Hey everybody!
its another new year and that means Im going back on the road! In the following weeks I will be in St. Louis and Kansas City Missouri for Work and looking for a place to train.
I found out the trip to Springfield might be a little too far this trip so I was wondering if anyone might know of places in those two cities that I should check out and drop in at.
Thanks in advance!
Have you checked out the new map?
Yeah I did. There are no individuals listed for the state of Missouri the only tab listed is for the Springfield affiliate.
Steve Berger trains NO GI. He is an experienced MMA vet and Black Belt in BJJ. http://www.rednosemma.com/
Team Destruction is a short drive from St.Louis. They are an very into MMA. This is one of the most intense MMA teams out there. UFC and Strikeforce fighters have been here to train for fights. The coaches are very wrestling oriented. They have a black belt teach BJJ. And awesome striking coachs. If you go here be ready for some hard training, cardio. http://teamdestruction.com/
Team Vaghi is great also. I've seen them compete before and they always do some but kicking. http://submissionjiujitsu.com/
Across the river in Granite City Il is Mat Hughes gym. They are awesome also. http://submissionjiujitsu.com/
Here's Mat Hughes website I put the wrong one there. http://thehitsquad.com/
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Vaghi is an ANIMAL...if you're gonna be in the area any way. I hear tell he even plays a little hubber guardch!
If something changes and you can make it to Springfield come. We will give you the first class treatment.
I have a good friend in St Louis, JW Wright. He is the 2010 Pan Am Champ. Just won his first fight for StrikeForce in Dec. He is a Royler BB and is a very cool guy! Vaghi is also an animal. Matt is good trainng, but he will try and push his personal religious (Christian)values on you, so if that is is a downer I would avoid the hit squad. hit me up if you want Jdubs #
were not far from kansas city, little south pleasant hill mo
I'm signing back up at destruction mma tomorrow. I've trained there off and on as i could afford for the past 4 years. it's a good gym.
www.kcbjj.com or www.teamk2lmma.com are both great spots in KC. KCBJJ has several brown belts and a renato tavares bb in Jason Bircher. Great guys there.
K2L is more mma based but has ufc, strikeforce, bellator and wec vets training there morning and night. Several really tough dudes for sure!
Thanks for the help everyone. I'm on my way to St Louis now staying in Forest park. I may just look for the closest location if the weathers bad.
Deryck ill be out your way in a couple of weeks so thanks and ill be looking forward to training out there.
Rebumping this thread. I might be moving to the Shawnee Mission Kansas area (KC, Lenexa, etc). Does anybody else know of any other schools in the area I should check out?
You could always hit up 10th Planet St.Louis
http://www.10thplanetstlouis.com/
That would be cool. I'm heading there for the seminar but it's too far for day to day training. Hopefully i can finding a place with morning classes.
So far my options to nearby gyms are between a Renato Tavares gym and a Nova Uniao gym. Has anybody heard anything about either of these schools?