Last 12 months: 100% ED visa approval

Train Like a Pro: Get Your Muay Thai ED Visa
at the Home of ONE Championship Fighters

One full year of professional training. We screen your case, prepare your documents, and set your training schedule. Not a ghost school. Not a visa mill.

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Sor.Dechapant fighter competing in professional Muay Thai bout

Muay Thai ED Visa

If this sounds like you, Muay Thai ED Visa fits

The Plateau

You've trained before. You've hit a ceiling.

YouTube tutorials, pad-for-hire sessions, maybe a local gym. You know the basics. But you've never trained in a proper fight camp: coach-led pads every session, live clinch with people who compete, sparring partners preparing for Lumpinee and Rajadamnern. That environment compresses two years of progress into one.

The Drift

You know what happens when training is optional.

Three months of 'I'll train when I feel like it' becomes beach bars and co-working cafés. Here: Mon–Thu, 7 AM conditioning, 4 PM pads and clinch. Prepaid tuition. 80% attendance minimum. Immigration checks every 90 days. You don't pick which sessions you feel like attending.

The Budget

DTV visa requires ฿500,000 in the bank. ED visa requires ฿20,000.

Under 25 or without $15K in liquid assets? The Muay Thai Education Visa (ED visa) is the track. Available from age 18. Ministry-licensed. ฿20,000 proof of funds instead of ฿500,000.

The Active Roster

ONE Championship. Lumpinee. Rajadamnern.

ONE Championship Aliff, Khunsuk, Jaosuayai & Worapon on the active roster
Lumpinee + Rajadamnern Multiple stadium title holders

Your Coaches

Golden Era fighters. Still on the pads.

Lumpinee and Rajadamnern veterans from the Golden Era. Not guest instructors. Not YouTube coaches. On the pads with you four days a week.

Thepwarin Kiatpetch
Muay Femur

Thepwarin Kiatpetch

เทพวารินทร์ เกียรติเพชร

Lumpinee main-event contender from the legendary Kiatpetch Gym. Technical fighter with exceptional vision and timing. Known for defensive prowess and counter-attacking style that made him a litmus test for up-and-coming stars.

Samerngai P. Chaiwat
Muay Bouk

Samerngai P. Chaiwat

เสมอไหน ป.ชัยวัฒน์

Lumpinee Stadium Champion. Golden Era icon of the 1980s-90s. Aggressive pressure fighter with devastating punches and low kicks. Fought legends like Samart Payakaroon and Wangchannoi Sor Palangchai.

Jomkitti Lukbanyai
Muay Khao

Jomkitti Lukbanyai

จอมกิตติ ลูกบ้านใหญ่

Rajadamnern and Lumpinee top contender from the Lukbanyai Camp. Knee fighter with deep-sea stamina. Textbook clinch execution that wore down every opponent with relentless forward pressure.

Your Year

Your year, quarter by quarter

480

Total hours

380

Practice

11

Modules

4+

Days / week

Q1 Months 1–3
105 hrs

Stance, Guard, First Strikes

Muay Thai history and Thai Boxing Sports Act

30h

Hand wrapping, stance, posture, movement

30h

Punching techniques and punch defense

45h

Visa Enrollment paperwork + OPEC documents prepared

Q2 Months 4–6
145 hrs

Kicks, Knees, Defense

Kicking and kick defense techniques

55h

Kick prevention and counter-kicking

45h

Knee strikes and knee strike prevention

45h

Visa 90-day reporting due

Q3 Months 7–9
110 hrs

Elbows, Clinch, Live Rounds

Elbow striking and elbow defense

55h

Wrestling, grappling, clinch, throwing

55h

Visa Extension filed before expiry

Q4 Months 10–12
120 hrs

Assessment, Wai Khru, Teaching

Review and assessment of all skills

50h

Wai Khru Ram Muay and piphat instruments

25h

Instructional methods and sports psychology

45h

Visa Third 90-day report

Before You Pay

Real camp vs ghost school

Immigration has cancelled over 10,000 visas from fake schools since DTV launched.

Fighter Roster

Aliff Sor.Dechapant (ONE Championship, world title contender). Jaosuayai (K-1 World Grand Prix finalist, ONE main roster). Khunsuk and Worapon (ONE Championship).

No named fighters. No public record. You cannot verify anyone before you pay.

Ministry License

Listed under OPEC as สช.กร. 00025/2568. SAT 5-Star certified. Searchable on school.opec.go.th.

No OPEC listing, or listing does not match the school. OPEC officers check this.

Attendance Tracking

80% minimum enforced. Records maintained for 90-day check-ins and extensions. Same staff who train you sign your visa documents.

Informal or self-reported. No system that satisfies immigration scrutiny.

Coach Credentials

Coach Samerngai: Lumpinee Champion. Golden Era icon. Three coaches with verified stadium records.

Coaching background unavailable. No competition record, no public history.

Training Progression

Quarterly arc: foundations → technique → live sparring → fight or coaching pathway.

Same beginner circuit month 1 or month 10. No structured advancement.

