Tiger Muay Thai Camp Review (Phuket, Thailand)

This is a review for the Tiger Muay Thai & MMA in Phuket, in Thailand. I showed up and originally planned and paid for staying here for 1 week ... 1 week turned in 2 weeks. Then I went back for a month.

Prices


The cost of training is about average for a training Farang in Thailand and is the following:

Noon 300BAll-day 500BSemana 2500B Month 9000B 3 Months 24000B

A strong recommendation will do, is that if you come to Israel on a budget and/or has not done very intense training before, then only pay or less a week in advance. and again people pay for 3 months in advance and then train only a few times a week. Pay a week in advance and then see how much you think you will train before spending money with loads of money in advance.

Is accepted via credit card payment (Visa & MasterCard) or cash.

Accommodation

The rooms vary from 2, 500B (small room fan) to 20, + 000B (room with air conditioning and all modern facilities and a swimming pool)/month. I was paying 12, 000B for a very nice double room with cable TV, Wi-Fi, hot shower etc. in one place just down the road, called ' The Nature House '.

My advice to the accommodation is to start with pre payment only a few days or a week.How can you find something very cheaply or if you already have an inexpensive room, you might not like and wish to upgrade.

A list of accommodation good (but not exhaustive) is available on the website of TMT.

Food

Eating in the local area can be anything from 40 billion meal for 350B + depending on where and what you eat.Cheaper meals tend to be Thai food (usually consist of rice or pasta dishes), Western food is much more expensive. a restaurant called breast is one of the cheapest around here and has a solid reputation.They also have cheap rooms available (9, 000B/month).

Whatever you do, do not pay in advance for the food plan in the gym. He is superfaturado and many people end up missing meals. There are plenty of other places to eat, variety is more fun than eating in the same place every day.

Training

Besides Muay Thai, the gym offers classes in MMA (mostly no gi jiu jitsu and sparring), Western boxing training, Krabi Krabong, Yoga and circuit.

In all honesty, the Muay Thai classes are overcrowded, and you will be unlikely to be recognised and individual attention, unless you stay for a long period of time, or pay extra for private sessions. but you can still leave a good job.

The Western boxing lessons are good, with two world champions and a champion of the stadium instructing. but still can get very busy.

MMA classes that I have mixed feelings towards.Every morning are only without gi jiu jitsu (what is taught at a level which is pretty decent by Ray Elbe) and afternoons sparring rather intensa. and they have a cage to train in Nice. However no wrestling is taught.

If you want to make MMA here my advice is not to get the best training in the morning no class of Jiu-Jitsu gi and then make the Muay Thai or Western boxing class in the afternoon.
The Academy also hosts seminars often (most of which is free) with visiting fighters. while I was there Royce Gracie, Alberto Crane and Roger Huerta gave seminars!

Installations

Tiger Muay Thai has some of the best facilities throughout Thailand. so far, they have 6 ringtones, an MMA cage, a room of weights (with enough benches, racks, machines and weights to get a good workout), another area of weights with lots of kettlebells and various spinning bikes and many heavy bags. they also are having a major extension built.

Location

Phuket is a very big tourist destination. However, Tiger Muay Thai is located in chalong subdistrict, which is cut off from most of distractions that brings (beaches, bars, nightlife etc), but these are easily accessible by taxi or if you rent a scooter, 000B 3-4 per month.

I would recommend a scooter if you are staying for any period of time (just be careful, there are some 10000 accidents per year in Phuket alone involving motorcycles).

With the freedom of a bike that you can access the food and clothing markets, Central Festival Shopping Centre (including cinema), beaches, bars & clubs, the local zoo, aquariam, elephant trekking, Snake, shows etc!

Shop equipment

The price of most things in this shop are jacked up. shopping around unless there is something really specific desired here.

Personal comments

Your time in Tiger Muay Thai is what you do. it can be a serious training field or you can come here with the best of intentions, but caught in boozing almost every night and spend their days at sea ... or you can do a bit of both.

This place aims more towards coach casual vacation with plenty of money to spare, so unless you're very tight-fisted easily you can spend a lot of money.

Made many friends and enjoyed myself and that all different classes had to offer, but after a while that I grew tired of overcrowding and commercial side to the gym and decided to switch to the Dragon Muay Thai just up the road ...

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