Training &Trainer

 1. Sorn is the head Muay Thai trainer, Mr. Long Muay Thai trainer and western boxing trainer, Juke Muay Thai trainer and western boxing trainer, Toto Muay Thai trainer, and Brandon Kesler Head MMA instructor, western boxing trainer, and grappling trainer.
Sorn – Head Muay Thai trainer – Sorn holds pads and trains all the big name fighters that come to the, gym such as, Saenchai Sor Kingstar, Pornsaneh, John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr, as well as many other up and coming younger stars. Sorn had 63 Muay Thai fights and has been teaching Muay Thai for over 15 years.

2. Mr. Long ubon (Kanokarat P.Maungubon) - Thai boxing trainer - and helps setting up fights, He worked for Songhai Promotions for 9 years and knows many people in the boxing community. Long had 306 Muay Thai fights and 45 western boxing fights by the time he was 22 when he retired and then went on to get his bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy. In 1998 Long was the 140 pound Lumphini Stadium Champion. He is now 35 and is Muay Thai trainer for over 10 years.

3. Juke (Kwon Pichet) nick name Elephant Heart – Muay Thai and Western boxing trainer – Juke has had 226 Muay Thai fights and has a western boxing record of 9-0. Juke was the 108 and 112 pound Champion at Ratchadamnoen Thai Boxing Stadium in 2006. He has also Just recently won the 115 pound WBO Title on May 25th 2011 (western Boxing) Trained by Brandon Kesler and Mr. Long.

4. Toto – Muay Thai trainer – Toto has had over 300 Muay Thai fights and a handful of western boxing fights. Toto has a huge reputation in Thailand for putting on very exciting fights. He was the 100 and 105 pound NE Thai Association Boxing Champion over 20 years ago. At the height of his career is fought a fight for 200,000 baht and 20 years ago that was a lot of money.

5. BK (Brandon Kesler) – MMA Instructor – From Kelso Washington USA, in High School He was the pound for pound strongest student in the school bench pressing 295 pounds and only weighing 155 pounds. He started wrestling and went undefeated 9-0. Then Went on to do Western boxing at the age of 18 and competed in Armature boxing at the age of 21 he switched to Submission Wrestling and MMA he got first place at the Oregon Open submission Tournament in 2002 and Second Place at the Seattle grapplemania in 2003. He when on to compete in MMA and has record of 5-2 and his last fight he won the USA MMA Washington 225 pound Title. Brandon has been teaching MMA, boxing and Grappling for over 7 years. He was trained by UFC Super Stars Dennis Hallman and Benji Radach.

The gym follows a typical training routine for thai fighters, three hours per session, twice a day Monday through Saturday

• Stretching, Run 3-12km and/or skipping rope
•  Handwraps, Shadow boxing
•  Bag work and padwork with the thai trainers (the padholders will call people into the ring, and in the meantime others work on bag work
• Clinching and Sparring Strength and conditioning (pushups, sit ups, pull ups, weight lifting, sprinting with the tire, 100 kicks  and/or knees on the bag etc.
•  Warmdown and Stretching
• Training may vary somewhat but this is the typical reutine at the camp. 
• Guests are not expected to be able to complete an entire training session their first day. 
• We suggest you start out slowly and gradually increase your training to avoid injury.