1 Month Study Muay Thai at Thailand Muay Thai School in San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai

Schedule

Morning training routine at 06:00 - 08:00

• Warm up run (8 kilometers - 12 kilometers / 45 minutes)
• Skipping (10 minutes)
• Stretching (10 minutes)
• Shadow boxing (10 minutes)
• Bag work (5 rounds / 25 minutes)
• Push-ups, sit-ups, Burpees (20 minutes)
• Pull-ups (3 sets)

Afternoon training routine at 16:00 - 19:30

• Warm up run (5 kilometers / 25 minutes)
• Stretching (10 minutes)
• Shadow boxing (10 minutes)
• Bag work (5 rounds / 25 minutes)
• Pad work (5 rounds / 25 minutes)
• Clinching (Every day at 6 pm) / Technical sparring (2 - 3 times per week)
• Knees on bag (100 knees / 10 minutes)
• Repetitive kicks on bag (100 kicks / 10 minutes)
• Individual technical rills (20 minutes)
• Walking knees / kicks / push-kicks / punches
• Defense / offense training
• Sprints (15 minutes) 2 - 3 times per week only
• Weights (15 minutes)
• Push-ups, sit-ups, Burpees (100 each / 15 minutes). Competitive - prize for first finisher
• Pull-ups (2 sets)

Program description

Santai Gym has Muay Thai training 2 times a day (morning and afternoon), 6 days a week from Monday to Saturday, with Sunday as a rest day. It focuses on teaching traditional Muay Thai fighting techniques, or as the trainers call it: Stadium Muay Thai. Santai Gym accepts all levels of students and fighters to learn Muay Thai there.

Every student and fighter has their own weaknesses and strengths, which is why at Santai Gym the trainers will adjust your training in order to help you with your personal needs and goals. Training in Muay Thai consists of technical training, endurance training, and strength training. The gym focuses on those main principals, with a style!

Beginner and intermediate level training

Beginners and intermediate level students improve very quickly at Santai Gym. The staff of trainers are world class, and teach with patience, details, and repetition. As a beginner, you do not have to worry about falling behind in training due to your condition or lack of ability. Santai Gym strives for a training system that helps you improve individually, yet pushes you collectively together as a team with the rest of the students in efforts to obtain one goal, and that is for all of the students to get better at Muay Thai.

Experienced level training

For the more experienced students, Santai Gym will help you get to the next level as well. Santai Gym is always looking for students who want to get into the ring and fight to become better fighters, as this is what the art and the sport of Muay Thai is all about. Whether you are a current student training at Santai Gym or a prospective student looking to join the gym, if you have the aspiration of fighting in Thailand, against Thai fighters, in Thai stadiums, and at Thai festival events, then you have come to the right place.

Stadium Muay Thai

Stadium Muay Thai is a term that the trainers use to describe the style of Muay Thai that is taught. It is straight forward. Santai Gym trains to fight in the stadium with clean, balanced, and beautiful Muay Thai. This style comes from the roots and years of experience of its trainers.

Although Santai Gym teaches the specific style of traditional Muay Thai at Santai Gym, the trainers never fail to come up with creative ways to teach it, and make sure that it stays in their students and fighters lives as a habit.

They will use a stick with a glove attached to the end of it and poke you while you hit the bag, or tie your hands to your forehead while you kick to make sure your hands are up, or make marks on the mat with chalk for foot work technique for you to follow, and more!

They have endless Muay Thai knowledge and always come up with innovative way to teach it. They are motivated to coach their students and fighters and make good Muay Thai technique permanent for them.

Santai Muay Thai Gym

Santai Muay Thai Gym is originally named as W. Santai. W. Santai Gym was opened in 2002 by two trainers Kru Do and Kru Pon, who are former Bangkok Thai boxing champions. These two trainers are known for teaching and taking care of Thai and foreign students.

Santai Muay Thai Gym is now known for their great facilities, offering a well-equipped gym with top quality equipment. The gym takes pride on their reputable team of Muay Thai trainers who have clean and beautiful Muay Thai technique, which they teach and pass down to their students.

Santai Gym has the top stable of Muay Thai trainers in Northern Thailand, many of which hail from the famous Pinsinchai Camp in Bangkok lead by General Pinsinchai. All trainers have an undoubted, clean, and beautiful Muay Thai technique and style, which they pass down directly to their students - Thai and foreign. They get to know their students on a personal level, and pay equal attention to everyone during training.

Santai Muay Thai Gym

Santai Muay Thai Gym is located at the countryside of Sankamphaeng. Sankamphaeng is about 13 kilometers away from the Chiang Mai City. Santai Muay Thai Gym is situated in the village of Santai and is exactly located at 79 Moo 9 T. Sankamphaeng, Sankamphaeng. The Santai Muay Thai Gym is also located at about 20 meters away from the villages temple.

