Guide To Actionzone Muay Thai Shop
Posted in Articles, Buying Muay Thai Gear/Equipment on August 24, 2010
After letting me onto his fantastic Guide To Boon Shop Bangkok, Matt in another stroke of pure genius created a Guide To Actionzone Muay Thai Shop for the weary travelers looking for some refreshing Muay Thai gear.
If you follow this guide and buy from this shop I promise your Muay Thai skills will increase by the square root of thirteen plus the root of a tree, and you will most likely pop a boner that could kill a goose, probably . . .
Here is a easy guide to get to the Actionzone Muay Thai shop in Bangkok.
It is owned by a very nice lady who offers honest prices for authentic equipment. She speaks english very well, so call ahead if you want to check the inventory. They open at 9am sharp. I think the best deal in the whole shop are the ankle supports. They are only 90 baht for freesize Nationman.
78 Rama 1 Road
Rongmuang Patumwan
Bangkok 10330
Hop on the BST Skytrain and take it to National Stadium.
Take exit 2 towards National Stadium.
Walk past the National Stadium on your left.
Continue walking about 1 km (maybe less)
The first left after National Stadium has a FBT shop that is worth a look.
There are a few Muay Thai shops in this area, but they will rip you off with inflated prices. Just wait until you get to Actionzone.
Continue walking and you will pass a Tesco Lotus on the right. You’re almost there…
You will come to a major intersection. Becareful walking across. I was nearly hit by a cab while crossing this street. Likely because I was busy taking these photos with my phone. haha
After crossing the intersection, look directly ahead and you will see a green Actionzone sign.
Actionzone is packed wall to wall with equipment, shorts, and anything else you might need.
And there you go. Matt has gone out of his way and looked like a crazy man taking pictures of signs just to help out the Muay Thai scene.
Well done Matt.
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hello,
i like your website but i just went to action zone this morning and i think i just had the worst experience i’ve had in bangkok this year (i live here).
To start with, i asked to look at the shorts. They were folded and packed in plastic and attached together by 7-8. She didn’t answer and just gave me a 3 years old twins magazine. I asked again if i could look at the shorts, not at a magazine. She gave me a stack of short…i was about to untie them to look at it one by one because there was no way i could see how the shorts look like, she said no no no and took everything back and she went back behind the counter and sat down……..
When i asked the prices of the twins shorts, they were from 439 to 689, which are the exact same prices that i pay at the lumpini stadium at the small twins shop where the old lady is cold as f… but at least she shows you everything and does her job.
I live in bangkok and i’ll never put a foot again in this shop…
Yes surprising! I’m a regular customer ,they always welcomed me since the first time, even if i just look for something.
It s the best shop in town, best price than any where and the people there always offer fresh water to the customers.
The catalog has all the models that why she showed, i know about the shorts its difficult to get all details cause they re all different.
They are always overwelmed with orders from aboard.
You can’t compare with the Twins Shop, i ve got prices cheaper than factory and even the Lumpini shop didn’t believed me when i was buying equipment.
Hi Ben,
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience at actionzone, this isn’t usually the response i get from people who have visited the place. Usually the old lady is extremely nice and easy to work with. Oh and i know what you mean by the women who owns the twins store at Lumpinee. She has the most steely look in the world.
Others have found Actionzone i great place to shop.
If you have a look at http://www.mymuaythai.com/archives/shopping/ near the bottom of the comments, a lot of people have had a good shopping experience there.
“its been a while since Iv been but this shop is brilliant.Small but cheapest place me and my mates have found in bkk.She stocks her own brand, twins and top king for the most part, its really easy to get to and the lady who is in shop is really nice, always gives me free stuff and bottles of water and sweets while your choosing stuff!!!Always given me a good discount on bigger purchases aswell.She use to do really good price on custom shorts aswell.
http://thaiactionzone.com/”
Maybe she wasn’t having a good day and in the end, you can’t please everyone.
Hi there,
I’ll be in Bangkok later in the year and want to do some shopping, can you tell me if actionzone stock heavybags too? I’d like to get a couple of unfilled ones
Cheers
Had a great experience here. Excellent prices on Twins gloves and shin guards, as well as Top King shin guards. I checked the Twins stores in Chiang Mai and at Lumphini, as well as quite a few smaller shops and Action Zone was by far the best. No haggling required and she even threw in a free towel in addition to the water. Thanks for the info!
Awesome. Glad you found it and enjoyed the place!
