mixed martial arts gym?

[zerioustt]

Anyone apart of one? I may be joining one in cherry hill. Here's their website... http://www.phillymma.com/ I'm probably gonna go check them out this week. I'm doing this to get in better shape not to be a gnarly cage fighter. I just get tired of the same workouts at the gym and think this might be a breath of fresh air. Any thoughts?

[Broken5hift]

awesome idea. lemme know how it is i would love to join if its a good program

[Broken5hift]

damn, wish they had better locations

[TROLL]

Yeah I think its a great idea... something you can work at forever, its great exercise, and doesnt hurt to give you more confidence in your abilities to defend yourself.
one of my sister's good friends owns http://www.bodyartsgym.com/ in Philly and I've been meaning to go check it out but I havent. They also promote the Evolved Fighting Championship fights that are held in the city as well.

[Archie]

yea philly mma has a location in south philly also i think

[zerioustt]

Def will let ya know. They give a free lesson so ill see if its abunch of bs or not. Sounds like a great way to have fun and get in better shape. Ill def keep you posted.

How far are they from you?

[HatchSurfer3]

yea id def love to hear how it is as well. Ive been doing a decent amount of training on my own, but would love to get into a gym

[Broken5hift]

Yeah I think its a great idea... something you can work at forever, its great exercise, and doesnt hurt to give you more confidence in your abilities to defend yourself.
one of my sister's good friends owns http://www.bodyartsgym.com/ in Philly and I've been meaning to go check it out but I havent. They also promote the Evolved Fighting Championship fights that are held in the city as well.

they are part of philadelphia fight factory arent they?

i was at this http://www.bloodyknux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17039

to watch Eddie Alvarez become the new champ! lauras cousin is best friends with his sister and damn that dude can fight!

[Broken5hift]

Def will let ya know. They give a free lesson so ill see if its abunch of bs or not. Sounds like a great way to have fun and get in better shape. Ill def keep you posted.

How far are they from you?

im in newtown so its like a 30-40 min drive to either i think. with traffic it would be hard to make the classes :/

but if its worth it i would love to get back into this!

[bjc26]

Anyone apart of one? I may be joining one in cherry hill. Here's their website... http://www.phillymma.com/ I'm probably gonna go check them out this week. I'm doing this to get in better shape not to be a gnarly cage fighter. I just get tired of the same workouts at the gym and think this might be a breath of fresh air. Any thoughts?

I used to train at phillymma and a bunch of my good friends still train there on a regular basis. My one complaint is there are now a ton of people hopping on the MMA bandwagon so it gets pretty packed in there. Brad is a great instructor as are the other guys there so I would still recommend it. Everyone is very friendly and pretty helpful. It is definitely a workout like most haven't experienced before. The Cherry Hill location is fairly new (<9 mos. old) and is fairly big compared to their philly location. Be sure to show up well hydrated, you'll be sweating a ton. You going for BJJ, or MT?

Good luck.

[Broken5hift]

mui tai FWT

[Nick 95 6sp]

I was just thinking of looking into some kind of martial arts training for my two boys, 11 & 12yo. I'm reluctant to just send them to a local karate school and since I like watching mma, I thought of this.

Any of you guys with experience at these places know if they have programs for younger kids? I'll check the links above, too. Thanks.

I just watched a fight with Eddie Alvarez on TV, he anialated Scott Henze, I think the fight came from Costa Rica.

[Broken5hift]

I was just thinking of looking into some kind of martial arts training for my two boys, 11 & 12yo. I'm reluctant to just send them to a local karate school and since I like watching mma, I thought of this.

Any of you guys with experience at these places know if they have programs for younger kids? I'll check the links above, too. Thanks.

I just watched a fight with Eddie Alvarez on TV, he anialated Scott Henze, I think the fight came from Costa Rica.

yes they have kids programs and yes eddie is ****ing amazing. at his championship match he KO'd the dude in three punches

[Buster]

I can tell anyone from my own experience as a student and a teacher that you should be wary of any school or self defense classes. I cant tell you how many people who took tae-bo and claimed to be martial artists.

location is not key at all, class size and teacher status is what to look for. dont look for a group if you are looking to learn something. Also gyms that offer these classes more than likely cant give you the hands on that is needed to build confidence and skill.

Things that you should look for as training is what you want to happen.
For example: Jujitsu will not give you the same results as a kick boxing class would. The training involved will work different muscles.

MMA is a great thing but choose it very very wisely you could get hurt or end up with false knowleage.

[Broken5hift]

I can tell anyone from my own experience as a student and a teacher that you should be wary of any school or self defense classes. I cant tell you how many people who took tae-bo and claimed to be martial artists.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. but yea thats a very good point. quality of instructors over some douche bags trying to make a buck

[wgknestrick]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA. but yea thats a very good point. quality of instructors over some douche bags trying to make a buck

http://plutoniumblond.files.wordpress.com/2006/09/rkd5.jpg

[TROLL]

so i just found out last night that my sisters good friend Angel i was talking about... he is on the cover of Philadelphia Weekly this week with a feature article on fighting and the gym and MMA in general... pretty sick.

the link is here http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=14829

and here's a little pic of what the cover looks like....

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/images/issues/2007-06-13/large/img_14829_cover.jpg

[Broken5hift]

^ awesome


i love how much attention MMA is getting. the vs. channel runs like 5 different MMA fight shows. i love it

[Dana]

my ex bf goes to the philly mma in cherry hill. he aboslutely loves it.

[enigma]

I just started up at balance studios in philly for BJJ, three classes and its been great. www.balancephilly.com

[CleanNeon98]

http://www.counterstrikekenpo.com/default2.html

went there for 6 years, decided to stop right before my black belt test

definately energizing stuff, just be prepared to get the crap beat out of you..i still remember when i was 14 sparring with 18 year olds...not fun haha

[james_ls]

I'll personally vouch for the Philly Fight Factory team...they are a bunch of good dudes.

They can run some laps around some people who coulda sworn they were in shape!

[Jeff822]

I guess I will bring this thread back up since my other thread was locked, so are any of you guys still training? I'm starting Muay Thai/BJJ in the next few weeks and i'm psyched.