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Rawai Muay Thai
Muay Thai Boxing &
Fitness Training Camp
Rawai Beach
Phuket, Thailand
Muay = Boxing
Thai = from Thailand
Muay Thai = Thai Boxing |
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Rawai Muay Thai Camp is a Thai boxing gym located on the
tropical island of Phuket.
At Rawai Muay Thai Camp we have Muay Thai fighters
living and training at the gym.
They train 6 hours a day, 6 days a week, and at the age
of 18 most of them have had 100+ Pro fights.
Training 6 hours a day is not as hard as it sounds. You
start your day at 7 am with a morning
run (30 - 60 minutes). You then do an hour of technique
with your personal trainer and you finish your morning
training session with 30 - 40 minutes of weight training,
yoga, and stretching. At
4 pm you are back in the gym for another
2 - 3 hours of Muay Thai and fitness training in the
high humidity of the tropics. |
In most countries people exercise
on average 1.5 hours a day, 3 times a week.
This is equal to 4.5 hours a week, 18 hours a month, 216 hours a year.
At Rawai Muay Thai Camp our Thai fighters exercise 6 hours a day, 6 days a week.
This is equal to 36 hours of exercise a week, 168 hours a month, 2,016 hours a year.
At Rawai Muay Thai Camp you do a year's training in
a month! |
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On November 2003 Rawai Muay Thai Camp opened it doors to foreigners
/ non-fighters that want to experience fitness training
in a highly motivated environment of a Professional
Thai Boxing Camp.
Rawai Muay Thai Camp has quickly become one of the most popular
training gyms in Southern Thailand for foreign Muay Thai
students and by far the most popular gym in all of Thailand
for training female Muay Thai boxers.
You don't have to be a Muay Thai / Martial arts specialist
or a fighting junkie to be training at Rawai Muay Thai
Camp. Many people come here for a variety of other reasons
such as weight loss and fitness training rather than
just to learn to fight Muay Thai Boxing. Some of the
more common reasons for people to come to Rawai Muay
Thai Camp are: |
General Fitness Training
Weight Loss
Quit Smoking / lose bad habits
Detox / Colon Cleansing /Heavy
metal / mercury body Detox
Fitness Training Holiday in the Tropics
Mental stimulation & motivation
Muay Thai Boxing "100% Thai Style"
Boot Camp Style Fitness Training
Holiday
High Humidity Fitness Training
Pre Season Football / Rugby Fitness
Training
Pre Fight Training
To learn Muay Thai
Phuket Marathon Training
Phuket Triathlon Training
Endurance Fitness Training (iron
man)
Learn Self Defense
Striking & Grappling Training
for MMA/ UFC
Family Fitness Holidays & some fun in the sun |
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In the first week at Rawai most new students usually can
only do 2 - 3 hours of training a day.
By the second week their fitness levels & stamina
have improved and 4 hours of training a day becomes easier
to achieve. By the 3rd week most people can do 5+ hours
a day of training.
The ideal length of time to be training in Thailand is
between 1- 3 months. The first 3 weeks you are building
on your fitness, stamina & Muay Thai technique. In the
second month of training 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.
At the end of your 3rd month of training your fitness
is peaking and you will be keen to go home to impress
your friends and family with the new you (Muay Thai fighting
fit).
When you return home to your usual training gym, you then
realize how much you have improved in fitness and in your
Muay Thai Boxing technique. Most students return to Rawai
Muay Thai Camp for more Muay Thai & fitness
training within a year of their first visit. |
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Map of Thailand  |
| Rawai Muay Thai Camp is located in Phuket Island, in the south of Thailand, about a 1-hour flight from Bangkok. There are international flights that arrive directly into Phuket, by-passing Bankok altogether. You can also take a bus from Bangkok to phuket. The ride takes about 12 hours though! You can search for flights to Phuket in the following websites: |
Accommodation
at Rawai Muay Thai Camp
We have many bungalows at the gym for our Foreign students.
All bungalows have Cable TV, Hot Showers and western
toilets (with a seat and flush).Deluxe bungalows have
air conditioning.
Shared bungalows
Sleeps 2 or 3 students (Single Beds)
Price per person: 5,000 Thai Baht per month / 1,500
Thai Baht per week
Deluxe Bungalows
Sleeps 1 or 2 people (double bed)
Price per bungalow: 17,000 THB per month/ 5,000 THB
pr week
To convert these prices to your own currency use the
Currency
Converter
- Shared bungalows are charged per person
- Deluxe Bungalows (2 people can share the same deluxe
bungalow at no extra cost )
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Currency Converter
Please Note:
Only people training at Rawai Muay Thai camp can stay
in our accommodation. You must be training a minimum of
2 weeks in every month to be eligible to stay in the accommodation
at the gym (Payment for training is to be paid up
front).
