thanks for the info i posted on the forum before about my mauy thai class and the training did not seem right i went to my first class i never had good stand up i am so used to grappling when i was 14 years old i took jjj and judo for 3 years now i am 24 years old and am going to college i live in Florida right down the street from American Top Team the school i go to and in bjj i got the hang of it right away and plus i am used to being on the floor from my backround but when i went to the mauy thai class there were about 13 people 1 teacher and a fighter that was helping the teacher out when i got there the fighter that was working with the teacher took me on the side and was trying to teach me the correct stance and about 15 minutes later the teacher paired the whole class up and i still did not have the correct stance and we had to do a technique where someone would throw a jab and the other person would block the jab and counter with an elbow to the face then next we did a combination of a cross then elbow to the face then we had to end class with a drill of 10 kicks,front kicks,elbows,punches,knee's, and outside knee's to the heavy bag the drill was 10 kicks then 10 push up's and so on for everything and i was confused because i did not have the correct form or stance or for that matter know how to punch or kick during the whole class when i used to take jjj and judo you had to work on the correct form of whatever you were being taught until you have gotten it down that is how it is in bjj the white belts cannot roll or sparr until they get the correct technique in the mauy thai class he was saying throw a punch then an elbow he demonstrated the technique and that was about it how can i learn mauy thai the way the teacher is teaching i thought that he would work on my stance first before anything especially the right way to use my elbows and throw a punch,kick, and knee's the correct way at the school they also have a very well known boxing coach Howard Davis Jr. he is the olympic gold medalist of the 1976 games he recieved the Val Baker Award for most outstanding boxer during the games and he is the member of the New Jersey boxing hall of fame with a record of 36-6-1 14 KO's the mauy thai instructer is Cristian "King Cobra" Toleque record of 23-0 PKL International Cruiserwieght champion,2001 USA Extreme challenge champion and a Shin Do Kumate Title belt champion the mauy thai instructor has a awesome record but when i went to his class it was a real upset from what i said how his mauy thai class is am i going to have a chance to learn anything or should i do boxing i dont want to go to a class that i am not going to learn anything in i told my friend that works at the school about the class he is a proffesional fighter with 13 fights under him he only takes bjj and boxing and he told me i can get private lessons but they will cost from 75$ to 100$ either from him or any other fighter he said he is in to boxing and he does not know enough to really teach me mauy thai he said that if i want a private lesson in mauy thai i should get it from a fighter that is fighting in the UFC on August,16 his name is Tiago Alves and he is fighting Josh Neer what would you guys do if you were in my situation i want to compete eventually and i have no stand up at all
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