:20 AM

I lives at one for close to a year, you should stay for however long you want to though the life can get tedious at times.

Here is an old post I wrote about it

Muay Thai is both a sport and form of combat that as it name implies is native to Thailand. It is thought by many to be the most effective stand-up fighting system in the world today. Not because of any special or secret technique, but because it teaches the student simple technique which are then drilled endlessly, giving the students a solid base in the art and in self defence. The philosophy of the teaching method can be summed up as "Better to be good at one thing than mediocre at many".

In Thailand it is also the national sport and obsession. A professional Thai boxer will begin his training at an early age, as young as eight, or nine. At that point the child will train after school at an local "camp". The training is free but the child is expected to perform. Normally it is at this point that the coach at the camp begins to try and single out the young boys who show promise, they receive special attention, and instruction. Over time there will be one or two young boys who stand out from the rest, at this point their training will become more intense, and they may even be asked to leave school, and come live and train at the camp full time.

The camp becomes a second family for the children, they eat together, train together, and fight together. Many will make their professional debut at eleven or twelve, although this seems strange to us, this is simply accepted as the age to begin competition. They will compete regularly for the rset of their career. Some will compete a hundred times by age twenty.

I have trained in Thailand and fought twice in the Pro circuit, I belong to Kai Busaba camp, based in northern Thailand in Chaing Mai city.

Here is the typical training structure in Thailand.

6:30 am: Start a five to ten kilometre run, you run early so the heat isn`t too bad

7:30 am: get back from the run, begin with light shadow boxing, work the bags, nothing to heavy just to keep limber and warm

8:30 am: Stretch and cool down

3:00 pm: Start the "real" training...

30 minutes skipping at least

stretching

10X3 mins. working on the bags

5X3 mins. working with the coach and pads more bagwork

practise clinching with a partner for 20 mins. finish with sparring for 5 3min. rounds

a kick-off you and a partner take turns kicking the bag as often as you can 100X`s minimum

7:00 pm: Go home, and sleep...

It costs about $100Us a month to train and about another $400 to live.

Marc

here are some websites World Muay Thai Council http://www.wmtc.nu/index.html

My camp and personal favorite in thailand Lanna Muay Thai
http://www.asiaplus.com/lannamuaythai/home.htm

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From: demon25
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 01:03 PM

The Sidtyathong(sp) in Pattaya is a great camp. I trained there for a couple weeks in october. They have 2 current Lumpini stadium champs and Pattaya is loads of fun and there are some beautiful beaches nearby.

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From: Tony Bananas
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 01:14 PM

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From: paulm
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 01:27 PM

Hopefully I'll be at Sithyodthong in a few months.

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From: JD
Date: 04-Jan-00 | 10:08 PM

Thanks for the info.

What did you mean by "the life can get tedious at times."?

Thanks in advance...an informative post, getting harder to find.

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From: tiger claw
Date: 05-Jan-00 | 03:56 AM

Thanks guys!!!

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