Hey everyone, I joined the forum in 2011 but left after a while as I had moved schools and no longer practised eskrima, but a couple of months ago I started learning muay thai and bjj in an MMA context, and then last week took up eskrima again, so I figured it might be an idea to come back to MAP. I'm 17 now, I was training twice a week at first (Mondays striking, Wednesdays grappling), but now I train muay thai on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well, and eskrima for six hours at the weekend. It is Guba Doce Pares and I hope to 're-grade' as it were in April and hopefully complete my red belt grading. The reason I left the first time around was because I learnt it an an after-school club and when I moved schools it was no longer available to me and I couldn't attend weekend classes for logistical reasons. I'm enjoying it very much now that I've started again though. I do have an ambition to compete at amateur level eventually but I'll just have to wait and see how things go as at the moment I'm nowhere near ready. I also spend a lot of time on fitness outside of training sessions, doing weight-lifting, running, and circuit-training, which I feel has certainly helped me adapt to the intensity of training. Thanks for reading, Anwolf
Welcome back. So glad to see someone return to training. Sadly, I see people leave my school. When they come back 99% of the time they don't stick around long the second time. People say they are taking a break all the time. The break usually seems permanent from my observation.
Let's hope that's not the case with me then I actually missed my session today because I was at a party last night :bang: Sure I'll start a log at some point I guess. It's very fun, although from what I've seen so far I think doing MMA specific training works bests if you already have a foundation in martial ats or if you are also spending time doing more focused training as it covers a very broad range of styles.
The MMA gyms I've observed have separate classes for BJJ, boxing, Muay Thai, etc. It looks quite focused on the individual styles and well-rounded (to me). If I were in a position to try it like you are, I would definitely look into it. :hat: (I'm sure some gyms are much better than others, of course)