I went to Actionzine yesterday and bought a Fairtex Bowling Pin shaped bag for 2070 baht. Top King shins for 1050 baht, and a bunch of anklets.
The lady also let me take photos of her Top King, Twins, and Fairtex catalogs with all of the prices
Expect an update to this post soon!
Matt
Hey Matt, that’s great. We’d love a new and improved update on he store.
Thanks for the contribution!
Can’t wait to see it. Keep us posted
Hey this site is AWESOME.
I met this canadian lady training at Sor Vorapin and she also recommended ActionZone.
So decided to go check it out. The little old lady, Ariya, was really really nice. Looked at the shorts in the catalog (Twins, Top King, Fairtex), then i would ask for a size to try on. She didn’t mind at all, i just went in the back. I tried on about 4 pairs, and i bought 2. I was pretty excited about these Top King Dragon Over The Place shorts, and i got my name stitched on the back!
I also wanted these fairtex shinpads that she didn’t have in stock, so she told me that she would order then and to come back in 5 days.
So i picked them up 5 days later!
I must have been in there for about 1 1/2hr looking at stuff. She was very nice and very accommodating.
Not much room for bargaining, but she did throw in a towel
Also, if you’re staying in Khaosan, you can take the #15 bus for 7bath and it will drop you off right across the street from it.
Going to check out the Boon store tomorrow!
Thank you very much. Your site has made my little shopping trip in Bangkok so much easier!
How much did you pay for shorts?
It depends what brand and size of shorts you get.
Check here to get a basic idea
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f16/actionzone-shop-bkk-price-list-fairtex-twins-king-1651137/
Mike is right, it depends on the brand and on the size.
My Top King shorts were i think 800B. But i’m 6’4″ so i got XL.
That doesn’t include the discount, which i guess is based on how good you are. I’m not sure if the stitching is included, but she didn’t charge me for it. Most of the nice shorts in the catalogs were between 600-850.
The pics that Matt posted on Sherdog are right off her catalog. If she doesn’t have what’s in the catalog, she can order it for you. She said that it usually take about a week.
Just be nice to her, chat her up, and she’ll be very nice to you.
A.
Does any kind souls who have been there before know if they have Windy products too? Thanks..
I went there 2 days ago based on advice from this website and I definitely had the best shopping experience of my Thailand trip. The lady was very nice, always smiling and gave me a 1100 baht discount bases on the prices in the magazines, it was so good I didn’t even consider bartering and gave her a tip. Definitely going there anytime I’m in bkk
Just got back from Bangkok over the weekend! Checked out 2 shops for Muay Thai stuff.. Sports Marketing and ActionZone..
sports marketing – nothing to shout about.. the shopkeeper just showed whatever was in the catalouges.. and nothing much else.. didnt buy any stuff and walked further down the street to Action zone!!!
Action zone – the lady was really nice and accomodating.. i asked to see white gloves and she gladly took out a few designs she had.. in the end settled for Blue Twins Glvoes with gold dragon print (i cant remember the individual prices, but i know i recently bought a pair of Hayabusa gloves and they cost me SGD$120, so whatever the price was.. it must have been a whole lot cheaper.. as i couldn;t stop smiling) bought 3 pairs of shorts (Fairtex, Twins & their in house brand) + 2 duvit skipping ropes + Twins Wraps.. in all i paid THB 1,350 or about SGD$140.. a bloody steal if you ask me!!!
Oh not to forget the friendly lady offered my mate & i bottles of cold water.. very very welcomed on a very very hot morning!!
Will definitely go there again!!
Do they carry Raja gear at all?
Don’t think i saw any there. For Raja gear you can go to Rajadamnern Stadium. It’s open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday i believe
hello
does any one recomend any good hotels near action zone as i am
spending two days in bangkok before going down to train at tiger muay thai
so i want to vist action zone and stay naear by
Hey Leo,
If you stay at anywhere near the BTS (skytrain line) you’ll be fine. Since you’ll be visiting Acionzone, the skytrain will not be far at all. Just get on it and for 40 baht from actionzone you can ride it all the way down to OnNut. Get off there and you can make your way to Boon in a few minutes on the motorbike taxi.
Hope that helps
yeah thank you that does help
the reason i asked about hotels in the area is because im 16th and muay thai gear is the only reason im visting bangkok before going down to phuket so wanted to stay near action zone , i found a holiday inn just do the road is any one knows if its any good ?
I stay at the Ambassador hotel on Sukhumvit soi 11. It is a short BTS ride away from Actionzone and Boon. Short walk away from Nana and Soi Cowboy too
Thanks a lot, the day after tomorrow I will go there and take these pictures with me to make sure I get there, I will update after shopping, wish me good luck and thank you again.
