August Updates

TV film crew moved in to the WMC Samui Camp making a fly on the wall documentry on two female students being pushed through the ranks from beginner to fighter, watch this space 8 weeks of weight loss, technique and fitness training to fight live on TV in Samui!!
Welcome back Frank Paredes Vilchez to WMC after a brief spell abroad also Marcin Łepkowski back from Poland in preparation for the World Games in Russia. Uwe Tritschler bringing his gym fighters from Germany preparing for some international fights. Mardsua has been taking his skills and teaching methods training royalty and business executives in the thrieving country of Monaco. Full house for the Queens Birthday at Phetchbuncha Stadium on the 11th showing some great new talents from WMC, now planning our next event on 29th August 2012.

Ladies day

Fun and hard training for all with Stephan Fox Vice President WMC this month, showing some great ladies talent ranging from fighters and those who just wanted to shred a few kilos for fitness !


Brief History of Women’s fighters in Thailand.

Thousands of years ago when MuayThai was a purely martial means of attrack and defense, women known as Khunying Mae Yamo fought alongside their men using MuayThai to repel invaders. In the intervening time, the sport became very male-dominated. MuayThai in the 1920s. Over the years since then, there were incidences of women fighting, especailly outside of Bangkok, but never on a fully organised basis. In the 1960s and 70s – as gender-changes swept the world, things began to change. There were women’s fights in Rajadamnern and Lumpinee Stadium also ran a series of women’s fights. Unfortunately, until the WMC fights in 1998 at Rangsit Stadium (MuayThai Institute), this was a limited affair.

The resistance to women fighting in Thailand is based on Buddhist beliefs, which have been interpreted to mean that the presence of females is an affront to the spiritual forces, which look over the ring. To give an example, boxers are blessed by monks in a moving ceremony involving the monk walking over the boxer’s limbs. However, female fighters cannot partake in this as Buddhist monks are forbidden to touch women.

An incident involving a female TV producer at Rajadamnern Stadium in the late 1970s added fuel to this belief. After she stood in the ring, every fight ended with serious cuts – this seemed to prove the point. The near- total ban, witch followed this incident, was often circumvented. Often promoters had the women fight last so that none would be upset. To this day, female fighters go under or though the middle of the ropes intead of over as the men do.
As the 1990s wore on, more and more women were being seen in the larger stadiums. As the standard of women’s fight improved, interest spiraled. Televised WMC fight were a great incentive for trainers to take women fighters more seriously. Responding to Thai women’s interest in the sport, they are taking steps to regularize the sport and hold it to the same standard as their male counterparts.
Today women fight in Thailand on the same level as the men -5 * 3 minute rounds with elbows. The fighters do not yet earn the same purses as the men. This mean that most of the women continue at work or school as they compete – not yet having the security of living in a gym and training full time as Thai do. The majority of the female fighters in Thailand train with a family member – who will make sure they are looked after at fights and shows. There are 60,000 registered profesional mal fighters in Thailand. Because, the women aren’t actually professional in the sense of earning all their income from MuayThai, they aren’t registered, but an estimate of between 8-10 professional female fighters were featured recently in the Thai press. These women are the real pioneers of Female MuayThai. In a country where women have traditionally shied away from all sports, to take up the toughest ring sport there is, meaning breaking moulds in a way Western women can’t imagine. Many of fighters are very young, often still at school. They are the new generation. Due to their age we haven’t seen many of them fighting aboard yet, this is hopefully something that will change over time. Promotor Mr.Amnuay Kesbumrung took women’s fighters to fight aboard many time. Such as Japan, Holland, USA, Canada,…. http://www.muaythai-institute.net
Read all about womens muaythai on the Ifma Facebook Site ,,, fantastic stories, achievements and goals of all the women in Muaythai!! http://www.facebook.com/IFMA.Female.Commission

Princes Cup

Resident fighter Thiago who lives on camp in Samui WMC showed his great talents of in the Princes Cup, Bangkok this week, proving to many training in Lamai Muaythai Camp WMC that we can still produce some of the the best fighters in the world ! Outstanding first fight win against Mostafa from Iran and a great 5 round war with the thai superstar Ekpacha, supporting him was Zidov from Samui and Leo from Brazil.

http://www.wmcmuaythai.org/2012/07/31/aekpracha-wins-the-prince-cup

FIGHTNIGHT FULL HOUSE !