Santai Village

Santai is the name of the village in the town of Sankamphaeng that the gym is located in. Also, the villages temple, which is called Wat Santai, is situated only 20 meters from the Santai Muay Thai Gym. Training here is a traditional and true way to study and train Muay Thai. The only distraction here is the rooster, which wakes you up for your morning run at 5.30 a.m. This village is also the home of one of the head trainers Kru Do, who grew up here and has been living here his whole life, other than the years he spent fighting in Bangkok.

Town of Sankamphaeng

The town of San Kamphaeng is best described as a Thai countryside, and is located 13 kilometers from Chiang Mai City. Such a location is ideal for a focused Muay Thai Fighter and Student, no distraction, pure training. Santai Muay Thai Gym is located in the heart of San Kamphaeng, with a large food market only a 10 minute walk away from the Gym.

This market contains food vendors, laundry shop, 7/11, internet caf, banks, pharmacies, and a tesco grocery store. Training in this town is a great new experience for someone who has never been to such a remote location. Some may even experience a great deal of culture shock at first, as the scenery may be something they have never seen before.

Doing your daily runs here, you will be running through back roads, filled with farms, and various animals roaming the land such as water buffalos, cows, horses, chickens, and many more. There is also a hospital here in San Kamphaeng, and it is located only 4.6 kilometers from Santai Muay Thai Gym. This is a fully equipped hospital with English speaking doctors and a pharmacy.

Chiang Mai City

Chiang Mai City is located 700 kilometers north of Bangkok, and is the capital city of Chiang Mai Province. Chiang Mai City is also commonly known as the Northern Rose, and is the largest city of Northern Thailand.

It is a growing and modern city, and it is a great place to go spend time on the weekend, after a hard weeks training. Chiang Mai is located along the Ping River, among some of the highest mountains in the country, and central Chiang Mai has a population of 150.000 people.

In Chiang Mai, there is everything from nightlife entertainment, restaurants, pubs, internet cafs, malls, movie theaters, waterfalls, temples, tourist attractions, and everything else that any major city has. Chiang Mai is also the home of Kawila Muay Thai Stadium, which is the most prestigious stadium of Northern Thailand.

During the program, you are free to arrange your meal. There are many food places in Sankamphaeng that offer food for 30 THB - 50 THB per meal.

Things to do in Sankamphaeng

Cock fighting and beetle fighting: Thai locals take pride in cock and rhino/ kabutomushi beetle fighting. It is also a great way to pass time on a Sunday evening and gather friends around for a little betting and competition.

Internet caf: Up to date computers and high speed internet. Send messages to your home, friends, and loved ones through emails and Facebook.

San Kamphaeng Hot Spring: Bathe in natural hot spring water and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Visit the Saturday Sankamphaeng night market: food, deserts, ice cream, fruit shakes, toys, cloths, souvenirs, etc.

Things to do in Chiang Mai City

Doi Suthep Mountain / temple / waterfall: This is sacred and famous temple to the Thai people, which is located at the top of the Doi Suthep Mountain. This mountain is 1,676 meters high, and breathtaking views of Chiang Mai City can be seen from the ride up the mountain and the temple at the top. There is also a relaxing waterfall at the base of the mountain, which is a great place to go to soak in the cool water and enjoy some sticky rice and chicken from the local vender.

Night bazaar: A strip of shops located on Chan Klan Road, in the heart of Chiang Mai City. This is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city. The Night Bazar has shops that sell jewelry, knock off clothing items, and accessories, DVDs, high tech gadgets, and souvenirs. There are also a McDonalds, Burger King, Subway, and Starbucks at the Night bazaar if you find yourself feeling homesick.

Sunday night market: This is a large market that takes place every Sunday night on Tae Pae Road, in Central Chiang Mai. The street is closed down and is filled with vendors much like in the night bazaar, and masses of people walk down the street and purchase bargains from the vendors. There is also a huge food court that is exclusive to the Sunday market where vendors and restaurants gather and sell their foods. This is a great place to go to try and find some new Thai foods, since they are all there in one convenient location.

Watch live Muay Thai fights: There are various Muay Thai stadiums in Chiang Mai, with fights being held on a weekly basis. These stadiums include Kawila, Loi Kroh, and Tae Pae, of which Kawila displays the highest level of Muay Thai in Chiang Mai.

• 29 nights accommodation
• All morning and evening training session
• Plenty of free time
• The use of well-equipped gym with top quality equipment

• Meals
• Personal expenses

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