My First Week At Phuket Top Team
Posted in Blog, Video Posts on May 17, 2011
Here we are. First video blog complete! It’s only around 4mins long, but took me two days to complete! There was a lot of footage to rummage through, pick out and place into the video.
Phuket’s a whole different world. A big change from Bangkok. All the Thai’s here speak English quite well. This would have been convenient during my first trip ever to Thailand 3 years ago, but now that i know the language well and want to keep learning, it’s really put a roadblock up for me. In Bangkok i spoke Thai and was replied to in Thai. I picked up the language with increased speed every month. Over here in Phuket, I’ll talk Thai, but always get a reply in English. It’s making it difficult to learn more and even maintain what i know already.
The training is a big change! It’s still good, don’t get me wrong. Here in Phuket, it’s a group training atmosphere. Everybody skip, everybody stretch, everybody shadowbox.Now clinch together and then spar together. In Bangkok i was surrounded by Thai fighters. A few foreigners would come now and then, but there was always a constant number of Thai fighter’s training alongside me who fought every month. Nobody was standing around telling anyone what to do. The Thai’s and I would skip, shadowbox and do our wraps without instruction. There wasn’t any funky music thumping out of some speakers as we trained. Everyone went through the motions that they had been doing their whole lives.
One thing i notice here is that, here in Phuket, when i comes time to clinch and spar, the majority of it was done with other foreigners. At Sitmonchai Gym in Bangkok you would never clinch or spar with a foreigner. They threw you in with the Thai’s. Hard clinching and technical sparring with young Thai fighters day in and day out. This really improved my game and helped with camaraderie.
My training sessions here has consisted of sparring and running mainly. I have been training with my housemate Rafael who will be fighting in a big MMA match in Bangkok on the 25th of June. As of the 25th of May, Phuket Top Team will be fully open to the public. This is when i will be able to go full throttle with training. Muay Thai, MMA, Sambo and BJJ will be on the book. BJJ will be my main focus for the next month and a half as i will be entering a BJJ competition on the 19th of June. I’ll keep you updated on the new gym, it’s trainers and facilities as it all folds out.
Hope you enjoy the video and can give me some good feedback!
i’m in thailand for few month, i go to phuket and i probabli go to visit the gym !
you’re video is good! and the gym look’s like good to
see you!
Nico
Thanks Nico!
Will try and keep the video’s coming to show everyone life and training in Phuket
Hehehe, nice video, enjoy watching this funny video in the morning
Where is TOP TEAM located in Phuket and what will be the prices for the different training session? Regards. Chris
It’s located on the same street as Tiger Muay Thai and Phuket Dragon Muay Thai.
Prices can be found here http://www.phukettopteam.com/membership/
See ya soon!
Wow that brazilian guy is a beast! In a good way.
Sure is man. He just fought 10 x world champion Jomhod Kiatadisak with around 24 hours notice.
He’s also fighitng in Thailand’s first ever caged pro MMA Championship on June the 25th.
He’s the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor at Phuket Top Team and a really cool housemate!
Will follow his training on video for his big fight.
yes, was an interesting video
Awesome vid bro, keep them coming! Phuket Top Team looks huge, should be awesome when they open! I’ll post some links to the vid etc on my blog soon if thats cool… also what was the program you used to edit the videos again?
Thanks Grego.
It’s going to be wickid when it opens. Will kepp the videos coming of the progress.
Used Adobe Premiere Pro 5
Nice video man!
Whereabouts is the pro mma match taking place as im gonna be in bangkok from the 18th? How much are tickets?
Cheers
whats up Joe.
It’s going to be held at Insomnia Nightclub in Sukhumvit.
I forgot how much tickets were, but you can buy them from http://www.darefightsports.com
If you end up going, say hi!
looks like its gone be funnnnn!!!!
Great vid mike..you look like a male model from mudgee! Keep us in the loop regarding you Bjj competition. Jumping on this web site is awesome it’s almost like a little holiday…keep up the good work unit.
what the hell is Mudgee?
Yeah will be following my BJJ progress for the comp if i can.
I’ll be going to Thailand in the next year… haven’t decided if I’ll be heading down to Phuket to train, but this new gym is on my “Short List”.
Looking forward to more of your posts from this gym (once it’s open and all).
Good luck on the BJJ comp.
Thanks for sharing.
hi, i am going phuket for mma,end of september, just for 2 weeks
i got hard time where to go tiger or phuket top team?
what u say guys?
or week there and week there, o both?
thanks
Hi Malaleo,
I say try out both. Both gyms offer great training but have their own unique atmosphere to them.
It’s going to depend on your personal preference when it comes down to it.
Maybe i day at tiger and then a day at PTT. Then you can decide which one you would like to spend most of your time at.
Hey Mike,
Ive trained at dragon muay thai before and also tiger on seperate occasions, i liked Dragon a lot more as i connected with the trainers well. Just wondering what your thoughts are on the Phuket top team and the atmosphere in the gym??? seriously debating a 3month stop to work on some skills.
Thanks,
Neil.
p.s – loved the blog, enjoyed watching some of your sparring….and your right, not having shoes on definitely makes you stronger haha!!!
Hey Neil,
I’ve been to both Tiger and Dragon before myself and still drop in now and then. Phuket Top Team has a great atmosphere. There’s many high calibre trainers and great training facilities. You’ll have to try it out yourself before deciding though. It’s not for everyone just like Tiger and Dragon.
Mike