Comments on: Training Muay Thai in Thailand: What You Need to Know

By: gabapangalangan

gabapangalangan — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:50:59 +0000

this is a great article, man. i must admit i’m a bit envious. you’re really getting after it. hopefully i get to do this soon, fly to thailand and go all-out in my training over there. someday soon, i will. thanks for the article; will use it to motivate myself to make this trip happen!

By: GNARLY FIGHTER

GNARLY FIGHTER — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:37:19 +0000

wouldnt it be better to arrive in thailand fight ready with seriouly honed boxing and plenty of greco roman clinch skill.

therefore primed to take the maximum yeild from such a venture .

with the abundance of fine utube lessons avaliable one should have a very good understanding of exactly what they will perfect on such a journey to smile land .

those with extra money can holiday and casually take lessons even private tuition from champions hoping that this will give them superior knowledge than others will attain.

By: Pa

Pa — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:29:19 +0000

Very interesting.I need to get out there.

By: Derk

Derk — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:48:48 +0000

Love the tip: One way to mentally prepare and toughen up for the training is by staring things to death, like I did here with this Cobra: That’s awsome! Great Article Bryan, thanks for sharing your tips. It’s my dream to train and fight in Thailand…Just need to work out how to get that past the wife!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:29:57 +0000

@ Steve and others: Thanks! I’m very glad you enjoyed it.
@ Adam: I think a month is a great amount of time. You will be able to get in the right condition with that much time so that it isn’t all spent just building up to the point of being able to get the most out of it. I don’t recall the exact dollar amount that I spent as the trip was part of a longer series of travels throughout Asia and New Zealand. And it really depends from person to person and how you prefer to travel. I will say that Thailand is one of the more inexpensive places I’ve been, assuming you take advantage of the cheaper accommodation and street food. Side trips will cost either nothing or hundreds of dollars…just depends on what you want out of it. Have fun, I hope you enjoy it if you head over there.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:38:26 +0000

Bryan,
How much did you end up spending over the duration of your visit? Including your side travels for leisure and food and all. Would you say a month is a sufficient amount of time to get a good experience? thanks.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:30:16 +0000

Great info! I do muay thai here in the states and am going to Thailand in February to visit a friend. Thanks to your article I found a gym close to where I’ll be staying. Can’t wait to actually train in Thailand!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:58:03 +0000

Great Article! I was just in Thailand in August and I had every intention of doing a bit of training while I was there. Between the oppressive heat and food poisoning (it was my first trip outside of north america and I found my stomach was not as strong as I’d hoped) I just didn’t feel like I could do 3-4 hours of strenuous exercise and survive so I never did go. I’m Canadian though, so any day over 50 F/10 C is a nice day for me, 30+ and humid is too much! The food I had tasted great as well, I just wasn’t used to the extra spice and neither was my stomach apparently haha.

I did go to see the fights at Lumpinee stadium… that was awesome! We don’t really see that stuff here anymore with the rise of the UFC, once in a while there is a local event to go to, but the talent level is definitely not the same.

Thailand in general, even without training is awesome though, I highly recommend it as a travel destination.

By: Allan White

Allan White — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:09:34 +0000

Most manly. Reminds me of a quote I heard once: “Do hard stuff”. Makes me wish I was 20 and not pushing 40. =)

By: Steve Harrington

Steve Harrington — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:21:18 +0000

I have no real interest in martial arts or going to train in Thailand, but I have to say, this is one of my favorite AoM articles yet. It was just really enjoyable and interesting to read about your experience-thanks. It made me want to go have an adventure-perhaps not in Thailand, but of some sort or the other…..