Training and Accommodation
Costs
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All prices are quoted in THB (Thai baht)
Length
of Stay |
Regular Training |
Shared Bungalow
Training NOT
included |
Deluxe
Bungalow
Training NOT included | 1 Day |
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1 week |
3,000 |
1,500 |
5,000 |
2 weeks |
6,000 |
3,000 |
10,000 |
3 weeks |
9,000 |
4,500 |
15,000 |
1 month |
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5 weeks |
13,000 |
6,500 |
22,000 |
6 weeks |
16,000 |
8,000 |
27,000 |
7 week |
19,000 |
9,500 |
32,000 |
2 months |
20,000* |
10,000* |
34,000* |
Please Note:
The price quoted above is what you pay, we do not add
any hidden fees or taxes such
as a 7% VAT Tax that some of the other Muay Thai
gyms in the area charge.
The Monthly rate* offers the best value for money on training and accommodation.
Monthly fees must be paid up front the first day you start training.
If you prefer to pay each week, then you will be charged
the weekly rate!
Regular Training
Regular Training = morning training and afternoon
training sessions and full use of the gym facilities like
the weight training equipment.
Regular Training Fees
500 Thai Baht per day
3,000 Thai Baht per week
10,000 Thai Baht per month
VIP Training coupons
VIP training offers both moring and afternoon group Muay Thai training sessions plus an extra 1-hour (One on One) personal training session during the day.
With VIP training you get to choose which of our Muay
Thai trainers you want to work with and what time of
the day you want your private training session to be.
(VIP Muay Thai training is available between 10:00 am - 3:30 pm Monday - Saturday)
VIP Training Cost
1 coupon ... 1,000 Baht
If you have already paid for regular training then the VIP coupon price is:
1 coupon ... 500 Baht
Read more about VIP Muay
Thai training
Read more about our trainers, training schedules and programs at Rawai Muay Thai Camp. |
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Latest News at Rawai Muay Thai Camp
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Now Available in Rawai... Go Karts!
| Next to the shooting range in Chalong Circle. You can visit the Phuket Shooting Range website. Thanks to Cyril for these great photos of Tahlia racing. Tahlia from Australia will be fighting on 26 May 2009 in Bangla Boxing Stadium. Good luck Tahlia! |
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Now available in Rawai... Yoga!
Ganesha Yoga Phuket offers yoga classes almost every day and is located just 1 KM from the gym. You can check out their class schedule and prices at: Ganesha Yoga
Now available in Rawai... Tattoos!
James can come to the gym and make you a custom tattoo. His rates are cheap and his hand is steady.
Pictured above is Jojo getting a tattoo of a geisha.
James can be contacted at: 083 967 7751
Now available in Rawai... Batiks!
Learn to make a typical Thai style batik. There is a lovely batik factory near the gym called Ban Batik where you can purchase hand-made batiks, shirts, sarongs, and other lovely items as well as watch the craftsmen at work and take part in making your own work of art. Baan Batik is just 1 KM from Rawai Muay Thai Camp.
Hand made Thai batiks use visid colors and local themes like elephants and sea life.
Now showing at Central Festival
| Central Festival is a shopping center located only 12 km from Rawai Muay Thai Camp. There are restaurants and shops to fit all tastes. My favorites to name a few: Fuji, Zen, Sizzler, Starbuck's, Au Bon Pain, Sara, Boots Pharmacy, Cut and Curl and of course Central. On the third floor there is the movie theater with sweven screens (one is the First Class screening room).
Watching English speaking movies at Central
Festival MEGA shopping complex is a favorite way for many of our students to pass the time when they're not training. |
Movies showing at Central:
Ong Bak 2 was released on 4th December 2008/ Now available on DVD
See the official Web site : www.ongbak2themovie.com
The DVD "ONG
Bak 2" is now avaiable for rent/ sale at the Muay
Thai Bar
Learn some basic
Thai language
We have compiled a list of commonly used Thai words, some useful Thai phrases for tourists and some very handy pick-up lines for flirting in Thailand. Thai
words & Flirting Phrases
Print the list of Thai words & bring it with you to Rawai Muay
Thai Camp so you can continue to practice to speak Thai during your Muay Thai Training holiday in Thailand.
