So I have a mma class tonight

[IronFist]

Alright I think I may have finally found a place to train. I was looking through the phonebook and there was a place that said mma/jujitsu (among other things). I called and was like "i'm interested in that class." He told me it had been converted to a Krav Maga class. I was like "eh?" The good news is it's at my new gym which is like 5 minutes away from where I live. He said it's a mixture of boxing, jujitsu (bjj I assume), jkd, etc.

I asked the important question: do you guys spar?

He said yeah.

I was like cool. They train in regular clothes and shoes. I guess that makes it more realistic. I will wear MA pants, a t-shirt, and converse allstars (if we have to wear shoes) because all my other shoes are dress shoes for work.

So, things that I'm excited about:
1. A potential mma class that is close to where I live
2. Being able to train again

Things that I am worried about:
1. It might suck
2. It might deviate from effective mma stuff (ie. what if you walked into a "mma" class and they made you take a sideways karate stance)
3. There might be hardasses in the class
4. I thought I heard him say they grapple on hardwood floors. Ouch. I hope they have mats.

I have two free lessons, and it's $109 a month if I like it. That's a lot, isn't it? But, I can go as much as I want per month. He told me they also have a kickboxing class (16oz gloves) that you can go to as much as you want as well.

Well whatever. I'll let you know how it goes.

[red5angel]

well congratulations. Now you can come back tomorrow after class and bag about how you're trainng for real while everyone who is training traditionally is only fooling themselves :P

[IronFist]

I thought I already did that.

[norther practitioner]

Hey, now you're getting in more of that dreaded cardio too...

[red5angel]

lol! Well now you can be "certified"!

[IronFist]

Haha. Actually I don't really rag on TMAs. I just say I feel mma is more effective as far as fighting goes. But I won't tell someone they're wrong or they suck for choosing to study a TMA. Maybe it works for them and that's what matters.

[Water Dragon]

Who are you training under?

[IronFist]

I dunno, some guys. I'll find out. I think one of them is some how connected to one of the Gracies. I hope. I think they have a website I can look it up on in the meantime.

Link removed because it doesn't matter.

I'll let you guys know how the class was tonight.

[Shaolinlueb]

i like krav maga, i wish there was some closer schools by me.

[SevenStar]

A couple of red flags:

1. the fact that they converted an mma class to a krav maga class- I smell a money opportunity.


2. I don't have any direct experience with reylson, but many people say (including KFM's own merryprankster and knifefighter) that his program is frowned on by the other gracies and that he is not taken seriously by the general mma/bjj community.

I haven't looked at the site yet - I'll check it out in a bit.

[Kristoffer]

Be open minded but critical. Krav Maga isn't MMA, so if they claim to teach it - ask who they learned it from. If they can name someone that you can check up, no worries. And if you decide to train there and there's some are hard asses, try befriending them so u let them know you want to learn from them, not compete with them.

[IronFist]

Maybe they just called it "Krav Maga" because that will attract more business than "MMA." That being said, no one has really heard of Krav Maga. That being said, isn't Krav Maga supposed to be the latest MA trend? Maybe they're trying to catch the new fad?

Anyway, I care about what they teach, not what they call it.

[SevenStar]

I agree. You didn't say they only changed the name though - you said that it had bene converted to a krav maga class, which is what raised my concern.

[Knifefighter]

Two red flags:
1- Krav Maga
2- Grappling on hardwood floors

[MantisFistMonk]

May I suggest www.ctmma.com ?