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Eric Haycraft in Louisville is one of the best IMO.This is a good question, I would like to piggy back on it and ask:
Who are the best current coaches for muay thai/kickboxing in the US?
Eric Haycraft in Louisville is one of the best IMO.This is a good question, I would like to piggy back on it and ask:
Who are the best current coaches for muay thai/kickboxing in the US?
Eric Haycraft in Louisville is one of the best IMO.
trained under Harinck and loved it
also trained with Hoost and he turned out to be a super nice guy
Maybe Mike"s Gym.chakuriki is dope
Most of us think he ruined the fighters that he trained by making them simplistic head hunting bumswingers just going for the KO with their hands and taking away their versatility.I wonder why he is not regarded as one of the best trainers in this forum?
When I used to fight years ago, I almost always was in the locker room with Lucien for some reason. He used to be the man and had Spong as his main pupil.The best
This thread deserves a boost since the last comment is 3 years old. It seems that Mike`s Gym is the most popular out there. If I am correct, his first gym burned down due to a fire and later it was rebuilt or he relocated. The new gym is really big and modern in my view, it means that he invested a lot of money in it. Also he merged with Vos Gym. Now, it is a big business: BJJ, boxing, kick boxing, weight training you name it. I believe Melvin Manhoef works with him. Mike also wrote an autobiography about himself. It was promoted till recently. I wonder why he is not regarded as one of the best trainers in this forum? He trained Saki, Badr, Manhoef, Groenhart etc.
P.S. Is it true that Groenhart does not train there anymore??
Another interesting gym is the Bonjasky Academy. He opened his second Gym in the Netherlands. He invested a lot of money also. However, while he may be a good trainer (?), the other guys who are training there are very young and presumably lack experience. Also, Bonjasky was never able to com up with a realy good fighter after Danio Ilunga. His guy also lost big time in Romania against Gafencu. His team did win though against team Morosanu in a gala in Romania.
I respect Tom Harinck very much. He can be considered one of the founding father of dutch kickboxing, which became the standard European style of kickboxing. I`ve heard that he opened some Gyms in Germany under the name of Chakuriki, as a franchise. He is getting old unfortunately, he passed 70, so at this point I don`t know how long will stay in the business. Does he still train? His former student, Peter Aerts also opened a gym. He still has contacts in Japan and he promotes his students there. I am not aware of any major win by his pupils...
What about Rico`s trainer, Denis Krauweel?
Whoever the big, fat Chinese guy is who works as the trainer at Da Dongxiang gym. I think pretty much every notable Chinese kickboxer has come from there; QJL and Wei Rui both did.
Hmmm... I`m not sure I agree with that. Look at his most popular pupil, Hari. He sort of revolutionized (maybe it is not the best word) K-1 by having a very aggressive style, based primarily on handwork. And yet one of his favorite move is/was the Leko buster. He TKO-d Overeem with a kick in their second fight (after a punch knockdown). Groenhart is very active with his legs also. But returning to Badr, he is a fighter with a good level changing abilities. Just look at the second fight with Gerges. He won the fight due to his punches in the stomach. Otherwise Hesdy would have won imo.
The aggressive hand technique was also used by Saki. I must admit, I was very impressed by him especially in the second fight against Daniel Ghita when he TKO-d him with an insane 7-8 punch combination. The thing is, aggressive technique will prevail in most cases against technical fighters (like Hoost for example) if the aggressive fighter is well trained and has a good fighting I.Q.
The aggressive hand technique was also used by Saki. I must admit, I was very impressed by him especially in the second fight against Daniel Ghita when he TKO-d him with an insane 7-8 punch combination. The thing is, aggressive technique will prevail in most cases against technical fighters (like Hoost for example) if the aggressive fighter is well trained and has a good fighting I.Q.
Seiichi Furukawa (Power of Dream) won K-1 trainer of the year last year.