Good Boxing Martial Arts Gym in Siem Reap? Depends

The honest answer to the Reddit question What is a good boxing/martial arts gym in Siem Reap? is that it depends on your goal, because striking, grappling, and general fitness are three different businesses here. For boxing and Kun Khmer the strongest evidence points to Mr Ly Gym and Boxing — a 4.9 rating from 52 Tripadvisor reviews — with our own beginner-first coached class at 5:00 PM daily from $9 with all gear included; for BJJ it is Ground Zero or KIRI Jiu Jitsu; for weights and pools it is the general gyms residents actually use, with day passes from $1. This page works through all three lanes, lists what every verified gym is good at, and gives you a checklist to verify any gym in one visit.

What Is a Good Boxing/Martial Arts Gym in Siem Reap?

A traveler asked this exact question on r/cambodia before visiting: "I plan on visiting Siem Reap, Cambodia in the spring of 2025", the thread states, and wanted to know which gym to walk into. The honest answer is that no single gym wins, because "good" splits by discipline: boxing and Kun Khmer striking, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grappling, and plain fitness each belong to different gyms in town. The question that gets you the right gym is not "which one is best?" but "what do I want to train?" — and the three sections below answer it lane by lane.

What is a good boxing/martial arts gym in Siem Reap?

If you would rather have the ranked version, the best gyms in Siem Reap, scored on published criteria grades eight gyms against five checkable standards; this page instead maps the whole decision by goal. For the full discipline and neighborhood picture, start with where to train martial arts in Siem Reap.

Which Striking Gym Is Good for Boxing or Kun Khmer?

Striking is Siem Reap's deepest lane, and the strongest public evidence belongs to Mr Ly Gym and Boxing, which holds 4.9 from 52 Tripadvisor reviews — the biggest verified review base of any fight gym in town — and whose owner answered this very Reddit thread in person. Kingdom Fight Gym started here in 2018 and teaches Kun Khmer mixed with K1 kickboxing, Angkor Fight Club's listing covers boxing, Khmer kickboxing, and MMA, and The Temple Kun Khmer is run by a three-time former world champion. We complete the lane with Cambodia's own art taught beginner-first: one coached 5:00 PM class every day, gloves and pads included, from a $9 day pass.

For a closer look at the lane, see boxing classes in Siem Reap and our guide to the boxing gym in Siem Reap scene — both apply to every gym in that table.

Can You Practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Siem Reap?

Yes — BJJ has two dedicated homes here. Ground Zero runs BJJ alongside Kun Khmer, MMA, boxing, and yoga at 163 Sombai Road and tells visitors there is "no need to worry about reservations – just walk in and join any of our classes" between 8 AM and 8 PM, with its Tripadvisor listing showing 5.0 from 14 reviews. KIRI Jiu Jitsu lists a Siem Reap branch under head coach Michael Chastine and teaches BJJ, MMA, and kickboxing, with published prices of $12 a day or $95 a month. Angkor Fight Club reviewers also mention jiu-jitsu, though that rests on reviewer text rather than the gym's own pages.

• Ground Zero — BJJ, Kun Khmer, MMA, boxing, and yoga; walk-in classes 8 AM-8 PM weekdays (weekends 8 AM-4 PM per their site); 5.0 from 14 Tripadvisor reviews
• KIRI Jiu Jitsu — dedicated BJJ school; Siem Reap branch listed under head coach Michael Chastine; published prices $12 day / $95 month
• Angkor Fight Club — jiu-jitsu named by its Tripadvisor reviewers (its own listing confirms boxing, kickboxing, MMA, CrossFit)

Where grappling connects to the striking arts, read MMA in Siem Reap; for how a week of training fits together across gyms, see martial arts classes in Siem Reap.

What If You Just Want Weights, Cardio, or a Pool?

If the goal is fitness rather than fighting, the general gyms are the good gyms: community threads from long-stay residents name Angkor Fitness, Royal Sports Club, Free Form Fitness, and Gold Fitness as the ones expats and locals actually train at, and expat groups add open-air $1 parks to that list. The WorkoutFrom directory lists 18 Siem Reap gyms with published prices — day passes from $0 to $10 and months from $15 to $80 — including Royal Sports Club at $5 a day with 24-hour access and Angkor Fitness at $55 a month, open 5:30 AM to 9 PM.

For everything machine-based in more detail, see fitness classes in Siem Reap; for one-on-one coaching, read personal trainer in Siem Reap.

What Is Each Verified Gym in Siem Reap Good At?

Here is the fair, one-glance answer to the Reddit question — what every gym we could verify is actually good at, with the evidence attached so you can check each row. We operate Kun Khmer Club and sit in the same table under the same rules; where a gym publishes no price we write "ask the gym" rather than guess, and you should expect the same honesty from any gym you visit.

Put your row on a map with Kun Khmer gyms near you — the nearest good gym is the one matching your goal, not the closest pin.

Where Does Kun Khmer Club Fit — Honestly?

Our honest slot: we are a striking gym, not an everything gym. If you want Cambodia's own art coached from zero — stance, pads, clinch basics — in one daily 5:00 PM class with gloves, wraps, and pads included, we are built for exactly that at published prices: $9 day pass, $69 weekly, $129 monthly, $25 private hours, under head coaches Kon Phanet and Ramon with 50+ professional Kun Khmer fights in Cambodia between them. Our Google listing shows 5.0 from 8 reviews — the smallest sample among the gyms here, so hold us to the same standard as the rest.

