One week
฿6,800
10 sessions
Chapter one · The camp
Eight limbs. One hour a day, every day.
A working fight camp on the west coast of Phuket — four Krus, a small string of stadium fighters, and a handful of guests who show up before sunrise. Forty years of the same morning.
Chapter two
The Krus.
Our four Krus trained, fought, and coached at the oldest stadium camps in the country. The youngest is thirty-one. The oldest is sixty-four and still holds pads twice a day.
Kru SomchaiHead Instructor · est. 1984
Pro record104–18–2
Stadium era78–92
Students trained6,400+
Kru Somchai opened Naga the year he retired from Lumpinee Stadium. He held the featherweight belt for eleven months and walked away because his father asked him to. He still holds pads at 5:30 every morning except Sundays.
He does not speak much English. He does not need to. The rest is understood through twenty-two minutes of pad rounds and the particular way he holds a towel between them.
Chapter three
The daily round.
Two sessions a day, six days a week. Arrive wrapped, arrive on time, and don't clap anyone's effort but your own.
Monday — Friday · Morning
5:30 Road work5 km · paved with Kru Nop
6:45 Shadow & bag6 rounds solo
7:30 Pad work5 × 3-min rounds one-on-one
8:30 Clinch & knees20 min rotation
Monday — Friday · Afternoon
15:30 Technique drillfootwork · entries with Kru Somchai
16:15 Bag & pads6 rounds one-on-one
17:15 SparringWed & Fri only · controlled graded
18:00 Cool down & wai10 min together
Saturday — rest half-day
6:00 Road work & mobilityoptional · recovery pace solo
Sunday — closed
— Day of restthe Krus go fishing
— A note on the wai kru
“You do not learn Muay Thai quickly. You learn it every day, the same way, until the day becomes the answer.”
ครูสมชัย · Kru Somchai
Chapter four
Train with us.
Training fees and booking
Guests from any country welcome. Training is for adults only, all levels, and we expect commitment for the length of your stay. No drop-in classes during fight camp weeks.
Two weeks
฿12,000
20 sessions
Monthly
฿18,000
unlimited