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I was going to thailaind to train for the first time and was unsure where to go. With so much choice I decided to post a thread asking where would be best to go. 

 

After a recommendation by Kevin on this forum I decided to just give it a go and visit this gym in Chaing Mai.

 

I messaged the gym and they were really helpful with recommendations for accomodation.

 

Location:

The gym is located a few minutes by taxi from Chaing Mai Airport. There is accomodation approximately 100 metres from the gym that is a reasonable price. I stayed in a hotel a bit further away that was right next to the mall. The mall is about a 15 minute walk from the gym and it pretty big.

In terms of training it is really easy to get to your accomodation and the gym.

 

The main city is about a 10 minute taxi ride away. Its pretty easy to get around and far less traffic than Bangkok. So if you wanted to live in the city centre and commute to the gym it's easily possible.

In terms of things to do in the city there is loads of places to eat and markets seemingly everywhere. Other than that you can look things up in a guidebook for things to do or something.

 

Training:

Classes are 7am and 3pm with optional training before this. The classes consist of skipping, pad work, bag work, sparring/clinching. The class is well structured and you are always given something to do. Thailand will often show techniques throughout the session and this knowledge is absolute gold.

 

I also did a few private sessions and got lots of corrections to various techniques but he didn't teach too much so I could retain it. He is an extremely good teacher and would highly recommend private lessons with him. I felt a huge improvement very quickly. It's hard to explain how much my technique improved within a couple of weeks but he managed to improve the fundamentals of pretty much everything I was doing.

 

Thailand is a highly gifted coach and he really cares about everyone in the gym getting better and enjoying training. I cannot recommend this gym highly enough. 

 

The vibe at the gym:

Everyone here is really friendly. The Thai guys who live at the gym are quite young but this makes no difference, they are technically superb and a lot can be learnt sparring them. 

The foreign visitors who were also there were all really cool and we all made friends right away. There is absolutely no ego here which was really nice to be a part of.

 

Summary:

A highly technical gym conveniently located with a genuinely caring and motivated head coach. Seriously, Thailand is a technical genius.

The people at the gym (in my experience) were all friendly which really helps if you're visiting to mainly train as you will be at the gym a lot.

There seems to be plenty of fighting opportunities if you want them. I didn't explore this and mainly visited to learn as much as I could.

 

Thanks Kevin for being so active on this forum and making this recommendation. 

 

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Hi @TRTdoc I'm going to be in Thailand to train for 2-3 months and this gym has been recommended in this forum and elsewhere. Would it be safe to assume that the private lessons were between the 2 classes? Or where they after the 3pm session (or both)? Lastly, How many people were at the group classes?

 

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Hi Warren 

It was very quiet when I was there. A few local guys and 2-4 foreigners but that can change and I'm sure this gym has got more popular.

You can schedule privates for whenever you want.

The attention to detail here is unbelievable and I highly recommend you train at this gym. In my experience, everyone was really good training partners and I learnt loads everyday.

 

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