About
Phuket Top Team (PTT)
Is an MMA gym in Chalong, southern Phuket, on Soi Ta-ied (same street as Tiger Muay Thai). When you are at the airport, just say "Top Team, Soi Ta-ied" to the taxi driver. I found taxi is pretty much the only way to go from the airport since minibuses won't go there. You can arrange a taxi beforehand through PTT or just hop on one from the airport, either way, it should be 800 baht for the ride in the daytime and a little bit more at night.
Fighters
Lerdsila PhuketTopTeam, Rob Lisita, Luke Jumeau, Pascal "The German" Scroth, Katya PhuketTopTeam, Candice Mitchell.
Training
In the Muay Thai classes, it is 2 sessions per day 5 times per week and 1 session on Saturday. Each Muay Thai session is 2 hours each. There is also a clinching session that goes for about an hour on Friday afternoons and definitely recommend going to this if you want to improve your clinching game. I've done a few Muay Thai classes here at PTT so far and find they are generally pretty good. They are great for conditioning and sparring especially. You will get around 5 pad rounds per session and some of the trainers will correct your technique but if you want to take your Muay Thai to the next level, I strongly suggest getting some private lessons, here I found my technique was getting corrected a lot more. Private lessons are 600 baht for 1 hour.
There are 2 western boxing classes a week that go for 90 minutes each (Monday afternoons and Saturday mornings) which are run by the Thai trainers. One of the trainers, Oledong, specialises in western boxing and has had many boxing fights as well as being an accomplished Muay Thai fighter.
There are 2 dutch kickboxing classes a week, I've never been to these but I have heard good things about it from other students at the camp.
In the grappling, there are 8 BJJ gi, 3 no-gi and 3 wrestling classes a week. I've trained a lot of grappling since I've been here (I've been at PTT for almost 3 weeks and have 2 weeks to go) and I can say the classes are excellent. While I learnt the basics of wrestling back home in Australia, the wrestling here at PTT was on another level and I have picked up so much in these classes. All of a sudden I was training with guys who have been doing it since they were at school, and I've only been doing it for about 18 months or so. The coach Eric Uresk, is a highly accomplished American wrestler as well as a BJJ brown belt and is also the head MMA coach at PTT.
Eric also runs the pro MMA sparring and drilling classes which are on 5 times a week. You need to be a professional or experienced amateur MMA fighter to be invited to these.
Food
There is an onsite restaurant which serves Thai food at good prices and good-sized portions. A meal including rice will generally cost you 70-80 baht. The food is also tasty and healthy. Otherwise there is a market down the road that operates on some mornings and nights and you can pick up a whole grilled mackerel and rice for 80 baht and there is plenty of other grilled meat to choose from there at excellent prices.
There are plenty of other restaurants on Soi Ta-ied offering Thai food, western food, vegan and other healthy options.
Accommodation
There are plenty of options in and around the area.
There are also on site budget and deluxe rooms at the camp. You can book camp accommodation and other surrounding accommodations through the PTT website with PayPal. I booked the offsite deluxe rooms at Baan Khun Yui through the PTT website. I paid 15,000 baht for a month for my room and that includes air-con, cable TV, own bathroom, shared swimming pool and shared kitchen. The rooms at Baan Khun Yui are pretty good value.
Location
45 / 31 M.1
Soi Tadied
Chalong, Phuket – Thailand
Price (Training)
10,000 baht a month for either outdoor classes (Muay Thai and boxing) or indoor classes (BJJ, wrestling, dutch kickboxing) only.
11,000 baht a month for both indoor and outdoor classes.
Check website for more details:
http://phukettopteam.com
I booked the monthly option before I went to Thailand. Since PTT have a cap on the number of students (80-100), I suggest especially during high season (November - March) to book training and accommodation before you come to PTT.
Contact
Email:
[email protected]
Office Number: +66 7 6367567
Overall
I've very much enjoyed my time here so far at PTT and would definitely recommend it if you are an MMA practitioner like I am or if you are a grappling person. The standard of BJJ here is also very good and run by a 4th degree Brazilian (Prof Olavo Abreu) black belt.
If you are a Muay Thai practitioner, you will get a lot of sparring and pad work in and you will do the 2 full hours of class, but I do suggest getting some privates as well.
My goal for my time at PTT was to work on getting better at my Muay Thai but to also get better at standup wrestling. I also wanted to keep my skills in BJJ up (I'm a blue belt in BJJ).
I will come back and train again at PTT next time I'm in Thailand.