When superstar DJ/Musician, Steve Aoki, trains Muay Thai for his first time ever at AKA Thailand, you pull out all the stops. Aoki was in Phuket for an upcoming appearance at Illuzion, Thailand’s top nightclub. As it turns out, Aoki is also good friends with owner/founder of AKA Thailand, Mike Swick. Aoki in Thailand?! Yeah, […]
Owner/founder of AKA Thailand, Mike Swick, is now featured on UFC Fight Pass! They’ve done a ‘Where are They Now?’ segment with the former UFC and TUF 1 star-turned-business-owner, documenting what Swick has been up to since his UFC departure. The segment details Swick’s UFC journey, as well as his passion in creating one of […]
It’s not all of the time, but AKA Thailand owner/founder, Mike Swick, took to his social media and offers some motivation. Swick has been dealing with a long battle with stage-4 Lymphoblastic, Lymphoma Leukemia and much like his UFC career, he’s fighting as hard as he can to defeat it. However, Swick does not want […]
For the second year in a row, AKA Thailand was voted, ‘Best Muay Thai School in Thailand! Our owner/founder, Mike Swick, set out to create one of the world’s best destination gyms. In doing so, Swick managed to put together an incredible Muay Thai program that earned us this prestigious title. We are thrilled because, […]
The AKA Thailand staff went sailing the seas and they had NFTs on their minds! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that AKA Thailand has been participating in the NFT universe for a while now. On our website and Twitter page, we are always offering NFTs for sale, as well as a […]
Kevin Hart has a YouTube show called, “Cold as Balls”. He sits in a totally chill ice tub with his guests and asks them questions. We all laugh at the jokes but most people miss the point that ice baths are for exercise recovery. AKA Thailand has gotten on board and created a beautiful tropical […]
AKA Thailand’s on-site restaurant is back and fully open! The last year has been tough with everything up in the air but we are finally seeing some normalcy. The Contender Cafe at AKA Thailand is a huge part of what makes us a 5-star rated gym. Excellent dining in a chill atmosphere sets the tone […]
At AKA Thailand, our owner and founder, Mike Swick, has greenlit a 48-hour flash sale of 50% off of training. It’s the best deal that this gym has ever offered and it will be gone in just two days. We posted the news to our IG account this morning. From our Instagram: “HUGE FLASH SALE!!! […]
Today’s AKA Thailand Muay Thai technique will be about how to throw knees. One of our head Muay Thai trainers, Kru Bird, will show how to execute this simple, yet devastating, technique. We use the word ‘devastating’ because if you look at most noses that have received a knee, they are usually destroyed. The technique, […]
In today’s AKA Thailand Muay Thai basics, we cover how to execute elbow variations the proper way. Even though this video is a ‘Basics’ video, that doesn’t discount the severity of damage that elbows can do. While the moves are basic in nature, the results can be devastating. AKA Thailand Muay Thai trainer, Kru Bird, […]
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