It sux training alone

[Antnymofo]

Okay, heres the deal. I live in Augusta, GA, if you have not been here.....theres not that much around really. I work at a package store selling liqour. Heres the dilema, I work from about 3 in the afternoon till about 11 at night. The only schools to train at in Augusta, train in the eveining. There are no morning classes. I train by myself and with a couple of guys who I kinda trained. But, obviously this doesn't do me too much good, I can do whatever I want to them. I use to train with a school, and I know how much better the training is. I'm going next weekend to train witha team (some people I had met at my first fight), they are really good, and I know the training will be awesome, but it's in Atlanta. I can't go to Atlanta on a regular basis.
I need some advice on what to do. Is there anything I can do on my own, to enhance my training? I know I am a decent fighter, but I also know that with out some better training I will not get much better. I will fall behind, and that is something I don't want.

 

[adamantium]

depends how badly you want to fight i suppose. Which isnt very good advice, but any chance you could get a change in shift 1-2 times a week atleast? or get a new job? Any chance you could get some one on one training with the instructer during the day or weekends? just a few suggestions, i guess you've already looked into these.

apart from that id just say instructionals and training with your friends is the best you can do for now, better than nothing. If you can, get your friends to generally "study" whatever stand up it is you train, and have them pick faults in your general technique and critic you. Sometimes because you are better trained than them, they may feel uncomfortable suggesting things you need to work on.

But id be thankful that you have a couple of training partners you can train with on a regular basis atleast

 

[Antnymofo]

that is true I suppose. They are actually pretty good wrestlers, and they have developed some decent submission defense. I guess it's not too bad.

 

[Ghostrider]

I recommend asking the instructor for specific drills to improve upon the moves you already know (armbar, triangle and their escape drills at a minimmum). If you can tape the training sessions and study them afterwords, this can give you a good idea on how you are doing.

I keep meaning to do this myself and am always too lazy do bring in the Camcorder/digital camera. I only taped a session once and was amazed at how bad it looked (in my mind, I was great because I tapped the other guy out a number of times) and how much I need to focus on techinque rather than strength.