Phuket

payap · #1 20-08-2004, 21:14

I heard that former Thai champion Payap Penchai has a own muay thai camp or is a trainer in such a camp in Phuket.

The last i heard that he moved his camp to Phuket town.

Has anybody any information ?

thanx

Payap aka Chris

BRECKDOG1 · #2 27-08-2004, 21:22

I was in Phuket in April for 2 wks- Cant go that far without learning some MT-Fantastic- but the heat was killing.
Cant remember any names but I went to the following:

I did a training session at a gym located on the road in/ out of patong. The gym was upstairs above a bar- and there was a banner outside saying "we train muay thai"-
The trainer was quite hardcore so maybe thats him?? There was this French guy there who was staying in the same building.

The other session I did was on the road between Karon and kata? near the shooting range- this was a nice residential camp- which has a website www.martialartsphuket.com.

The phuket stadium was building a training ring outside which I imagine is finished now.

David

butterflyblonde · #3 27-08-2004, 21:36

Have you guys heard of Nong Tum ?

One of Thailand's greatest Thai boxing champions and is now a ladyboy

Don't mess up her hair or smudge her lipstick , She'll kick your ass !!

marc26 · #4 27-08-2004, 21:46

if i stay in aptong, id liek to take a class

Yoda · #5 28-08-2004, 16:24

The gym is above a bar called the ok retaurant,the owners name is olivia a frenchman,the trainers are dum and seb it is an excellent facility and they will train you hard! also there is a gym in nanai run by an ex thai champ named phayat ,is this who you meen!

Nicke · #6 28-08-2004, 19:46

Do you guys recommend muay thai as a funnier way to do some exercise and get fit? I have often thinking of it just do to something.

eric-the-viking · #7 29-08-2004, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicke

Do you guys recommend muay thai as a funnier way to do some exercise and get fit? I have often thinking of it just do to something.

Nicke i do kick boxing back here n farang land, the training is as hard as your prepared to push yourself,but it is much more fun than running on a tread mill every night ,
give it a go you might even like it ,
by the way talking of training hows the diving going ?

butterflyblonde · #8 29-08-2004, 02:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoda

The gym is above a bar called the ok retaurant,the owners name is olivia a frenchman,the trainers are dum and seb it is an excellent facility and they will train you hard! also there is a gym in nanai run by an ex thai champ named phayat ,is this who you meen!

Nong tum - real name Parinya Charoenphol

Yoda · #9 29-08-2004, 16:12

nicke muay thai is an excellent way to keep fit especially in the heat of thailand!

BRECKDOG1 · #10 29-08-2004, 21:07

If you only wanna get fit - do something else-

Muay is very tough and a full contact sport (although of course you can train techniques and just spar light)

-If you wanna learn unrivalled standup fighting skills (real self defence) or just love the art from watching fights - do it.

Alot of Thais find it very curious to see all these ferangs learning the art- I think to a thai it is a way the make money- or enjoy as entertainment-

payap · #11 30-08-2004, 18:30

his name is payap and as far as i know not phayat

he was a champion in the 80's and was a legend because of his terrible hard kicks.

when he is a trainer in phuket i hope to go there for my my holidays and train a week in that camp if possible

the last news i heard was from a guy from italia (mr baggio) who trained about 2 years ago in phuket with payap

this is a picture of him in his fight against the dutch fighter kaman

thanx for your help