Lack of oppurtunity.

[Craig W]

Hi people, basically i'm looking for a good Muay Thai boxing trainer/gym in my area - but am having great difficulty.
I live in England and all the good camps seem to be up North, alot of which are open 7 days a week.
All ive found in my area is places that train twice a week maximum for an hour-hour 1/2 each time, in a smallish area or school hall etc with very little equipment.
Ive had some MA training in the past, and would love to train in Thai. I'm very dedicated & passionate in what i do, and ideally would like to train 5 times a week. Eventually i want to fight in the ring (i know it'll take alot of time, but all good things come to those who wait) but i dont think that'll happen only training twice a week in the given conditions... moving up North is a bit drastic so any ideas on what i can do?


I currently live in England (Bedfordshire)

Any help/info/advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Craig W]

Anyone?

[dave_UK_MT]

Only thing I can suggest is to drop an email to someone at one of the following gyms:-

https://www.badcompany.co.uk

http://www.thaiboxing.co.uk/

http://members.lycos.co.uk/mungsarin/

Ask if they can recommend somewhere in your area.

Also try asking on

http://www.axkickboxing.com/

Or move to Leeds and train at BadCo with us lot

Oh and it doesn't take that long to get in the ring, I started 8 months ago (no previous experience) and have my first class C fight at the end of June

[Craig W]

Thanks for the links mate, how often do u train?

[dave_UK_MT]

Up untill I found out I was fighting it was 3-4 times a week, now I'm fighting its 5-6 times a week, bloody hard work but great fun

[Craig W]

How is the class you fight in determided (N, C, B & first timers)?

[dave_UK_MT]

To be honest I don't actually know, you just kinda get told "oi your fighting in such and such a day".

This sport is a tad disorganised like that, you turn up to a fight and suddenly the rules can change or your fighting someone different. You just have to get in and do it though.

The only thing I do know for sure is that my instructor wouldn't let me fight if he didn't think I could handle it.......(I hope!!!).

[Craig W]

Cheers, ive been looking at Bad Co's site - i'm jealous it looks like you've got some good fighters & a very good reputation.