Muay Thai Kick Boxer Toughens Up Sports and Leisure Destination Complex in Phuket, Thailand

The battle to be established as the world’s top international sports facility just became more difficult as Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) has selected former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to lead the martial arts programme at the new Phuket, Thailand sports centre.   Just as muay thai boxing requires perseverance and talent, the selection is a further example of the PIASLC recruiting world-class professionals to work at the up-and-coming high-quality facility and help position it as the first choice sports and leisure destination in Asia.

The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) complex has programmes attractive to just about anyone including professional athletes, residents, people on vacation and youth.   Aquatics, running, rugby, football (soccer), strength training, tennis and much more are available now or coming soon at what is emerging as a benchmark as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and quite possibly the world.

The PIASLCincludes almost a dozen specialized sports academies.  The new appointmentof Prasert Intanoo should push the Martial Arts Academy to international attention.   The PIA Aquatics Academy and the Football Academy are already positioned as premier programmes. The Aquatic Academy offers the general public, local schools and community groups, national and international teams, special swimming programmes, water polo squads, a variety of watersports events and activities.   Now Muay Thai joins the best youth soccer training programme available at the top-rated sports and recreation complex in Southeast Asia.

Former Thailand national flyweight champ Khun Prasert was a Muay Thai professional boxer for 15 years with an notable record of seventy victories.  He graduated from Taksin University in Songkhla Province with a degree in physical education.  He went on to work for the Marriott hospitality group as a Muay Thai teacher, and in his role as Recreation Supervisor directed wellness, corporate teambuilding and kid’s zone activities. Khun “Nok” (his Thai nickname) is also a qualified Pilates instructor and certified by the Thai Yoga Institute as a teacher.

The PIASLC is part of the Phuket International Academy (PIA).  PIA  is a pioneering sports, education, arts and wellness complex located in Phuket, Thailand.   PIA comprises three synergistic centres: the PIA Day School, the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, and the PIA Mind Centre.  They offer students, parents and people from all over Phuket, and international communities, a modern, sustainable facility which focuses on education, sports, arts and wellness.  Located in the northern reaches of Phuket, just 15 minutes from Phuket International Airport, PIA also includes two 38-room boutique hotels and a broad range of facilities ideal for corporate retreats, seminars, and teambuilding programmes and events.  The standards of PIA is to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres. 

The Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS) is aspiring to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The Phuket International Academy Day School has high-quality facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.

The PIAMC will  deliver  a blend of modern psychology and neuroscience alongside traditional Asian meditative practices.  Featuring accessibility, the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre conducts retreats and seminars. Working in close relation with the Phuket International Academy Day School and the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered through PIAMC will contribute to participant’s enhanced mental equilibrium and wellbeing. 

Information about Phuket International Academy (PIA), Thailand’s newest and most revolutionary international education, sports and leisure facility, that provides unprecedented facilities and programmes can be found following these links for the International Day School; the Mind Centre, and Sports and Leisure Club.

Phuket International Academy (PIA) Blueprint for Personal Development

A new international sports, education and wellness centre has been established in Thailand that provides unmatched facilities and programmes.  It is comprised of three synergistic  centres: the PIA Day School, the PIA Sports, Arts and Wellness Centre and the PIA Mind Centre.  They offer students, parents and those from the wider Phuket, as well as international communities, a modern, sustainable facility which focuses on education, sports, arts and wellness.  Located on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand, PIA is situated in an environment of natural beauty near a national park. PIA works to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres.

The Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS) is aspiring to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.  As a pioneering international school in Phuket, it will incorporate distinctive Asian culture with the best from Western educational traditions, to develop inquiring, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to live with integrity, cultivate genuine happiness, and strive to create a more peaceful and sustainable planet.   The Phuket International Academy Day School has excellent facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.

Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is partially constructed, and will shortly start to deliver a variety of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of the school’s pupils, their families, the local Phuket community as well as for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world.  PIASLC will set a benchmark as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and quite possibly the world.

Phuket International Academy Mind Centre (PIAMC) is nearing completion and will before long start to provide training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The PIAMC will  provide  a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience alongside traditional Asian contemplative practices.  Featuring accessibility, the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre conducts retreats and seminars.  Working in close interaction with the Phuket International Academy Day School and the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered through Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to everyone’s healthier mental balance and wellbeing.  April 10th marks the launch of the PIA Mind Centre (PIAMC) with a weekend “Genuine Happiness Retreat” led by Dr. B Alan Wallace.  The retreat incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha.  It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful way for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” or “settling the mind in its natural state”.

Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility hosting Phuket’s newest International School, a versatile Sports and Leisure Club for elite athletes, amateur enthusiasts, artists and wellness seekers – all within the Mind Centre sanctuary that provides training in the cultivation of mental and emotional equilibrium.

Information on Thailand’s  newest and most pioneering  international education, sports and leisure facility, the Phuket International Academy (PIA) can be found following these links for the PIA  International School; the PIA Mind Centre, and PIA Sports and Leisure Club.