Coming soon: Quicksilver Surf Series
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Laguna Phuket Marathon |
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Laguna Phuket Marathon
June 14, 2009
Marathon, Half Marathon, 10.5 KM Run,
5 KM Walk, 2 KM Kids Run
Students from Rawai Muay Thai Camp interested in participating in this event should contact Diana Campillo, the new Internet manager at Rawai.
See Official Web Site
Just Happened on May 3, 2009.
Phuket Mountain Marathon
- 3rd May
The race starts at Nai Harn Beach - runs up past Kata view point - down to Kata beach - Karon Beach - turn around at Karon circle & run backto Nai Harn Beach - up and over to the Big Turbo generators overlooking Yanui Beach - around Promthep Cape - down to Rawai Beach and then 3 more km to the start/ finish line at Nai Harn Beach.
Students from Rawai Muay Thai Camp that are interested
in running the full marathon (42km) or the half marathon (21 km) should talk to the Internet Manager at Rawai Muay Thai Camp (Diana Campillo) about the 20/ 30 km pre-marathon
training runs.
Update:20k Sundays. Every Sunday afternoon Rawai Muay Thai students that want to run in the Phuket Mountain Marathon are running 27 km from Rawai Muay Thai Camp to Karon Circle & back to the Rawai Muay Thai Camp.
Students wanting to Run 20K Sunday should be at the gym ready to run by 4:00pm
# See the official Web Site: Phuket Mountain Marathon - 2009
#See Rawai Muay Thai
Camp Students Training
for the Phuket Mountain Marathon
Buoy enjoying Songkran. |
13th April is the celebration of the Thai New Year & the funnest day to be in Thailand.
Songkran Festival is the world's biggest water fight!
During the Songkran festival the streets are lined with thousands of people armed with buckets of water, ready
to splash every one that passes bye (locals & tourists).
Between Sunrise & Sunset expect to get wet if you venture out doors during the Songkran Festival. See
more about the Songkran
Festival
Songkran Festival 2009 at Rawai Muay Thai Camp - Between sunrise & sunset students
from Rawai Muay Thai Camp will be in the streets armed
with a huge arsenal of water and will soak any one
that dares to venture past our gym. |
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Phuket Bike Week
9 - 12 April, 2009
Rawai Muay Thai Camp is a proud promoter of the Phuket Bike Festival. Watch a video of Phuket
Bike Week 2008. |
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13th March 2009 - Rawai Muay Thai Camp - Charity Day
Students from Rawai Muay Thai Camp donate toys and clothes for the children in the poor region of Essan (North East Thailand). Essan has very high unemployment and even those people working earn less than $5 USD per day for a full day working in the rice fields. Rawai Muay Thai Camp would like to thank all the people who donated clothes and toys. Your generosity was
very much appreciated by the Kids of Essan Thailand. See the Video Rawai
Muay Thai Camp Charity Day |
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February 2009
Canadian MMA Fighter Derek
Gauthier beat Dave Parisea at XMMA 7 -
Inferno.
Dereck had been training at Rawai Muay Thai Camp during
December/ January working on his pre fight training with Rawai Muay Thai.
The following comment was copied off an e-mail to Rawai Muay Thai Camp from Dereck:
"I won by triangle choke. But I throwned a beautiful cut kick and he went down, and I finish him there :)
Thanks to RAWAI MUAY THAI !!!
I will be back in Rawai Muay Thai for sure, but I just don't know when, but sure in 2009".Congrats to Dereck on his Victory!
Sherdog - Dereck Gauthier
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27th February 2009 Rawai Muay Thai student Steen fights in the 13th Anniversary of the Chaweng Muay Thai Stadium in Koh Saumi - Thailand. See Fight Results |
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February 2009 - Fernando Urquiza and Aloisio "DADO" Barros from Brazil.
BJJ Black belts from the Gracie Barra Combat Team in Rio de Janeiro are here training at Rawai Muay Thai Camp during February / March 2009. Dado will fight at Bangla Muay Thai Stadium - Patong / Phuket Thailand on 20th February.
Fight Result:
Dado won by 4th round TKO - See Fight Video |
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20th February 2009
Muay Thai student Namwan fights in "Libogen Crack Down 9" in Hong Kong. This is Namwan's
first international Thai boxing fight.
Namwan fought against an Australian Muay Thai Veteran. See
Fight Video |
PAWS Animal Welfare in Phuket
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Attention dog and cat lovers: Please help the Stray Dogs / Cats of Phuket!
It is very sad to see the state of some of the dogs and cats that have been dumped on the streets of Phuket. PAWs is a local charity organization dedicated to helping all stray animals on the island but urgently needs your donation to continue their charitable work.
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NEW VISA requirements for Thailand.