Thanks again, without your guide I would find it so easy, after each step I got my ipad out to look to the guide to make sure I’m on the right way.
The lady was very friendly and helpful, the staff too, they don’t push costumers to buy like other shops around, the shop is very good for individual shopping, like gloves, shorts and so on but for gyms better to contact them and order before you go, some leather heavy bags they didn’t have in the shop.
Action zone is Twins authorized reseller, so the lady can discount more (if you ask) on Twins products than other brands she sell.
For Windy products Action Zone doesn’t have many of them and will take long time to order but there’s a shop called “First Sport” has almost all you need from Windy, it’s just on the same side as FBT shop in that area, the written prices are high but I speak Lao (similar to Thai) so they discount without asking. So I bought from them Windy heavy bag 150 cm for 8000 Baht (written price 10000 B), and 120 cm for 6500 Baht (written price 8000 B), both are thick leather.
From Action Zone I got :
2 Fairtex tear drop shape bags (leather), reg. price 4500 B, I paid 4000 B each = 8000
1 Fairtex Throwing Bag (synthetic) reg. price 3000 B, I paid 2700 B.
4 Top King Shin Guards (leather) reg. price L 1375, I paid 1200. XL 1430, I paid 1250 = 4900 B
4 Twins head guards (leather) reg. price L 1200, I paid 1050. XL 1350, I paid 1200 = 4500 B
1 pair focus pads Twins (leather) reg. price 2100, I paid 1850
1 pair kicking pads M Twins (leather) reg. price 2300, I paid 2000
Top king short 800 B, I paid 700
1 double ending punching ball reg. price 990, I paid 740.
2 nice towels with Action zone loge for free, and all my things were sent to my hotel for free too.
I used to buy stuff from FBT because they have reseller in Laos (where I live) but there is a big different in the prices and the quality as well, just example Taekowndo mats in FBT each 900 Baht, in Action Zone 450 Baht, tear drop bag FBT 4000 B and so Fairtex but the quality Fairtex is much better, Even with 20% discount FBT still expensive, but still worth to go to FBT complex in 7th floor, most of sellers there they will not mention 20% discount until you ask. Now they have FBT MMA Pro good quality, and they sell Fairtex products as well, there are some nice gears, bags and clothes designs you will not find in other places.
FBT complex address is: 537 Ramkhamhaeng Road, Huamark, few buses go there, different numbers it depends on where are going from.
I was in bangkok in August and arrived when the shop was shut but I had emailed Ariya a few weeks before my holiday as I wanted to order some equipment. She ordered my equipment and asked me the address of my hotel and a suitable time to meet up.
She met me in reception and said someone was on his way with my goods. She was absolutely brilliant and even give me a discount on the goods. please not though as my goods were delivered by a guy on a moped, he asked for 150 baht. not exactly breaking the bank but just be aware so that it doesnt come as a surprise if you arrange to meet on a sunday like I did.
I’m in Bangkok right now and have been out and found Actionzone using Matt’s guide and a question to a taxi bike to see if I was going in the right direction (I was), I found the shop but my advice is don’t go looking for it on a Sunday as it’s closed. My fault I should have gone shopping at the start of my trip 5 weeks ago ……. Anyway good guide thanks for the info
Thanks! Just bought some stuff there yesterday (at 19.00 so they are open in the evening), I walked from National Stadium, only about 10 min max.
Easy to find and it was funny to enter with my husband, but I was buying the gear. It was clear they are not used to that!
The lady was increadibly nice, and I didn’t even bargain as prices were so reasonable (Twins 12 OZ gloves 1050 THB, Wraps 200 THB, 14 OZ were same price by the way).
website is outdated by the way, but is still informative: http://www.actionzone.in.th.
Thanks for the support!
hi
i ve been to actionzone and bought one heavy bag, 2 pair shin pads, 2 mouth guards. i wanted to buy full face head gear with nose and chin guard and chest/body gear but they did nt have sizes. can i see the catalog that they have for these products to order them. i live in pakistan. pl guide me. thanks
shehryar
Thanks for guide .. make it lot easier to locate the shop !
The lady is friendly and can understand English , the shop is really a bargain .. just kinda messy in the shop
Twins 10oz THB 977 – 7 pcs
Twins 8oz THB –
Twins 12oz THB 1020 – 2 pcs
Twins heavy tear bag M size -THB 4000
Twins training glove S size – THB 700