The best Thai kickboxing school near Pattaya

Posted by Party Pete on March 5th, 2008 filed in Thai habits

Now he’s almost 70 years old but Erawan Sriwaralak (Sityodtong Payakaroon) was just four when he started to get fascinated by the fighting sport of Muay Thai. At first he observed the fighters and enthusiastically studied their skills as Muay Thai then was considered too hazardous for young boys. However, when he reached the age of 14 he eagerly started to practice his beloved sport at the Detrprasit Muay Thai boxing facility.

It didn’t take long for the instructors to discover the teenager’s natural talent. To show the respect he had for the Muay Thai training camp, he decided to nickname himself ‘Erawan Detrprasit’. About one year later he had his first real fight and at the age of 17 Erawan went training at the acclaimed Senanan Muay Thai boxing school and was active for six years in the competition before working as a coach during various Muay Thai championships.

Though there are numerous boxing facilities across Thailand that specialise in teaching all the fighting skills, the distinctive success of the champs coming from the Sityodtong Payakaroon Camp is based on training on the fighting sport’s refined basics.

‘Sityodtong’ is most famed for his complete instruction in all of the basic Thai kickboxing techniques. In addition, his school is particularly reputed said for teaching the decent skills for the use of knees, elbows and kicks. The sport’s age restrictions in the time Yodtong was teenager have since been changed, allowing enthusiastic young talent to start training much earlier.

In fact, a large number of the teenage boxers at the training camp are orphans, and a few even juvenile delinquents. These kids not solely are taught the fighting skills but during their training the camp provides a home to them as well. Yodtong’s most important advice to these young boys is to be a diligent student, become a skilled teacher and avoid getting involved into drug and alcohol abuse.

Located within a short drive from Thailand’s most popular seaside resort, Pattaya the Sityodtong Muay is about 90-minutes by road from Bangkok. The camp provides training for more than 40 years and delivered many Champion fighters such as Samart Payakaroon, Daotong Sityodtong, Yoddamrung, Khaosai Galaxy, Gongtalanee Payakaroon and many others.

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