Effective from 2nd December 2008
The old VISA rule was: Tourists entering Thailand using the entry on arrival visa were permitted to stay a total of 90 days in Thailand over a 6 month period. You were granted a 30 day visa on arrival in a Thai airport and when your VISA wass due to expire you had to do a visa
run over the Thailand border to receive a new 30 day visa stamp.
The NEW Visa Law effective from 2nd December 2008:
Now you can stay in Thailand for as long as you want.
The 90 day limit has been abolished but you have to do your visa run every 15 days if you do your visa run at any of the land/ sea border check points or every 30 days if you do your visa run via an airport.
Do your visa run via the airport = A return flight to one one Thailand's neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, Burma, China.
You can do your return flight in the same day or stay a few days and enjoy a short holiday.
When you return to Thailand via the airport you are given a new 30 day entry VISA on arrival in Thailand.
Return flights to most neighboring countries are available with airasia.com at approx 6,000 Baht / $200 USD return flight. Read more about your Visa run options .
60 day Visa in Penang Malaysia
If you have already arrived in Thailand & want to extend you stay by another 60 days with out the hassle of having to do the visa run every 15 days then your best option is the Penang Visa run.
The Thai Embassy at Penang Malaysia give 60 day tourists Visas.
From Phuket it is a 9 hour bus ride to Penang Malaysia , you stay overnight and return to Phuket the following day. The Penang Visa run can be booking at most Travel / Tour operators in Phuket / Krabi. The costs for the Phuket - Penang Visa run = approx 5000 THB /$150 USD
Pre Approved Visa
You can apply for a 3 month / 6 month / 1 year multi entry visa before you arrive in Thailand at any
Thai Embassy office. The advantage with the pre approved visa is that you only have to do the visa run every 60 days with the 6 month visa and every 90 days with the 12 month visa.
More about the pre approved VISA
- To stay 30 days or less you won't need to apply for a visa.
- To stay 30 - 90 days you can apply for a visa at your nearest Thai Embassy or Thai consulate
- To stay more than 90 days you will need an invitation letter to support your visa application.
To receive an invitation letter from the gym you need to e- mail Diana Campillo
(The internet manager at Rawai Muay Thai Camp) with the following details:
Your expected arrival and departure dates, your full name as it appears in your passport.
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Rawai MMA goes global
Rawai MMA Training gym in Ecuador, South America
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S1 - King's Cup Tournment, Bangkok
7th December 2008
Rawai Muay Thai Camp Fighter Lotta
from Sweden will be fighting against the number 1 Muay Thai Fighter in Thailand "Nongnam" at 135 lbs (61kg).
Nongnam is considered one of the toughest female Muay Thai fighters in Thailand.
In 2007 Nongnam defeated Master Toddy's Superstar Muay Thai fighter at a Phuket Tournment and also the Tiger Muay Thai & MMA Camp Champion Veronica from Norway.
This will be the last fight for Lotta. In 2009 she goes back to Sweden to finish her University degree as a veterinary technician. Lotta loves horses.
Students at Rawai Muay Thai Camp can watch Lotta fight live on Thai TV - Channel 9.
See previous Muay Thai fight Lotta vs WMC Champion Karlee
See Previous Muay Thai fight Nongnam vs Diana from Denmark
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| Rawai Muay Thai Camp owner "Tuk" holding the 2008 Lonley Planet Guide "Phuket Encounter". |
November 2008 - Lonley Planet Guide 2008
Rawai Muay Thai Camp is proud to be the first and only Muay Thai Boxing gym in Thailand to be mentioned in the new Lonely Planet guide of Phuket Island called Phuket Encounter.
Setting the trend back in 2003, Rawai Muay Thai Camp was the first Muay Thai Boxing gym in Phuket to open
it doors to non-fighters and tourists who wanted to have a Muay Thai Boxing / Fitness training holiday and benefit from weight loss and improved fitness.
Everyone said it would never work and the gym would be closed within a year but here we are almost 6 years later
as the number 1 Muay Thai Boxing Camp in Southern Thailand for training foreign Muay Thai students. There are now 15 Muay Thai/ MMA camps in Phuket which train foreign students. |
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September - December 2008 - Something about Mary
Rawai Muay Thai Camp student (MARY from the USA) aka Erika, has been keeping a diary of her experience
living and learning Muay Thai at Rawai Muay Thai Boxing Camp.
Erika has come to Phuket Thailand for 3 months of Muay
Thai Boxing Training to get fit, lose some weight and perhaps have her first Muay Thai boxing fight.
Keep track of Mary's training progress at Rawai Muay Thai Camp
at Mary's Muay Thai Training Blog
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