Muay Thai is considered the pride of Thailand
and it's the country's national sport it dates back to ancient times where it was developed as
a form of combat for soldiers and warriors crazy we have flown 700 kilometers from
Bangkok to way up in the Northern parts of Thailand to a place called
Chiang Mai where we'll put our bodies through physical exhaustion in a bit
to learn how to fight in Muay Thai we will be spending the next few weeks
at the camp resort in Chiang Mai where we'll be under the guidance of some of the
best fighters and coaches in the country okay God's help us but before we get into our first ever
Muay Thai session let me introduce you to our trainers who will show
us exactly what we're in foreign Camp so we are the training to the camp okay welcome to the camp okay so we teach uh the
best ceiling for Muay Thai standard 8 news so first we got Jeff yeah punch okay
hook hook upper upper elbow elbow knee kick kick push kick push kick got shot punch kick kick again now that we know all the moves it
was time to put them into practice this right here was our first ever Mai
Tai session and we loved it oh my God oh my God it's like you really really have to
think about what you're doing so yeah sometimes it's hard like you're focusing on yourself to get
them right and then you're not getting the the arms right there's like so much and then you
might bring another party into it so now you have to remember elbows in you gotta remember
this you gotta remember your footwork so it's kind of like it it's added on yeah remember
you remember one part and then you mix up the next like so then you're like okay I had the
legs right but now I don't have the arms yeah yeah and it's trying to get them all together
but yeah Nursery as well it's really good and uh like that you have to think when you're
working outside yeah yeah it's not like oh my God I have to work out because you're really
focused on I'm thinking about it aspect of it you know it's actually great you've got to put
our gloves on now because we're going to go into I think a little bit of pad walk so yes instead
of turn the camera off before I can put these on shut up thank you oh so it's day two how are you
feeling I feel like I had 20 points honestly I didn't even have a drink I'm so sorry my body is
so stiff but I don't think I've watched it like that in so long oh yeah did two sessions yesterday
yeah we ended up doing the second one so how how it works is you've got a search and a half feet
half ten half tree and half five so there's two more and two kind of afternoon evening sessions
and you can do the four if you want but we um we wanted to do two a day so we're doing the
half ten and a half five so we did a bit of video on the halftime classes I'm going to show you
and then halfway one we just went trained for basically two two sessions and then 90 minutes
long so it's a tough workout isn't it tough workout yeah we're um it's difficult again as we
said yesterday it's like you have to really tinkle up such a technical aspect not only physically but
like mentally as well yeah yeah not gonna lie at all it was gonna seem like a baby last night but
I was tossed and turning and you were saying then it's probably like if you're over exercise can
happen like you feel so tired that you actually can't sleep I know it sounds weird but there's
been a few people that we spoke to here that said that it's also they've struggled to sleep as
well it's just kind of I think there's a couple of uh things that you have to experience at the
beginning until you get used to it like you know so like our Knuckles are quite sore and things
like that so I mean that's like just the initial you know beginning of the train and like you know
you kind of get rid of that as the weeks go on I guess and I say sleep might be another one of
those things I think you're probably just getting yourself into a little routine your body will get
used to it yeah and you know the first week Danny uh the guy that actually owns it he was saying
it'll take a week probably to actually get into it and feel you know like you're getting you're
getting properly into it yeah making progress and stuff so just give it the week don't give up
and then you'll start to feel better so I guess that's the way it'll be for our sleep as well
then yeah but happy with the fourth day yes day by day I'm gonna take a table today and see where
it goes and uh and yeah just try land as much as we can and in the meantime you end up getting
a great workout so it's like it's jackpot yeah I don't know I'll be mad time for an ice bath oh
my God we're in pain so I'm hoping this helps oh yeah I think I pulled my hamstring on the
uh on my left leg so I found it a little bit difficult when I was trying and today
to move that leg so I think an ice bath we'll start it out but it's got to be difficult right tag is empty right so we better
get in while the ice is still frozen focus on the brain before we continue with our training let us give
you a tour of this incredible facility because we're not just training here we're also sleeping
here so let's show you around okay so this is the reception bye hello how are you good good yes this
is the lovely lady again sorry friends yeah like a friend oh friend oh okay thank you she looks
after us so you can see then there's some little tie shorts that you can buy some tops that you
can buy which we've already bought you can also rent some gloves or you can buy some gloves if you
want as well so uh yeah this is just a reception so let's move on so this is the little plump Cafe
so this is where we order all of our food again they do things like juices some yogurts what else
to do some rice bowls so and also coffee in the morning oh so this is like a little Garden area
and as you can see then it's like there's loads of rooms on top and bottom I changes 12 all together
on the campus now we're staying on the campus but you don't actually have to stay on the campus if
