How I felt about my 1st training day at...supposably 10th planet hamilton NZ

[lates85]

alright i think everyone's given this guy too much attention

[Louis Ho]

This Andrew Ho is my evil cousin. I'm really embarrassed about this. I apologize on behalf of the entire Ho Dynasty.

[Bill Keeling]

This Andrew Ho is my evil cousin. I'm really embarrassed about this. I apologize on behalf of the entire Ho Dynasty.

as you should... as you should...

[Sam Weston]

Ok ive trained with John about 3 times and competed against his guys, they are totally legit great people!!!

Also John is this the guy who almost died from puffing at the seminar after stretching?

[Toby FitzPatrick]

Okay i have been training with john since before he opened up the gym and started full time coaching and i have nothing but praise for him as a coach. I began as a relatively high level wrestler (gold medals in both nz nationals and oceania champs) and before training with john i had two options either hold my opponent down if there technique wasnt great or get subbed if they were good. since john has taken an interest in my grappling i have been able to finish grappling matches in competition and win mma fights via submission. As we are still quite a small gym we have the luxury of having john cater the techniques we learn to best suit us as his pupils instead of just training a curriculum. John is also more than just a coach to the members of our gym as he is also a friend who actively encourages the team atmosphere inside and out of the gym.

I take offense at a lot of the things andrew has said about our gym and im not really sure where to start on the nonsense he is spouting but safety is always our #1 concern, we have a range of different experience levels and sizes and to my knowledge john is the only one who has suffered any injuries (barring a few cauliflower ears ).

To be honest it seems to me that andrew is just butthurt that all of his youtube learnin' didnt translate as well to the gym as he would have liked and instead of taking the opportunity to improve his skills or even to communicate with us what his problems are he instead went running home to have a cry and start running his mouth on the internet.

anyways to sum up john = good. andrew = douchebag

[Brent Smith]

This Andrew Ho is my evil cousin. I'm really embarrassed about this. I apologize on behalf of the entire Ho Dynasty.

Haha! On a side note its cool to see all the NZ people come out. Stick around guys!

[Sam Weston]

HAHAHAHA it is the same guy from Eddies seminar in NZ lol, guys a total joke.

Had to sit next to him while Eddie was explaining a technique, and felt physically sick from his gasping and wheezing.

Also probably didn't give John enough credit earlier, ive only herd good things about him, my mate Joesef trains there and always has the highest praise for John and all his guys, Infact this has made me want to train there more often!

[AJ Camacho]

I think everybody is being a bit harsh.

He seems like a dude with social issues who has a skewed perspective of what martial arts should be. Somebody before posted a thread about what a traditional martial artist might think when he trains at your gym, I don't think this dude is any different. Jiujitsu isn't for everybody and I don't slight anybody who doesn't get that this shit is supposed to hurt or that it is a dynamic art that requires time, repetition, and hard work.

I know that Andrew posted with his intentions of shaming a local gym and that nobody here thinks highly of him for it but I'm not one to just poke fun of a socially awkward guy who doesn't like to get hurt.

[ChristianPleisch]

Alrighty then guys... dont hit a dog when his down This clown has had enaugh

[DarbyBarby]