Visa File

Documents, extensions, 90-day reporting paperwork — all prepared in-house by training staff. No outsourced agency.

Third-party middleman. School and visa service are separate businesses.

Pricing

480 hours of real training. ED visa documents included.

One package. Training and visa in one plan.

Training session at Sor.Dechapant Muay Thai School

ED Fighter & Coach Track

Path to professional fighter or coach. ED visa prepared by the school.

฿135,000

Training

  • 480 hours across 12 months · 4+ sessions per week
  • Morning conditioning + afternoon pads, clinch, sparring
  • Fighter pathway or coaching track confirmed at month 6

Visa

  • ED visa documentation prepared in-house. No outsourced agency.
  • Extensions, 90-day reports, and immigration paperwork prepared and filed. Nothing outsourced.
  • Risk pre-check before payment

Arrival

  • Airport pickup on arrival day
  • Accommodation help and training schedule set before you land

Last 12 months: 100% ED visa approval

Internal record for applicants who passed pre-check and submitted the required complete documents.

Students

After they started

"Coach Thepwarin watched my padwork for five minutes on day one and told me exactly what was wrong. By month three I was sparring people who fight at stadiums. That does not happen at tourist gyms."

Liam
Liam Student · United Kingdom

"I trained at three camps in Thailand before this one. None of them had a full roster of active fighters training next to you every session. The level pulls you up whether you want it to or not."

Mehrdad
Mehrdad Student · Australia

"I came to move toward coaching. By month eight I was helping run the morning warm-up. The structure is real from day one — you cannot drift here even if you try."

Augey
Augey Student · Argentina
Fighter/coach-focused training plan
Ministry License สช.กร. 00025/2568
Last 12 months: 100% ED visa approval
Fight pathway or coaching track

Last 12 months: 100% ED visa approval* Internal record for applicants who passed pre-check and submitted the required complete documents.

Processing speed depends on OPEC and Immigration workload. Build buffer time before travel.

Questions

Common questions

Training

Morning session: conditioning, shadowboxing, technique drills. Afternoon session: pad work with coaches, clinch rounds, bag work. When coach-approved, live sparring rounds are added.

4+ sessions per week minimum. Active fighters from the camp train at the same time. The level in the room is real — it raises your floor whether you want it to or not.

No. On day one, Coach Jomkitti assesses your baseline and sets your starting point. The program runs beginner through advanced in parallel.

Some students come in with no martial arts background. Others come from competitive careers. The quarterly arc moves everyone forward from wherever they start. What matters is that you show up.

80% minimum is enforced. The school maintains attendance records required for 90-day immigration check-ins and annual extension paperwork.

Missing sessions without notice can affect your compliance record. The ED visa structure exists precisely because immigration expects it — that is why the camp takes it seriously.

If coaches think you are ready, they will match you. Weight class, conditioning, and consistency matter. This is a real fight camp. The pathway exists for students who show up.

Training quality and compliance come first. Fight readiness follows from that.

Visa Process

Yes. ED visa is converted from inside Thailand. You arrive on a tourist visa. The school submits your enrollment to OPEC (Office of the Private Education Commission) for approval. Once OPEC issues the Approval Letter, Immigration converts your tourist visa to Non-Immigrant ED.

We prepare all documents before you arrive. The only thing we need from you is a photo of your entry stamp page once you land.

The overall process takes 30–45 days. OPEC approval takes 3–4 weeks. Immigration conversion takes 1–2 weeks after that. The school handles both submissions for you.

Delays happen when documents are incomplete. We prepare everything before you arrive so the OPEC submission happens immediately after you land.

You will need: signed copy of your passport information page, copies of all used/stamped passport pages, a formal front-facing photograph, parents' full names and occupations, your current address in Thailand, and a contact phone number. The school prepares all supporting documents on its side.

The overall process takes 30–45 days. Visa fees (2,000–3,000 THB initial, 1,900 THB per 90-day extension) are paid directly to the relevant authorities, not to us.

ED requires 20,000 THB proof of funds — significantly lower than DTV (500,000 THB). Available from age 18.

Exact requirements vary by mission. What matters most is clear, consistent evidence that matches your specific mission checklist at submission time.

No. A Muay Thai Education Visa (ED) is not a university admissions process.

You are evaluated on immigration eligibility and document quality, not academic transcripts.

Compliance

Initial ED visa permission is typically up to 90 days on entry.

For continued study, extension is handled through Thai Immigration before expiry. The school guides you through timing for each 90-day cycle.

Yes. Long-stay foreigners must keep 90-day address reporting current. The school tracks your reporting cycle alongside your attendance record.

Fees

We pre-check your profile against current mission rules before payment. Government fees are authority-collected and non-refundable.

No. Government fees are paid directly to authorities and are separate from school service fees. These fees are typically non-refundable regardless of outcome.

Tell us before payment. Prior immigration history can change your risk profile and your best route.

We pre-check this early so you do not submit a weak file blindly.

Ready to train for real?

Two-minute eligibility check. We tell you if ED visa works for your situation.

OPEC enrollment takes about 30 days. Start now to begin training by .

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