you want to train you can just book in for your classes and you can stay around the area or we'd
recommend staying on the campus Because that's a room right over there number one you can't get any
closer to where we're trying so we do no excuses at all right so as we can see continue around
this is actually gorgeous this is the Garden area it's really really peaceful there's a couple
of tables laid out as well so I'll give you a bit of work to do you can come out and chill out on
the laptop or just chill out in the sun there's some some loungers there as well we also have
a place to order a laundry which is excellent yeah absolutely love that especially when we're
traveling so we have a big washing machine and there's also a dryer there's also a clothesline
inside them if you don't want to use the dryer and you want to just hang yourself up to dry our
sun trucks I think we'll be following them soon so like I said we're so close to the gym we've
absolutely no excuses so let me show you a room baby baby all right so I know that I've showed
you the room outside the room everyone has these little benches they're just
really really handy because you can just leave your gloves and your hand wraps on
them and then you're ready to go on train all right so this is where we train look at
the size but I can't believe it that was the first thing when we got here and we looked at
I was like oh my God it's absolutely massive never trained anything like this before it's
a big Open Mat area so obviously doing multi you're trying in your bare feet and the mats are
so spongy they're actually lovely it's really nice right near Murphy and then surrounding in the big
map area is uh some boxing bags and then we also have there's four boxing Rings oh that's nice now
we're in the shades that's one thing it's nice and shaded you do get a bit of sun coming in because
we've obviously walked around it so it's covered from the top but with the big open sides then you
get a breeze coming true which is always lovely when you're trying especially in a hot country
like Thailand there's our friend right there dreaded weigh in Scales we have to weigh
ourselves in in the morning and track it from there yes that's the dreaded parts okay 87.
It's the heaviest I've ever been 14 Stone
seven that's crazy I wouldn't use it walking around that way oh you better get to walk so
there's the boxing bags I was talking about if you also have a water dispenser here which is
great because we could just top up our bottles with fresh water it's always a place called as
well there's actually a class start and now we're doing the next class there's some trainers they're
just doing they're stretching and warming up and we also have a gym which is absolutely great so
if we're not doing our move toy you can come down and do our own little workout there's plenty
of machines dumbbells there's also some more um boxing bags down here so and big mirrors as
well so if you want to come down and sort of practice our technique because I presume we're
going to be learning a lot of new things we can sort of practice in the mirror then sometimes
that's better to actually watch yourself doing it so again it's padded so everything is beautiful
so more machines we also have a treadmill so if you want to keep your cardio up it's also lovely
as I said it's like a mountainous area so you can also go for a walk outside I think there's a park
close by yeah we've been told about 10 minutes so we will go up one of the days as well just to
get our steps in and just keep up the exercise get in there right oh my God again it's so nice on
your feet yeah there's something really cool about training in your birthday I know
it's like free you feel free yeah yeah hey daddy isn't it it's so cute and it's foreign God I can't believe how big it is when you're
actually in it it's massive it's like the way you see it on telly yeah yeah I was really cool
like it has the camp logo the camp they come okay already and like I said the setup here
is just amazing honestly it's just brilliant thank you the last the last I'm warm already I'm not gonna lie so we just
started off with some stretches and then just did a bit of a warm-up so it depends sometimes
we sort of do a circuit around the mats or sometimes it's just a little bit of skipping
so it was skipping today I need some more just like footwork trails and kind of basic
kind of warmer Parts like the job and things of that but it's funny like because you stay
basic but they are actually very difficult because there's just so much to think about and
now yeah that's what it is and then you focus on one and then you get the other on like you're
either like getting feet right and then you're like leaving your arms out chicken wings they
call it like you keep your arms stiff so just remember it all yeah and then you get a little
rhythm I think got it yeah and then you're getting it and then you feel really motivated
because I'm like yes you have it you have it oh ah yes I finally got it you don't want to
lose it then exactly yeah but uh yeah that's what they do at the beginning of the class to
go through those type of things so that when we come into working the pads and stuff that you
know we're well and truly warmed up like yeah if that's what it is like do you know that way and
then like that you're ready for it just to like uh for you to remember I suppose the technique
from the last day yeah they go through and then you're ready to sort of do the pad work but uh
yeah it's cool I like that as you can see we're only like a couple of minutes into it and I'm
sweating so it's absolutely amazing cardio once nice yes it takes a bit of time to perfect it well
done that's great okay here we go gloves are on gloves are on time for some pad
work I'm not gonna lie this is actually some of my favorite parts of the technique
like it's obviously go down the technique because you need to know a lot to do