A full stadium at Phetchbuncha Stadium by Samui Muaythai camp WMC on Saturday night having a great atmosphere to some excellent fights . Clarence stopped in round 3 with a smashing elbow to the face, Lucky drawing on a bare knuckle 3 rounder, Rungsiam powering through with some strong punching, Charity Main Match was for Autistic Children on Samui – Zidov and Thiago battling against vetran Salatan. Slatan winning the match with Zidov taking some serious low leg kicks and Thiago just not being able to break Salatans defense …


A excellent charity event bringing some good friends together and showing Lamai Muaythai Camp at its best whilst also helping out the Autistic Children’s Charity on Samui … you can contact us with further donations and we will ensure they are sent direct to the very good cause. A huge thankyou to all fighters, Stadium and fight fans … a great night once again ! also thankyou to Luna Lliro Photography for some great pictures on our facebook page Lamai MuayThai Camp – Koh Samui …

Fitness Weight Loss Shape Up

Our onsite gym has full fitness facilities and personnal instructors to help improve your muaythai training in Samui. Teaching correct gym form, technique, balance and weightlifting is key to using the gym effectively. Diet and supplement plan’s are available, nutritional advice and general wellbeing is always at hand.


Private lessons available everyday if you want to work one-on-one to lose weight, gain muscle or just have a professional workout and spot partner. Our professional fighters always benefit from gym workouts to give them that extra power in the ring, beginners and experienced gym users are welcome within a few weeks you will never look back and start enjoying the gym as part of your daily routine – check our gym facebook page ‘Lamai Fitness – Koh Samui’ for our daily news feeds, pictures and competitions !

JULY UPDATES

CHINA FIGHTS 7TH JULY 2012 Jerson lost on TKO, Imam lost on split decision very close fight and Berbuto winning 1st round KO. MALAYSIA FIGHTS 7TH JULY 2012 Lucky winning 4th Round Ko and Fillipo losing 2 round Stoppage. CHAWENG STADIUM HOLDING WMC CHARITY EVENT ON 14TH JULY 2012
BANGKOK JULY MAIN EVENT . PRINCES CUP 27TH JULY – LAMAI MUAYTHAI CAMP SPONSORED FIGHTER THIAGO TEIXEIRA IN THE 4 MAN COMPETITION


PRINCES CUP 27TH JULY 2012 Result of the draw this morning done by the Deputy governor of Bangkok for the 4 man in Bangkok …. Jordan Watson VS Aekpracha and Mostafa Abdollahi VS Thiago Teixeira Lamai MuayThai Camp.

Nokweed DavEy

Lamai Muaythai WMC Camp Koh Samui trainer and ex Lumpini champion Nokweed Davey shows his style and threat still in training putting the fighters through various muaythai drills everyday, Nokweed a influential character on camp is available for class’s and private training will to teach his amazing skills that made him unbeatable and still talked about in Thailand for many years.

Vlado Konsky

Vlado Konsky a Slovakian star in Muaythai has became a regular sponsored fighter on camp deciding to extend his stay after 4 months finding an eray of international fights taking his name worldwide with fights over the last four months in Hong Kong, Iran, Malaysia, Bangkok and Samui and showing his great talent and dedication to the camp and sport making a much feared name for himself. Training with Nokweed Davey, Vlado’s fast and furious pace and fight till the end attitude always wearing his oppents out , learning his tricky new techniques from the famous Nokweed Davey trainer on camp.

