Emir, I appreciate your looking into various schools, and understand that you're only 13. You get a bit of a mulligan because of age. Here's the thing: (in full disclosure) you will never know for ABSOLUTE certain what school is best for you until you try, and also stick with it for a while. One thing I see, especially with younger guys just getting into it, is they all want "the best" this, "the best" that and they have no patience and want the magic pill to take to get great fast. Here's the thing: it takes YEARS to become proficient in any sense in a martial arts discipline. Sure, some guys look awesome and make it look easy, but if you want to be Anderson Silva or GSP, well, you have to put in the lifelong commitment that each of them has.
As far as my academy. All I will say (again) is: I have an excellent grappling program. Anyone who says otherwise, or is judging purely on if/when my students do grappling tournaments is short sighted. I don't necessarily focus on tournies (I know that may shock people) and many of my students have less than 1 or 2 years of (inconsistent) training. I don't really care about trophies. I daresay I have the best Muay Thai/Boxing in the state. I have fought and trained myself with Kru Phil Nurse for 20 plus years.
There are many good/decent gyms in the area. However, anyone who says anything negative about another for profit should make you wonder. You need to judge for yourself.
I've never seen you come in to try anything out previously. I've invited you to take a free trial class, and yes, I have to return you mother's call, but I don't know how serious you are and I'm being very selective about who I take on as a new student moving forward as I change the way I do things. My time is valuable, and I love helping people out, but my I have a limited amount of time to field the same questions over and over. When you finally find the time to actually try a class, then you will have some information to make a decision for yourself with your parents.
As far as my academy. All I will say (again) is: I have an excellent grappling program. Anyone who says otherwise, or is judging purely on if/when my students do grappling tournaments is short sighted. I don't necessarily focus on tournies (I know that may shock people) and many of my students have less than 1 or 2 years of (inconsistent) training. I don't really care about trophies. I daresay I have the best Muay Thai/Boxing in the state. I have fought and trained myself with Kru Phil Nurse for 20 plus years.
There are many good/decent gyms in the area. However, anyone who says anything negative about another for profit should make you wonder. You need to judge for yourself.
I've never seen you come in to try anything out previously. I've invited you to take a free trial class, and yes, I have to return you mother's call, but I don't know how serious you are and I'm being very selective about who I take on as a new student moving forward as I change the way I do things. My time is valuable, and I love helping people out, but my I have a limited amount of time to field the same questions over and over. When you finally find the time to actually try a class, then you will have some information to make a decision for yourself with your parents.
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