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Strikers unlike BJJers really dont have teams. All the pro boxers, and pro strikers have to arrange for their own camps, training, and sparring partners.
lolwut?
Strikers unlike BJJers really dont have teams. All the pro boxers, and pro strikers have to arrange for their own camps, training, and sparring partners.
i fucken hate that i go to a gym to do cheap privates like 20 dollars a private for people to not show up n waste my timeI'm with ya.
I got one of my gym's former fighters into training people. Because the guy has a head full of knowledge and it'd be a shame if it didn't get passed on. However, I did warn him: "As a trainer, most of your time is going to be spent waiting on people who aren't coming."
i fucken hate that i go to a gym to do cheap privates like 20 dollars a private for people to not show up n waste my time
owning a gym being a coach isnt all that tis cracked up to be especially when its new and your the only one there teaching running it
mhm people dont give a fuck about other peoples time thats why at my gym i stopped letting guys pay cash monthly i said fuck this everyone on auto draft now cause people dont care if u go out of business even friends ended up screwin me over on payments
I agree that it should be earned. If you are paying your well-earned money to improve, you need to do what is best for you. I switched gyms after 3 years and moved to a gym that constantly produces top-ranked amateur fighters for this very reason.I used to be big on gym loyalty but not anymore. Loyalty should be something earned not expected, it should also be reciprocated.
Wait, your coach let you fight without ever having you spar? What kind of training were you doing? I can’t even imagine what my first fight would have been like if I had never gotten used to keeping my composure under pressure in a controlled environment. How did that fight go?I went to another boxing gym while staying at my current gym because I wasn't getting any sparring as there was only juniors at my gym. So I got sparring in at this other gym but continued to fight for my gym. But my original trainer got the hump about it despite the fact that he had me go into a fight with no sparring whatsoever. I was made to feel like a snake in the grass but what does he expect me to do if he doesn't give me any sparring??
Wait, your coach let you fight without ever having you spar? What kind of training were you doing? I can’t even imagine what my first fight would have been like if I had never gotten used to keeping my composure under pressure in a controlled environment. How did that fight go?
It went really bad. I was just doing bag and pad work. It was my first ever fight and although I wasn't hurt I got stopped in the first round from a barrage of punches. I'm not one to blame others but it was hard not to be pissed off at my coach.Wait, your coach let you fight without ever having you spar? What kind of training were you doing? I can’t even imagine what my first fight would have been like if I had never gotten used to keeping my composure under pressure in a controlled environment. How did that fight go?
I'm gonna go on a limb and guess that he didn't corner you on your fight?It went really bad. I was just doing bag and pad work. It was my first ever fight and although I wasn't hurt I got stopped in the first round from a barrage of punches. I'm not one to blame others but it was hard not to be pissed off at my coach.
Probably just didn’t know better. Bad coachIt went really bad. I was just doing bag and pad work. It was my first ever fight and although I wasn't hurt I got stopped in the first round from a barrage of punches. I'm not one to blame others but it was hard not to be pissed off at my coach.
Damn brother, that’s terrible. Glad you weren’t hurt. That just goes to show how important it is to have a good coach with sound training methods.It went really bad. I was just doing bag and pad work. It was my first ever fight and although I wasn't hurt I got stopped in the first round from a barrage of punches. I'm not one to blame others but it was hard not to be pissed off at my coach.
I don’t 100% agree with the second part. It has a lot to do with personality, some people need to be the big fish in the small pond to get the best out of them. As long as they are getting good instruction and pushed by teammates that’s were some get the most out of training. When they go to a high end guys that’s not focused on them personally , they get lost in mediocrity.When a gym has nothing left for you to learn, when you’re the best one in the room then it’s time to move on
I understand what your saying, but it depends on the relationship. If you’re going the extra mile, coming in to the gym just to help the guy out, studying tape for his fights, helping him with nutrition, then one day he just ghosts you and never comes back that’s a hard pill to swallowI don't get this snake in the grass shit.
Only in martial arts do you get ridiculous loyalty & snake in the grass bullshit.
A teacher's job is to impart as much knowledge/wisdom to their students as possible and hopefully improve their students life in & out of class.
Teaching is meant to be a noble profession and one in which you should do what's best for your student - not for yourself.
When you're in school for example - I've never heard of a teacher demanding that students not learn from other teachers and that they remain loyal...
Yet I'm sure all of us here have been involved or heard stories through the grapevine of shit like this happening in gyms/dojos (bridges burned, loyalty brought up, organisation/gym politics etc) regardless of whatever grappling or striking style you do - it's very common.
Personally I admire the very very few instructors that don't care about the money and teach for free or to cover the expenses of renting training space. I've had the pleasure of meeting a few instructors like this and they are a dime in a dozen. They don't care whether you stay or go - just that you don't stop your journey wherever you are and that you keep training. That's how it should be imho.
i see what you’re saying, and guys like that can work at places like that as long as they are losing rounds in house. Otherwise you’ll have to take them to get work in at other gymsI don’t 100% agree with the second part. It has a lot to do with personality, some people need to be the big fish in the small pond to get the best out of them. As long as they are getting good instruction and pushed by teammates that’s were some get the most out of training. When they go to a high end guys that’s not focused on them personally , they get lost in mediocrity.
Different strokes for different folks
apparently I’ve been doing waaaaay too much work for my fighterslolwut?
Sort of, but you always need to be growing and improving, being stale means death.I don’t 100% agree with the second part. It has a lot to do with personality, some people need to be the big fish in the small pond to get the best out of them. As long as they are getting good instruction and pushed by teammates that’s were some get the most out of training. When they go to a high end guys that’s not focused on them personally , they get lost in mediocrity.
Different strokes for different folks