Mauy Thai in Thailand

lcrcboy

Hay guys so Ive got the a long summer brake due to college and Im looking for something interesting to do, I came across a Mauy Thai camp on an island called Koh Tao in the south east of Thailand I have no previous experience with this martial art and Im really just looking for something to keep me fit during the summer while learning a new martial art in a nice country.

here is a link to the package company for the holiday:

http://www.xtremegapyear.co.uk/programme/asia-muay-thai-training-koh-tao-thailand_35

So I guess Im wondering does anyone here have previous experience of such a holiday or know anything about this camp. If you have done a holiday like this before please leave us a link to a website or some details about it if you reccomend going. Its pretty diffecult to work out if these places are genuine or as a they seem from photos I cant really find any reviews.

Cheers for any help :cool:

Khannie

What's included in that money? Sounds like a proper rip off.

BigDuffman

Looks pricey alright! I'm heading over to Koh Tao in June myself and we have some training lined up. Will dig out details of place / deal we got.

lcrcboy

BigDuffman wrote: »

Looks pricey alright! I'm heading over to Koh Tao in June myself and we have some training lined up. Will dig out details of place / deal we got.

cheers bud if you can give me any details that would be great.
everyone says the package looks like a rip-off, I took a look at the offical training camp page I think it works out slightly cheaper then their package

lcrcboy

[quote=[Deleted User];65972759]Accommodation etc over there is not like the price is set in stone, if you say you want to stay for a month and are offering cash they'll do you a good deal. Just that looks expensive. Say training twice a day for a month would be 150/175 euro and accommodation 200 a month, depending what you are after. Thats 475, less if your sharing or want to slum it. And you live very cheaply there too. I wasnt even in very far out places and thats about what I spent. Just be wary of the commercial places. And I wouldnt waste my money paying for one on one, if you get up early for the morning classes you are likely to get 1 to 1 anyway for what you paid for standard.[/QUOTE]

thanks man for the help ya Im looking at keeping it as cheap as I can probally 1 or 2 friends coming along aswell, looking to go for about 6 to 8 weeks if it works out right

Plastikman_eire

lcrcboy wrote: »

Hay guys so Ive got the a long summer brake due to college and Im looking for something interesting to do, I came across a Mauy Thai camp on an island called Koh Tao in the south east of Thailand I have no previous experience with this martial art and Im really just looking for something to keep me fit during the summer while learning a new martial art in a nice country.

here is a link to the package company for the holiday:

http://www.xtremegapyear.co.uk/programme/asia-muay-thai-training-koh-tao-thailand_35

So I guess Im wondering does anyone here have previous experience of such a holiday or know anything about this camp. If you have done a holiday like this before please leave us a link to a website or some details about it if you reccomend going. Its pretty diffecult to work out if these places are genuine or as a they seem from photos I cant really find any reviews.

Cheers for any help :cool:

Mate some one is pulling your leg with those prices.

The camp pictured is Island muay thai on koh tao, i trained there last summer and even walk up prices were only 300baht a go(about 7 euro)

So for what xtremegapyear are charging you could train 3 times a day, for 3 month, even paying the highest rate that the trainers there charge(You'll get much better if you pay for lessons in bulk up front)

Now, that said; koh tao is fantastic(the diving is awesome) its a great camp and i highly recommend it, but just go by yourself and arrange a price rather then book some package.

Also if you are serious about having a fight over there, do it against another westerner, because the ones i watched where it was westerner vs thai appeared to be fixed.

lcrcboy

Plastikman_eire wrote: »

Mate some one is pulling your leg with those prices.

The camp pictured is Island muay thai on koh tao, i trained there last summer and even walk up prices were only 300baht a go(about 7 euro)

So for what xtremegapyear are charging you could train 3 times a day, for 3 month, even paying the highest rate that the trainers there charge(You'll get much better if you pay for lessons in bulk up front)

Now, that said; koh tao is fantastic(the diving is awesome) its a great camp and i highly recommend it, but just go by yourself and arrange a price rather then book some package.

Also if you are serious about having a fight over there, do it against another westerner, because the ones i watched where it was westerner vs thai appeared to be fixed.

cheers man did you find accomadation and food to be expensive or cheap, from what I hear food is cheap but I havent really got any idea on the accomadation

Plastikman_eire

lcrcboy wrote: »

cheers man did you find accomadation and food to be expensive or cheap, from what I hear food is cheap but I havent really got any idea on the accomadation

Yeah the food is great value. Accomdation less so(still really cheap by our standards) and very expensive if you want a room/hut with air-con because the island isnt connected to the mainland elec supply.

Koh tao is geared towards divers(the boring ****ers are everywhere), and the dive schools have arrangments with all the hotels so divers get cheaper rates.