For Our Russian Friends

История
Длинная и разнообразная история Лагеря Lamai Muaythai Camp
Один из первых cпортзалов муайтай в Таиланде, под управлением иностранцев, Спортзал Lamai в Ко-Самуи проделал длинный путь от того момента, когда он впервые открыл свои двери для молодых и нетерпеливых энтузиастов муайтай в 1989. До того, как интернет или факс, стали банальными офисными приложениями, единственный способ, который мог дать знать об этом лагере был из уст в уста, то есть устно.
Кто-то может все еще помнить весы на улице и старый ринг, где часто было до дюжины спарингующих парней сразу, превращая весь тренировочный зал в
в бассейн пота и агрессии, а те, кто не был достаточно удачен и не поместился на ринге, толкались в дальнем конце спортзала в грязи, или помнят, как каждое утро, когда остров спал, группа тайцев и иностранцев потели на тренировках , а днем спортзал просто взрывался от «экшн».
Занимающиеся муайтай знают, как, впрочем, они знали и тогда, что это обычный тайский спортзал. Что же сделало его таким специальным… Ну, существенное различие может быть найдено в деталях: местоположение, конечно, определенно уникально – остров Самуи (Ко-Самуи), короткая тропинка до океана, совсем другая энергия в воздухе, людях, и что наиболее важно – энергию лагеря. Люди живущие в скромных бунгало около спортзала и старый стадион Фламинго Ламай, где один раз в неделю, на открытом воздухе проводились поединки и, в те дни, особенно для иностранных гостей лагеря и случайных туристов, это походило на цирк, поскольку люди со всего острова собирались для шоу, чтобы посмотреть на спорт ралли на ринге.
Пятнадцать лет… и как вещи изменились. Даже при том, что спортзал переместился в другое место, в котором он не потерял своего очарования и только увеличил его. Это – фантастический вид, когда вы видите всех парней и девушек (да, женщины всех возрастов также занимаются этим!) на утренних и дневных тренировках, бешено ударяя кулаком по мешкам и грушам, хрюкая и задыхаясь от большого усилия. Даже если вы видели это много раз прежде, люди, проходящие мимо, не могут не остановиться и не потратить нескольких минут, чтобы вдохнуть эту атмосферу.
Управляемый Word Muaythai Council, единственного в мире руководящего органа для муайта, Спортзал Lamai теперь считают первоклассным учебным заведением. Как во многих спорт.лагерях в Таиланде, люди приезжают, чтобы остаться и обучаться в течение длительного времени, но в Lamai люди хотят оставаться чуточку подольше. По многим причинам. Из-за красивых белых пляжей или насыщенной ночной жизни, или из-за тонкого баланса между интенсивными тренировками и возможностью полностью расслабиться а такой обстановке. В конечном счете, наверное, главная причина, по которой люди приезжают в Спортзал Lamai, это – то, что он известен во всем мире. Когда рядом тренеры, которые заботятся, не только о том, чтобы вы делали правильные движения, чтобы
тренировались на правильных тренажерах и технических средствах, но заботятся и о правильной атмосфере и энергии вокруг вас, а в этом вся и разница.
Главный тренер в Lamai – неподражаемый Hanarong, который был в спортзале с первого дня– даже когда он еще выступал на ринге сам, он здесь учился сам и учил других. Hanarong – вероятно, один из самых путешествующих тренеров Muaythai в мире, так как раз в две недели, он везет бойцов в какую-нибудь страну или летит проводить семинар. Но он никогда не улетает слишком надолго, поскольку он – определенно это лицо лагеря.

RESPECTFUL THAILAND !

WATCHING PACKED MUAYTHAI STADIUMS STAND FOR THE THAI NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE A FIGHTNIGHT … ALWAYS RESPECTFUL AND PART OF THAI CULTURE ! The national anthem of Thailand was adopted on 10 December 1939. The melody was composed by Phra Jenduriyang (Peter Feit) and the words are by Luang Saranuprapan. Phleng Chat (Thai: เพลงชาติ), literally meaning “national anthem”, is a general word for national anthem. Phleng Chat Thai (Thai: เพลงชาติ ไทย), Thailand’s national anthem, is also used to refer to this specific song. The anthem was composed a few days after the 1932 coup in the very similar tune to the national anthem of France, La Marseillaise, and was first broadcast in July 1932. The original lyrics were by Khun Wichitmatra.
In 1934, Thai Government launched the competitions for the official national anthem, both with music and lyrics. For the music, Jangwang Tua Patayakosol composed another tune in a more traditional style called “Phleng Maha Nimit” for making the decision to the government but they still selected Phra Jenduriyang’s melody because it sounded more modern. After that, in the competition for the lyrics with Phra Jenduriyang’s music, the original words by Khun Wichitmatra won the first prize and still used as an official lyrics with, however, a minor edit and an additional version which wrote by Chan Khamvilai and won the second prize.
In 1939, when the name of the country was changed from Siam to Thailand, a competition was launched to create new lyrics, with those by Luang Saranuprapan winning. Prime minister Phibunsongkhram ordered the anthem to be played every day at 8.00 and 18.00, and ordering the populace to stand up to show respect for the nation. That law is still in force today.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Thailand embraces in its bosom all people of Thai blood.
Every inch of Thailand belongs to the Thais.
It has long maintained its sovereignty,
Because the Thais have always been united.
The Thai people are peace-loving,
But they are no cowards at war.
They shall allow no one to rob them of their independence,
Nor shall they suffer tyranny.
All Thais are ready to give up every drop of blood
For the nation’s safety, freedom and progress.