• Good fit: first-timers, travelers, and locals who want one coached Kun Khmer class a day with zero gear shopping
• Not a fit: pure weightlifting (choose the general gyms) or dedicated grappling (choose Ground Zero or KIRI)
• Also honest: we are the newest-reviewed gym on this list — 8 verified reviews, not 52 — and we would rather you checked than believed

The full comparison is in which Kun Khmer club in Siem Reap is best, and if contact worries you, read is Kun Khmer a contact workout first — or see our published pricing and just come try one evening.

How Much Does a Good Gym Cost in Siem Reap?

Prices split the same three ways, and only some gyms publish. We do — $9 day, $69 weekly, $129 monthly, $25 private hour, $299 six-week fight camp — and KIRI publishes $12 day / $95 month; for the other fight gyms, ask in person before committing to anything longer than a day pass. General gyms are the cheap layer: the WorkoutFrom directory shows day passes from $0 to $10 and months from $15 (Sok Brokob) to $80 (I Grand Gym), with Angkor Fitness at $55, Royal Sports Club at $45, and Gold Fitness at $55.

Full cost math is in what a Kun Khmer class costs in Siem Reap, budget options in affordable martial arts in Siem Reap, and the day-pass landscape in Siem Reap gym day pass.

How Do You Verify Any Gym in One Visit?

Whichever gym you shortlist, one visit settles it — which is why the Reddit thread's replies matter less than the walk-in. Siem Reap gyms are used to drop-ins, so arrive 15 minutes before a class and run five checks.

1. Is the timetable posted — and does a class actually start when it says?
2. Who is coaching: a named coach you can talk to, or nobody in charge?
3. Watch ten minutes: are beginners corrected on pads, or left to flail?
4. Ask the price out loud: what exactly does one class cost, gear included?
5. Pay for one session before committing to any weekly or monthly tier.

The full framework behind those checks is in how to know if a martial arts gym is good, and what to bring to your first class covers the kit so you never need to buy gear to try.

Can Total Beginners Join These Gyms?

Yes — and the best evidence comes from inside the Reddit thread itself, where the owner of Mr Ly Gym replied to the original asker directly:

Hey this is the owner of Mr Ly gym! Please don't listen to some of the other comments here, we would love to have you come train with us regardless of experience level! We are a 'authentic' Kun Khmer gym in that we train and accommodate local fighters as well as offer classes for fitness and fun. Everyone is welcome to our classes both group and private sessions, we have locals and foreigners train with us from total beginners to experienced professionals!

The same pattern holds across the lane: The Temple teaches all levels, Ground Zero invites walk-ins, Kingdom Fight Gym states "all levels welcome" on its own site, and our Google reviews are almost entirely first-timers — "Was the first time in my life to do any type of boxing or martial arts," as one wrote after a lesson with Kun Phaneth.

Start with can you try Kun Khmer with no experience, then see how structured beginner Kun Khmer classes actually are.

When Can You Actually Train? Schedules Compared

Schedules differ more than prices, so check them before you choose. Our group class runs at 5:00 PM every day of the year with privates by arrangement; Ground Zero takes walk-in classes 8 AM to 8 PM on weekdays (their site footer lists 8 AM-4 PM weekends); Kingdom Fight Gym requires booking for its classes, and one reviewer reports a twice-daily, six-day bootcamp format; the general gyms run longest, with Angkor Fitness open 5:30 AM to 9 PM and Royal Sports Club 24 hours.

Why the evening slot wins in this heat is covered in best time of day to train in Siem Reap, and booking a class in advance explains when turning up is fine and when a message first is smarter.

Which Gym Should a Short-Stay Visitor Pick?

On a two- or three-night visit you get one or two training evenings, so decide by what you want to come home able to say: "I trained Cambodia's martial art" means an evening class like ours; "I rolled" means Ground Zero's walk-in window; "I got a workout between temples" means a $5 general-gym day pass. One evening is genuinely enough to judge a gym with the checklist above, and two lets you compare.

1. Pick your lane the night before: striking, grappling, or a plain workout.
2. Choose by evidence, not vibes — review counts, published prices, posted timetable.
3. Arrive early, watch ten minutes, then join.
4. Loved it? Book a second session or a weekly pass before you fly out.

Plan that evening with one-day Kun Khmer class in Siem Reap and can tourists train Kun Khmer in Siem Reap; for fitting training around the temples, see things to do in Siem Reap besides Angkor Wat.

Which Gym Suits a Long-Stay Resident?

Residents can afford the split approach the community itself recommends: a cheap general gym for daily training plus one fight gym for coached sessions. The long-stayer thread names Angkor Fitness, Royal Sports Club, Free Form Fitness, and Gold Fitness as the base layer, expat groups add $1 open-air parks, and a published $45-$80 monthly plus a $9-$129 fight-gym tier beats any single all-in-one. Multi-month rates are rarely published, so ask — the figures above are single-month prices.

• Base layer: a general gym for weights and cardio — $45-$80 a month in the published range
• Coached layer: one striking or BJJ gym for classes — $9-$129 at our published tiers
• Test layer: a $1-$10 day pass at any gym you have not verified yet

If you plan to sample several gyms first, read drop-in martial arts class; and residents training the local art long-term should see Kun Khmer classes for locals.