Boxing Gym's In Bangkok

[Juzrelax]

I will be in bkk to live & work for quite some time within the next 10 days. I am looking for a boxing gym in the Thonglor area. I am not interested in new flashy expensive gyms that have a heap of fancy equipment that you never use.

I'm looking for a shitty old boxing gym thats got a ring, bags and some simple weight equipment (bench, power rack, ect).

Does anyone train in a place like this, or know of any that you could give me the address for please.

Thnaks.

[GracelessFawn]

If someone knows a local Thai-boxing gym that is open for females, please post the location of the gym here. I am interested! I would like to do kick-boxing as a form of exercise.

Edited May 25, 2007 by GracelessFawn

[Brother_Tony]

Juzrelax,

At the end of Sukhumvit Soi 36, there is a small boxing gym called the "Chitalada gym". It may be what you are looking for since it is a real no nonsense gym. Former WBC flyweight champion Sot Chitalada used to train at this gym. Just go the top of Sukhumvit Soi 36 and tell the motorbike taxi drivers to take you to the "Kai Muay" (boxing camp). It is deep in the Soi, and it would be too hard to write out the directions; but the motorbike taxi drivers will get you there.

[Juzrelax]

Thanks Tony, I will check it out.

If anyone else has expierienced any of the boxing clubs around Bangkok it would be good to hear from you. There may be others on TV that are are looking to get into some fitness training too.

GracelessFawn, with my current level of fitness it's most likely that you would kick my arse, no need to find a womens gym

[cooL_guY_corY]

hey Tony, i live in suk 36, and i just trying to clarify these directions, this place is in the soi ? or at the end ( ie rama4 rd?) i will ask a mocy guy but i am just curious where it is, also on a related note, do you know if the tennis courts in suk 36 have any badminton action going on ? ( i doubt this)

[Brother_Tony]

The "Chitalada" boxing (Thai-boxing) gym is in the soi but closer to Rama IV road than Sukhumvit. If you are coming from Sukhumvit road, you have to make a right hand turn once you are in the Soi. If you coming from Rama IV road, you would enter into Soi "Saen Suk" rather than Soi "Saen Sabai". It is much easier to ask a motorbike taxi driver to take you there. Just tell them to take you to the "Kai Muay" (boxing camp). The "Chitalada" gym is a very small no-nonsense gym with heavy bags of different sizes and weights, a ring, slant boards for sit-ups, and a chin-up bar. While I was going to high school in Bangkok at the ISB, I would go to this gym everyday; and eventually, after graduating high school, I moved on to a bigger gym and started boxing professionally on Thai television. But the "Chitalada" gym is where I first began. It is exactly what was requested in the original post.

But being that I am now a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ, please don't forget what the word of God says: "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." (I Timothy 4:8). Amen.

[cooL_guY_corY]

cool sounds like a good place to get down to business, any idea on price ? i ve been working out at the Bangkok University gym, but its not very good.. kinda small for a uni.

thanks again tony

[cleakyboi]

hey yer if this is the same place i trained its a great place with some great fighters. a few iranian boxing and muay thia champians training when i was there. Although most of the guys training were living there and trainnig full time so not sure what the deal is on casual. Definatly easier to get there if you enter from soi saen suk otherwise u have to go through loads of little lanes (took me ages to memorise the way from that street) i think the street its of off soi saen suk is soi 3. Price is cheap as most things, i payed pritty much nothing for a room training and 2 meals. Amazing place will be back this june.

[g00dgirl]

www.muaythailand.com is a database of Muay Thai gyms in Thailand where you can sort the gyms by location and read reviews, etc ..

www.k-1fans.com has a section dedicated to Muay Thai Camps in Thailand.

[kurtd99]

If someone knows a local Thai-boxing gym that is open for females, please post the location of the gym here. I am interested! I would like to do kick-boxing as a form of exercise.

at boxer-rebellion on soi 13 you learn a wide variety of arts, ladys self defence, savate( highly effective form of french kickboxing),kapap( israeli martial art) Amok! ( blade) muaythai, BJJ,

there are several ladys who attend,local and international

the ladys self defence programe is really good and is modeled upon UK/USA style systems

[kurtd99]

The "Chitalada" boxing (Thai-boxing) gym is in the soi but closer to Rama IV road than Sukhumvit. If you are coming from Sukhumvit road, you have to make a right hand turn once you are in the Soi. If you coming from Rama IV road, you would enter into Soi "Saen Suk" rather than Soi "Saen Sabai". It is much easier to ask a motorbike taxi driver to take you there. Just tell them to take you to the "Kai Muay" (boxing camp). The "Chitalada" gym is a very small no-nonsense gym with heavy bags of different sizes and weights, a ring, slant boards for sit-ups, and a chin-up bar. While I was going to high school in Bangkok at the ISB, I would go to this gym everyday; and eventually, after graduating high school, I moved on to a bigger gym and started boxing professionally on Thai television. But the "Chitalada" gym is where I first began. It is exactly what was requested in the original post.

But being that I am now a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ, please don't forget what the word of God says: "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come." (I Timothy 4:8). Amen.

you are right- its good place- how did you fights go, my first one, in the 80's earnt me 600baht and a nice lady gift!

slightly off topic, but is that a joke about the bible, did He do muaythai too?

I love the true church -check out landoverbaptist which quotes on of the bible sayings such as

"therefore the woman lusts after men who have genitals of donkeys and emisssions of horses"

praise him!