with hard work then but when you get really into this and they do all the calls and
you're flying along with I love it it's great knee time for one more round before we finish up but
uh yeah so it's basically just doing some hard work and then some cakes as well which are quite
difficult I think I'm getting a little bit better the more you do them again as I said like you
get more confident as well sometimes it's hard you have to keep with your shame and sometimes
I find that I keep it in toe and I'm like oh God and then I'm afraid that I'm gonna break Muto I
know you can actually get the foot straps as well I don't know if that helps but we're not using
them at the moment so hopefully I can just get the technique get the technique and actually
kick with motion yeah anyway last rounds yep one more one more [ __ ] what's up John finally finish I'm tired now
towards Daniel I'm not gonna lie again yeah you've like so much energy from
the beginning by the end and you're like right yeah so background doing
stretches now I'm not too sore tomorrow foreign 's gone for his oats and I go for my shake so
this is the menu here so you can get homemade Georgian yogurt this that's the one that you're
gonna get yeah it's lovely it has berries and all inside and honey smoothie I think so super
fruits from Amazon Brazil 100 pure I'd say that's a little baby I haven't actually tried that but
usually stick to the same thing banana yogurt smoothie I'd say that's lovely child support or
honey and you haven't had that probably Breads and we haven't had that now I go for the moist
Moody's not actually on that one but uh oh there it is there yeah yeah the cold pressed juice
it's a carrot apple and lemon so it's supposed to be really really good for you and then like it
detoxes the body as well but I use use it as like a tie over and so like after I train I might have
a juice then just to tie me over before I actually have my big meal because we're eating less so
it's grounded slow it's actually really tasty it's nice yeah there's a certain way they make it
um I'm not 100 sure over here now but like when I scanned you can actually scan the tips for a dive
and it actually tells you all about the different foods that they do and I think it's the juice it's
made it's either Blended slowly or fastly there's something to do with it it's a slow squeezed
organic vegetable juice yes yes that's the secret yeah it's the way Blended and then lastly
while we're here they also have like a QR code so you can scan on your phone then and it's an e-map
so it just shows you um loads of good restaurants around the area we're going to take a little peep
into the kitchen and see how the oats are made oh okay so that's honey yogurt Georgie Georgie yes what's up this keeps me full six seven o'clock this
evening I'm looking forward to it more now that I know it's been how it's been made
watching it being made making you hungry thank you thank you foreign if you've seen a couple of minutes ago one
of our coaches said I was fighting tomorrow obviously that was a joke bought another one
of our coaches Joe is actually fighting in a local event not too far from the camp and we were
kindly invited along to see exactly what a local Muay Thai event is like this promised to be one of
the most authentic Thai experiences we could have wow bye-bye thank you brilliant lovely thank you are y'all
ready for your fight yeah um foreign trainers are fighting tonight and they invite
us to come along and just to get the local experience check up at all they're like the
last two fights I think I think there's like seven fights are I don't know much it's been
a couple already the whole experience is just it's deadly honestly I mean to see how local
this thing is because we were only talking like we've seen a little bit of it in Bangkok but
uh it was great in Bangkok don't get me wrong but this is just so so I tend to Consulting
we're so local it's like a yard behind us in the middle of it is the is the ring and then
there's some sort of Street vendors or stalls around it so people can have like something to
eat and a drink or so there's a social element to it as well everybody is toy means man are
the only foreigners they take it so seriously yeah it is yeah years ago there on the way in
as well and we got talking to one of the girls at the game she speaks really good English and
she would tell us that I was asking is this like a weekly event yeah and she said tonight is like
a special event so basically they charge so just tickets a ticket fee on the way in and then
they're collecting money to raise money for like a local uh school to build dormitories in
the village that's really cool so we don't know how often we actually we're not too sure how
often yeah yeah it's really cool and we were chatting to uh to our coaches uh boom and Joe
and like I was asking about you and they were quite calm in the car on the way here and
I was like are you nervous they were like no never they're very very confident boom was
saying he's he's gonna end in a fourth round knockout yeah so his name is Boom so I I'm
I'm gonna believe him I'm gonna believe him when he says he's gonna knock somebody out on
one in one round but yeah we're interested to see uh just exactly because they're coaching us
and able to see them actually do it themselves oh yeah yeah they're really really they're
excellent coaches all them in the camper like that these are the only two as far as I know
yeah they can see they usually give up around 29 to 30 years what we've been told and these
two uh it's boom and Joe and they're in their early 20s so yeah I'm excited to see them for
you I know yeah the fact that they're Terrain foreign and just as Joe promised he got his knockout s it's amazing when you see that clip with
Samantha there you can see that the the power and the force in her punches
and her knees now did you get halfway and then you just go in the panic and
you're like you just try on any punch yeah okay do it again
