Muay Thai Boxer Fortifies Sports and Leisure Destination Facility in Thailand
The fight to be established as Asia’s top international sports destination just became tougher as Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) has named former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to head the martial arts programme at the new Phuket, Thailand sports centre. Just as muay thai kickboxing requires perseverance and skill, the assignment is just one more anecdote of the PIASLC recruiting leading specialists to work at the emerging world-class facility and help position it as the premier sports and leisure destination in Asia.
The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) complex has programmes attractive to everyone including professional athletes, residents, holiday visitors and school kids. Swimming, track, rugby, football (soccer), fitness, tennis and much more are on offer already or arriving soon at what is becoming the standard as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and quite possibly the world.
The PIASLCis organized into specialized sports academies. The new assignmentof Prasert Intanoo should push the Martial Arts Academy to the forefront. The PIA Aquatics Academy and the Football Academy have already established themselves as leading programmes. The Football Academy includes the world-renowned Brazilian Soccer School (BSS). Now Muay Thai joins the preeminent youth soccer training programme available at the preeminent 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 later worked for the Marriott hospitality group as a Muay Thai teacher, and in his role as Recreation Supervisor managed wellness, corporate teambuilding and kid’s zone activities. Khun “Nok” (his Thai nickname) is also a certified Pilates teacher and personal trainer and certified by the Thai Yoga Institute as an instructor.
The PIASLC is a component of the Phuket International Academy (PIA). PIA is a pioneering sports, education, arts and wellness complex sited in Phuket, Thailand. PIA is comprised of 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 with focus on education, sports, arts and wellness. PIA is situated in surroundings of natural beauty in the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. The vision of Phuket International Academy is to realize the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual possibilities of all students, members and participants of the three centres.
The Phuket International Academy Day School (PIADS) is working to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The Phuket International Academy Day School has excellent facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration.
The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will provide a combination of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with ancient Asian contemplative practices. Featuring openess, 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 better mental equilibrium and wellbeing.
Information about Phuket International Academy (PIA), Asia’s newest and most innovative international education, sports and leisure facility, that offers unprecedented facilities and programmes} can be found following these links for the International Day School; the Mind Centre, and Sports and Leisure Club.

June 30th, 2010
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