Pinsinchai Gym

Currently I am training at this gym. A guy from Holland recommended it to me, so I think let’s check it out. They train from 6 until 8.30 am, and again from 3 until 5 pm. This actually fits right in my time schedule. Let me sketch you a regular morning training at the gym.

At 5.45 am I arrive, it is just getting day, so usually it is still dark. There is a goat walking around the gym at night, probably it functions as some sort of watch-goat. I have already met this goat at the first time I arrived here. For the whole story, check this link: http://muaythaidiary.com/2011/attack-of-the-goat/

When I am writing this, I have already been training at Pinsinchai for a while and got used to his presence. I just never, ever turn my back on him again…

As I arrive in sleep walking mode, I take my running shoes from the shelf and put on my shorts and shirt. A great deal of the fighters live at the gym, there is a small house next to the gym where a few of them sleep. They start to wake up around the time I arrive, putting on their shorts and shoes. Sometimes you see them putting on a sweat suit, as if Bangkok isn’t hot enough. Even in the morning it is like 30 ˚ Celsius. After putting some boxing oil on my legs and rubbing them, we start the running.

We run between 46 to 60 minutes, not too fast, but really jogging. Back at the gym, we put on our wraps and start with shadowboxing for a couple of rounds. After that we go on the Thai pads, or on the kicking bags. This is really the same every day. Next, sometimes they start clinching, or doing techniques, it depends on what the head coach says. This is good for the variety I think. The other day, I was simply doing the same techniques over and over again, while a more experienced fighter was watching me constantly and corrected my technique.

Something I really notice here, is that they really focus on technique. As I am doing my pad work routine, I get corrected all the time. They are true perfectionists. I love it. And it is noticeable too, when I just step a little more in like this, or turn more like that, I can really feel the difference. I will train here for a long time, because I feel like they can teach me many things and bring my fighting game to the next level. If I can synergize this style with the style from Holland, then add some personal flavor into it, I would have a really powerful style.

The owner is a former fighter and has his own Muay Thai stadium in Bangkok. At the same time, it is a TV studio for Channel 9, so all the fights are being broadcasted. Maybe one day, I will fight here. Like I already said, the owner is a true perfectionist and this can be seen from his fighters. They are really skilled and even the young guys have such good technique.

At the moment I am training with a very good and experienced fighter who is preparing himself to fight at Lumpini the 6^th of May. You can read the report about it later on this site. Something else I really like about this gym is that, even though it is located in Bangkok, it is in a quiet area and the gym itself is surrounded by plants and it is really open, so basically you are training outside.

There are still many more gyms I am going to visit in Bangkok, but this one I will keep training. Not only for the perfect fit in my time schedule, but more for the training itself. There are no foreigners training here, so there is a really different vibe from other gyms. It took a while for the boxers here and I got used to each other, but now, they give me tips and even are really happy when I am doing good. I will visit the stadium the next time when some of the fighters here will fight and go to Lumpini the 6^th of May. Off course you will read all about it on Muaythaidiary.com. And there are many more activities planned, so stay tuned. Thank you for visiting the site and please let me know what you think.