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Old 05-14-2008, 02:32 PM   #1 (permalink)

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Muay Thai instuctor won't let me train
Hi,

I have done Shotokan Karate since i was 8, i have also done a bit of Aikido and have Boxed for a year and a half. Have been wieght trainnig since i wa 14 and i sprint train as much as i can. Have love full contact fighting thats why i started Boxing and thats why i want to do Muay thai, seeing as i have got good legs and love using elbows and just hands isn't enough for me.

I have been looking high and low for a Muay thai gym in Lodon in my area, i finally found one and the instuctor won't let me become a member. I spoke to him on the phone for a while why i wanted to train Muay thai and what i wanted to achieve and then emailed him like he asked, i got a reply saying he couldn't take me on. I was completely shocked!!

He hasn't even met me how can he make that decision when he has never seen me fight??

I want to go down to the gym and give him a piece of my mind.

Please some advise would be good.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:36 PM   #2 (permalink)

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Hi,

I have done Shotokan Karate since i was 8, i have also done a bit of Aikido and have Boxed for a year and a half. Have been wieght trainnig since i wa 14 and i sprint train as much as i can. Have love full contact fighting thats why i started Boxing and thats why i want to do Muay thai, seeing as i have got good legs and love using elbows and just hands isn't enough for me.

I have been looking high and low for a Muay thai gym in Lodon in my area, i finally found one and the instuctor won't let me become a member. I spoke to him on the phone for a while why i wanted to train Muay thai and what i wanted to achieve and then emailed him like he asked, i got a reply saying he couldn't take me on. I was completely shocked!!

He hasn't even met me how can he make that decision when he has never seen me fight??

I want to go down to the gym and give him a piece of my mind.

Please some advise would be good.
Did he specify any particular reason he wouldn't let you train? seems odd!

If No, find a different gym!
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:42 PM   #3 (permalink)

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Find a different gym and move on ... problem solved.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:45 PM   #4 (permalink)

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If it really is your only option in the area, go down and ask to speak to him in person for an explaination. No harm in asking.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:52 PM   #5 (permalink)

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Did he specify any particular reason he wouldn't let you train? seems odd!
No he didn't thats why i emailed him back but haven't heard anything.

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If it really is your only option in the area, go down and ask to speak to him in person for an explaination. No harm in asking.
I think i might do that.

If there was another gym i could train at i would but that was my last option.

Thanks for the advice.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:59 PM   #6 (permalink)

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No he didn't thats why i emailed him back but haven't heard anything.



I think i might do that.

If there was another gym i could train at i would but that was my last option.

Thanks for the advice.
Good luck man. Guy sounds like a jack-ass. Who knows though?
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Old 05-14-2008, 03:47 PM   #7 (permalink)

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Is it a private club?
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Old 05-14-2008, 03:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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sounds awfully fishy
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Old 05-14-2008, 04:00 PM   #9 (permalink)
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he probaly has to full of a class and doesnt want to get over ran..

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hes a mcdojo and since you are pretty experienced he doenst want to be shown up by you..
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Old 05-14-2008, 04:12 PM   #10 (permalink)

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just show up to the place and pretend u never talked to him haha im serious then maybe you could join take a look if you even ike the gym u know
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