No Place To Train. What Would You Do?

[stuartSan]

If you've been keeping up with my threads, you probably know that my Muay Thai gym is 'recreational' in terms of lessons. My kru was once a champion in Thailand, and he's been mentioned in local magazines, and even international books.

He's a good coach, but the problem is, he teaches at times when I can't make it (during work). The result? His apprentices coach, and most of them are newer than me (half a year compared to my one year), seemingly without any prior martial arts experience.

I guess I've had it when last night, I was paired with a 10 year old kid. The new coaches didn't really seem to care about my training, and when it was my turn to kick, I told the kid to rest so I could go full strength on the bag. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but the weight and height difference is just too huge for me to train my kicks if he were to hold the pads.

What they also do is, they just call out combos or reps, and ask me to do it. Then they do their own thing for a few minutes. Later, they come back, call different combos or reps, and go off again. Heck, I could do that alone and save myself the money.

I've been searching and searching for a proper place to train, but to no avail. I had no idea MMA was so unpopular here.

What would you guys do if you really loved MMA but had nowhere to train?

 

[Oeshon]

because a keyboard warrior

 

[BadAssVegita]

Do you have any like-minded friends who you could train with? If you do, Id invest in a set of pads, a bellypads, and a suitcase pad and train together on your own. If youve been training for a year you should know some pad drills to do. If not, ask your Kru if he would be available to give you privates on your time schedule.

 

[Chris Kimmerly]

Where are you located. Ever look in the phone book to see if there is anopther gym near you.

If there are alot of people there simply may not be enought time for the coaches/trainers to spend time with everyone. It sucks I know but this may be the case.

Perhaps you could take the time to help coach/teach the new guys or the ten yaer old kid. I found that teaching made me better by teaching some one else.

Lastly ask the coaches to show you a new tech and then go work on it or have them come by and check you out while you are working the bag/pads/sparring and tell you what you are doing wrong/right.

AT the local boxing club the guys that have been there for a while tend to know what they need to work on and they go work on it. If they need help then they will ask a coach

 

[JamC]

ask fighters to work out with you. does it have to be muay thai? maybe join a boxing gym. find a personal trainer. i think i would probably find a few skilles likeminded guys and start training someplace. the worst thing to do, is to do nothing at all. train in a garage with people. talk to your coach what you are looking for.
if that doesn't help then good luck....

 

[JoBobLivesAgain]

how did dudes with less than a years experience get to coach?

 

[Chris Kimmerly]

how did dudes with less than a years experience get to coach?

Every combat gym (Boxing, MT, wrestling etc) I've been in has people like that teaching. It is not uncommon to have a person with 6 to 12 months help noobs out with the basics and things like that. As long as they have a good grasp of the techs then it isn't a problem. The head coach should be the one to say OK you have your shit together you help this guy or you help this guy.

 

[US Tomato Can]

You'd be surprised how many guys teaching shouldn't be imo.

Want a good laugh?

http://www.eastsidekickboxing.com

Click the promo video and prepare for pain.
Hope you have an empty stomach.

 

[SnowBlynd]

I saw that website/promo vid. At least they weren't even claiming to be any sort of self-defense or fighting class. But yes, still rather dreadful.

Peace out, I'm off to the fights.

 

[stuartSan]

Oh man, that video..

The kicks remind me of karate kid.

Most of my friends aren't physically active, or even enjoy MMA at all.

I live in Malaysia so I'm not sure if you guys could help me in terms of finding a gym.

Been searching in phone books and driving around. Still can't find a gym, and not training sucks.

Guess I gotta settle for a run and shadowboxing today.

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

That vid... just think of all those bags bein' misused...
As far as trainin', I would say that if you can't find another place to train, get a bag and train at home, preferably with some friends who like to train as well with some other pads, but do somethin'. Or, as some people on here I know would say, move, if trainin' is really that important to ya...

 

[dkickboxer]

Move to a place where there are more serious gyms?

 

[blackriceman]

if ur gonna train on your own, find a friend that trains at a legit gym, get 16oz gloves , shinpads, headgear, spar with him, do drills , watch instructionals , work on conditioning by hitting bags, running , jumping rope

but its always better to have a trainer watch u to correct what u do wrong

 

[ssssmashing]

Most guys when they train on their own just develop bad habits. I would suggest going to the instructor and expressing your frustration.