Sitjaopho vs Manop's Gym - One month or more training in Thailand

[Jameson]

I am really confused between manop and  sitjaophao . I want to improve my techincals . I have spoken to someone who has train at both this places and he said tht he like sitjaophao more because everyday they give emphasis on cliniching, sparring and technicals . Can anyone else share their view on the two gyms please . Thanks

[Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu]

8 hours ago, Jameson said:

I am really confused between manop and  sitjaophao . I want to improve my techincals . I have spoken to someone who has train at both this places and he said tht he like sitjaophao more because everyday they give emphasis on cliniching, sparring and technicals . Can anyone else share their view on the two gyms please . Thanks

*as a mod I've edited your title to be more informative to readers as to what it's about, its always good to present the topic substance in the title

Both gyms are popular with students looking for "technique" and correction. Unless you find someone who has recently been to both (in the last year) and has your overall needs, it will be very hard to be able to gauge was it better for you. We've been to both, but a while ago. Sitjaopho was kind of remarkable in that it does provide a kind of authentic, but still technical environment (partly because all the farang there are themselves very into technique, so it creates a culture) but does this all in a very crowded gym. I don't know how they do it, I've never seen it elsewhere in Thailand. Crowded, but high level, creative and technical. Manop's we haven't been to in a while, but we found it a much smaller gym, so you might (???) get a more one-on-one, or looser feel for training, which might be good for you. But I'm just going off of vibes from a few years ago, and what I saw.

If you are only training for a month, Sitjaopho might be best in that there is an entire culture of training there, including the long time students, and it will be easier to slip into a "way of life", because everyone's on that page? It takes about a week or 10 days to even acclimate yourself if you've never trained in Thailand before.

But, we haven't really seen Manop's gym in a while.

Generally, its very hard to take the advice of people online. They just are different kinds of people, see and experience different things, and gyms change very quickly in Thailand. Even 3 months can change a gym if a trainer leaves, or a group of students come or go.