Hotbox Boston?

[Robert Sevigny]

i sent Eddie an email like back in May ASKING about setting up a 10p in Mass (still waiting on a response) i wrote because CT is 3 hours from us and is the closest 10p to the 508.... i got plenty of places open in MY area looking for tenants of buildings and is alot safer than going to boston (plus boston has Kenny Florian, Gracie Barra just went in and the commute is god awful)

sudburry/boston is already cramped with other gyms, need to spread the love south to the plymouth area !!!!

[HerbChao]

Depending on how many of us do meet, the places I've been training in at Harvard we could potentially use too (right now they're relaxed about checking student cards and stuff, although down the road strolling in 10 people at a time might be a bit tougher). We'll see. I also spoke with another guy in Billerica MA (yeah I know a hike for alot) but he could potentially help us with places to train and connections to places too. Just throwing it out there......good guys I like the momentum that is building!...

[Landon DuMar]

i sent Eddie an email like back in May ASKING about setting up a 10p in Mass (still waiting on a response) i wrote because CT is 3 hours from us and is the closest 10p to the 508.... i got plenty of places open in MY area looking for tenants of buildings and is alot safer than going to boston (plus boston has Kenny Florian, Gracie Barra just went in and the commute is god awful)

sudburry/boston is already cramped with other gyms, need to spread the love south to the plymouth area !!!!

Well a hotbox is much different than a moon, and second, it doesn't matter how many schools in the area there are, there isn't a 10P, so you're providing something different than anyone else. I think first priority at this point is finding somewhere convenient for everyone to make it to on a regular basis. Plus all the places you mentioned are gi jiu jitsu focused. I live in the city, and I can tell you that there are no nogi schools, just MMA or gi with some nogi. If you can find me a place that offers nogi BJJ classes 5 days a week then that's where I'd be training.

[HerbChao]

I think first priority at this point is finding somewhere convenient for everyone to make it to on a regular basis.

Agreed-maybe to help here's what i see as a list of locations people would be coming from (based on responses to the thread so far):

Boston
Outside of Boston/North of Boston
Taunton
Sudbury/Going towards Pike from Boston
Rhode Island
Montreal


Add to the above if anyone else is interested (to help with the search for a spot to train at).

[Steve Schumer]

I'm in Rhode island so anywhere close is fine with me

[Robert Sevigny]

steve, joe lauzon mentioned his buddy opening a school down that way i think its BLACK DIAMOND MMA or DIAMONDMMA

landon, i dont much about the boston schools you can practice at, but joe lauzons in bridgewater does some nogi stuff (i still gotta hit him up and see if i can get a roll with him sometime now that i got some fking cash)

[Landon DuMar]

Yeah I think both of our points is that we'd like to have a place to work on 10P techniques with a group of guys looking to do the same.

[Brandon Woolsey]

Just a little fyi. You will want your hotbox to be conveniently located for the majority of peeps. Example, my hb is a little over 30 mins away from me but its within 5 min of the majority of my guys. Also, look at where I am, dont worry about other gyms. Coach Herzog and Master Eddie have both said we are in an ocean full of sharks here in Miami. If any of yall have mats go anywhere you can. We started in a living room, think outside the box on this and you can make it work. Was a living room as good as a gym no, but we did get things going from there. It takes alot of work and dedication. The goal of an official hb is to become a moon.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

Coach Herzog and Master Eddie have both said we are in an ocean full of sharks here in Miami. If any of yall have mats go anywhere you can.

So we're basically like Finding Nemo here.



Robert, if it's your dream to have a group of guys to train 10P with, it's totally within your reach. It'll just take resilience and perseverance and patience at first. You can make it happen brother!

[Landon DuMar]

Just a little fyi. You will want your hotbox to be conveniently located for the majority of peeps. Example, my hb is a little over 30 mins away from me but its within 5 min of the majority of my guys. Also, look at where I am, dont worry about other gyms. Coach Herzog and Master Eddie have both said we are in an ocean full of sharks here in Miami. If any of yall have mats go anywhere you can. We started in a living room, think outside the box on this and you can make it work. Was a living room as good as a gym no, but we did get things going from there. It takes alot of work and dedication. The goal of an official hb is to become a moon.

Thanks guys for your support and input. Very much appreciated from someone who successfully has a hotbox running. I agree completely, like I said convenient location and just getting it going is first priority. I think it's easy for everyone to speculate and say do this or do that, but so far I'm the only one who has taken some real steps to put this together in terms of pulling together all the requirements to start it. Not to slander anyone else in any way, but actions speak loader than words, and you guys town in Miami are certainly making some noise!