13 year old training?!?

[Ron Almeida]

i dont agree with scott and josh, my son had his worse injury to date playing basketball.

most of his friends are at the gym, he plays there.

he also plays at home with other kids, but these kids he dont like to play with as much because they have different likes.

the gracies, tiger woods, michael jorden, etc, the best of the best have been doing their sport everyday their entire life, their sport is their kid time, their sport is part of their lifestyle.

my son likes training at a gym that offers different types of classes, rather than just bbj or muay thai, that way he can mix it up himself for change of pace. when he is at the gym he might be working with a kid in bjj class and then they decide to ask their parents if they can stay for another class of muay thai or something. also his gym has a play area, trampoline and xbox so the kids love it there.

[Scott Yockel]

Ron, agree with the path you and your son are taking and wish him all the luck in the future. My statement was just a general guid line, I realize everyone is different. The point I was trying to get at was for an even mix of "kid time" and training. If your son can do both at the gym with other kids he trains with more power to him. I'll even say i'm jealous that your son has the head start that I didn't. Hope to some video's of you guys soon!!

[Ron Almeida]

thanks scott,

his facebook and webpage has videos (see my sig)

also i have a video of him rolling with eddie i will put up sometime soon.

what is also funny is i used to own a bjj school when my son was born and i took him to the school and sat him in his baby carrier on the edge of the mats. so he thinks thats why he is good and likes it so much because he was watching it when he was a baby. kind of like helio gracie who sat and watched for years.

what is also very important is the support he gets from you guys on the board, 10th planet riverside, eddie himself, wand fight team, his friends, fans and sponsors. he is living his dream on a small scale, on a daily basis...

everyone show your support for him and any other up and coming kids, by visiting their webpages and commenting etc. the kids need that kind of support.

thanks again

[Chris Herzog]

As a coach to youth jj players and youth wrestlers, don't follow this. 2 to 3 days a week is enough, even if he/she wants to do more. Its important not forget he/she is still a kid and needs to do kid things. I've had a couple of my own wrestlers that worked out 6 days a week get burned out by the time they hit high school and never wrestled again. Some had a lot of talent and could have done well even into college. Not mention injuries at a young age from over doing it can last a lifetime. If mma in the ufc is the goal hold them back alittle and then when the time comes they will be ready.

+1 and its important to understand Scott is also referring to the "average kid/general populous", there will always be exceptions to the rule, Scott has at least one such teen in his program now. However he does it all on his own, hes never forced to train or compete, the kid just engulfs it.

[Xsimon]

Hmm.. I don't see how 6 days a week could be overkill especially for a growing kid with absurd amounts of energy etc.. Iono growing up in Austin(maybe different elsewhere?) the majority of sports went 5-6 days a week with Sunday for recovery etc(from 6th-12th grade for sure).. and I say majority because the only common sport that didn't was hockey.. we only practiced a few times a week but that was more because of logistics. Most people I knew did several sports as well. But I wasn't trying to say he should do that.. thats why I started and ended by saying its important that he finds what schedule works for him.

edit: dave might have misunderstood you it was 3am I was taking a hw break. Sounded like you were saying thats how you get your kid to practice etc.. but maybe you're saying thats the best way to coach them cause they never listen and what not :P

scott: just saw the general guideline thing

[Emir Mehovic]

i dont think i will get "burned out"...chael sonnen has trained evreyday of his life since he was like 12 lol..atleast thats what he says

[Shellby Connelly]

I train 7 days a week , 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hrs a days andi am a 15yr old girl. I train at 2 diffenret martial arts schools (one for kenpo one for JJ/MT). I am ranked in both martial arts and enjoy it. the guys at them gym/school are like my second family and really sipport me and all want to be there when get my first fight. I actualy clean the gym 2-3x a week, mop, vacum, startighten pads, garbage..i also compete in karate tournaments & submission tournaments as much as possible (i have 3 this month)..And i enjoy every minute of it, some of my friends at school have said i am to dedictaed, but like gina carano said "if your goign to have a hobby, it might as well be punching someone in the face" -

[Emir Mehovic]

i was thinking....during winter

Monday-1 hour of muay thai, 1 hour and 30 minutes oj jiu jitsu no gi

tuesday-2 hours of wrestiling, 1 hour of jiu jitsu no gi

wednsday-2 hours of wrestiling, 1 hour of muay thai, 1 hour and 30 minutes of jiu jitsu no gi

thursday-wrestiling meet (wrestiling macth/s)

friday-2 hours of wrestiling, 1 hour of jiujitsu gi

saturday-45 minutes of muay thai, 45 minutes of jiu jitsu no gi

sunday-1 hour of muay thai

evrey other season is a little different because i wont have wrestiling but i will have a little more jiu jitsu and muay thai and mma overall and i will be in all kinds off wrestiling camps in the wrestiling off season

what do u guys think of that scheduel^^

[Scott Yockel]

i dont think i will get "burned out"...chael sonnen has trained evreyday of his life since he was like 12 lol..atleast thats what he says

Exactly......thats what he says. what does is different. I didn't think I would ever get burned out after my last mma fight but I did and havent been back in the cage since (1 1/2 yrs). Now with some time off here and their I'm ready to jump back into things this year.

[Ron Almeida]

i think the most important thing is support...

my son gets excited for a new fb fan or a new comment on his website or when his sponsor gives him something unexpected etc. and i drop everything to help him.

the littlest things keep this kid going.

personally i think you dont get burned out of something you love. so it depends on the reason for doing it, if you are taking bjj for recreation yeh you will get burned out, but if you are doing it because you love it and you would do it even if you never thought about being a champion then i dont think you burn out.