This article is part of a “Immersion”-Series which will portray 3month-immersion options on different topics and in different countries.
You want to learn fighting, an effective martial art or just get fit? In Thailand you can learn thaiboxing or “muay thai” in a great immersion environment with professional teachers for a very small amount of money.
I will introduce two very good and different places here, but highly encourage you to do your own research before setting off.
Rawai Muay Thai Camp
At Rawai you train 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. A three months immersion period will give you more than 400 hours of training! According to the Rawai Gym, this is also the ideal training time:
The ideal length of time to be training in Thailand is 1 – 3 months.
The first 3 weeks you are building on your fitness, stamina & technique.
In the second month your fitness is up to speed and looking like a Pro fighter, your loss of body fat is noticeable and you are mentally on an extreme high.
The school is located on Phuket, the biggest island of Thailand, which is also a popular tourist destination. You will not be in a tourist setup though, but can reach all popular spots pretty conveniently e.g. for weekend trips.
Monthly costs:
Training: $320
Accomodation: $160
Food & Drink & Party: $300
Total: $780/month
Muay Thai Sangha
This school teaches the system of Muay Thai Sangha. It consists of three elements:
- Muay Thai Kaad Chuak (Empty Hand Combat)
- Krabi-Krabong (Armed Combat)
- Muay Plam (Grappling Combat)
There are also meditation an Buddhism classes here, so you can follow a more spiritual way.
The school is located in a very different spot than the first school. It is in Chiang Mai, a city in the north-west of Thailand.
Monthly costs:
Training: $260
Accomodation: $160
Food & Drink & Party: $200
Total: $620/month
Business: You probably want to keep you (online) business running while training – don’t worry. Thailand is the ideal place for it. In most places to live, you will find an ADSL broadband connection with Wifi anyway, but there are even very good options for more remote places in thailand. You can get prepaid SIM cards for GPRS/EDGE data flats at every 7eleven 24hours a day! A wealth of information on this is available at EdgeThailand.