If You Are In Northern Bangkok 3 Gyms To Visit

A Trinity of Training Experiences

Often when we film for the Muay Thai Library viewers and students don't really have a sense of the relationship of gyms to each other on the map, so here is a quick suggestion of 3 different style gyms you can visit that are close together in Northern Bangkok, each of them with very unique training experiences you won't get anywhere else in Thailand.

These gyms are also friendly with each other - something that is important in Thailand - krus even visting each other's gyms to hang out.

Here is a link to a Google Earth with all three locations.

The idea here is great private training to be had, this is something we know a lot about because we've filmed with everyone. And, you have the added benefit of being able to study up on each kru in the MTL to get an edge and the most out of your privates. Knowing where gyms are in relation to each other can help you centrally locate yourself and experience unequaled variety and in-depth discovery. Thailand is so rich in Muay Thai knowledge and heritage, its wonderful that these three gyms, with very different training experiences, are close together...but you might not have realized it, so we made a post.

Samart's Muay Thai Gym

Here you can train with Kongtoranee, Karuhat and Samart, among others. You can contact the gym here on Facebook.

Samart's is 10 km or so, as the crow flies, from Chatchai's gym.

Thai Payak Gym (Chatchai Sasakul Gym)

Chatchai is the best boxing coach in Thailand, and his private sessions are so good. He sees no essential conflict between Muay Thai and Boxing, and his principles of weight transfer apply in each art. Contact the gym here on Instagram.

Takrowlek's gym is only 4 km from Samart's.

Takrowlek's Muay Thai Gym

This is maybe the most interesting of all the opportunities, because you'll never find it on your own (most likely). It's the home gym of Takrowlek Dejrat who teaches a beautiful low kick and Muay Maat style, classic from the Golden Age. These small gyms are prescious in Thailand, connected to the house of an ex-fighter, where they can still impart their knowledge. Here you'll get very personalized focus, and lots of detailed correction.

You can find Takrowlek on Facebook, just use Google translate to communicate. On Google Maps you can find his gym here.

Sessions in the Muay Thai Library:

Takrowlek Dejrat

#143 Takrowlek Dejrat - Master of the Low Kick (90 min) watch it here 

One of the great low kicking fighters of the Golden Age teaches his squared up, pressuring, Muay Beuk fight philosophy which uses an extremely fast, vertical low kicking technique that keeps the opponent exactly where you want them. This punishing style, built on defense and ring control is extremely effective, using techniques that are not often taught. Study the low kick in a way you haven't seen before.

Chatchai Sasakul

#151 Chatchai Sasakul #5 - Developing Feeling in Hands (Muay Thai & Boxing) watch it here

Perhaps no other fighter in the Library is as loved and learned from than Chatchai. He has a gift for making beautiful corrections to technique & balance that impact the whole fighting style. This session is all about how to develop feeling in your hands, learning from Thailand's best Boxing Coach, and long time Golden Age Muay Thai fighter. 

Kongtoranee Payakaroon at Samart's

#37 Kongtoranee Payakaroon - Power In The Hands (89 min) watch it here

5x Lumpinee Champion, 2x Fighter of the Year, Kongtoranee teaches the fundamental grounding of strikes that made him one of the most feared heavy-handed fighters in Thailand. Such economy of movement expresses the true beauty in his style, quite different than - but no less admirable - that of his young brother Samart.