COURSE DURATION: 4,8,12 weeks

COURSE LOCATION: Koh Tao

WHY: The ultimate in fitness, culture and adrenaline.

Open to all ages and all levels, no prior experience needed.

The air is warm and dry. Your feet are burning from the hot canvas underneath, not quite to the point of blistering. Sweat pours down your face like a tap, as if someone is slowly pouring water over your scalp. Your lungs take every individual breath like it’s the first one you’ve ever taken. Your senses are sharp. Your body is heavy with fatigue. Voices are shouting orders at you, and you absorb them without thinking. The bell rings. Anxiety builds. You take a deep breath and enter the 13th minute of your first Muay Thai fight…

This Xtreme Gap  program enables you to get a true sense of the sports roots: training with the Thai and being trained by  Thai champions.  The setting is  spectacular too: a small little tropical island north of Samui in the gulf of Thailand. Many foreigners live and train in Muay Thai in  Thailand.  We believe that avid Muay Thai enthusiast should take a pilgrimage there, not just to watch a fight but to train and take part in a contest.

The total course will be 4, 8 or 12 weeks and will include the following

· Travel insurance*

· Travel Advice prior to departure

· Hotel in Bangkok on the night before leaving for paradise

· Transfer from Bangkok to Koh Tao

· In Country Representative to meet you off the boat

· Comfortable and clean: 4, 8 or 12 weeks accommodation at the beautiful resort

· Welcome gift

· Island introduction and dinner party on arrival

· Organized monthly night out for Xtreme Gappers

· 4, 8 or 12 weeks of personal training up to your level

· 1 on 1 training 6 days a week

· Qualification certificates

 

 

What is not included

· Flight tickets to and from Bangkok

· Food and drinks in Bangkok

· Evening meals and drinks  during the whole course

· Costs for visa’s

 

* Please note that while you have an extensive travel insurance policy included with the package, this does not cover injuries sustained by “fighting sports”. So make sure you beat your opponent!

Add on:

Discount Muay Thai Sports equipment. Pre-book for collection on arrival.

Learn about the History of Muay Thai…                        Click here

 

Read the experiences of a returned gapper….  Click here

The training regime:

Another side to Muay Thai is the clear and distinct fitness benefits.

Studies regarding Muay Thai’s fitness benefits estimate that an average person will burn upwards of 800 calories in one one-hour training session. Every day in the early morning hours, when it is not too hot, we start off our Thai boxing training at the Boxing Stadium. We will shortly brief you about today's goals and begin with a warming up to get your body ready for action. If the morning hours don't suit your holiday plans, no problem, we also hold daily training sessions in the evening when it cools down again.

Learn the martial art of Thai boxing, either for self defence, or to compete professionally. The training consists of skipping rope and shadow boxing which is a good way of stretching and warming up. Running up and down for short distances will help to improve your foot work and you will learn many new techniques.

 

The warming up is followed by bag work. We'll start with a 3-5 minutes round of punching, kicking, kneeing and elbowing a kick bag to increase your stamina and the power of all your physical weapons.

By now you should be heated up and ready for some pad training, where the trainer wears shin guards, a stomach pad and two pads held in his hands, so he can interact with you and make the training more exciting and focused. This part of the boxing training will help you to figure out distances and speed up your reaction time. Depending on your condition those rounds are as well set to 3-5 minutes.

 

Clinch training will follow where you practice close up knee strikes and elbows techniques as well as grappling and foot work for 10-30 minutes depending on your strength and fitness.

To cool your body down slowly, we will finish up each Thai boxing training session with some light shadow boxing, sit ups to strengthen stomach muscles and stretching. This will increase flexibility and help to stop cramps and torn muscles. If you are training to fight we will also add running to your training schedule.  

 

^{Please note that the training sessions are on a one to one basis. This type of  dedicated personal fitness regime would cost hundreds of Euros per week in Europe.  If you are serious about getting fit then this is the ideal opportunity to do so!} 

THE FIGHT!

If your brave enough and YOU feel ready for it on this program you will have the opportunity to put your skills to the test. You have the option to take part in a live contest in front of hundreds of spectators!

“Now the thing that a lot of people seem to have a tough time wrapping their head around is that fighting in the ring isn’t really like “fighting.” Most people take the first round to figure out their opponent’s weaknesses and strengths, then start building steam in the following rounds. It takes skill and sharp senses to predict your opponent’s next move, and also to keep your opponent guessing as to what you’re about to do. Your mind figures everything out, your body only does what your mind needs it to do. Then again, some fighters (usually first-timers) enter the ring and go balls-out swinging, throwing grenade-like fists and kicks at their opponent. You’d think that works, but really those people get knocked out pretty fast by a sharper, more alert and aware opponent.” .