Agreed, that was my line of thinking about 7 years ago, - I had a recurring knee incident that kept getting kicked and hit with sloppy takedowns and decided it wasn't worth training with these people and just generally getting punched in the face so I switched and never looked back.
All I can think of is maybe hit them up on Facebook, they're that sought after that i'm sure they have info re: one-off training sessions for tourists etc, likely for exorbitant prices.
I’ve never been but the gym I train at does a yearly thailand trip and they train there. It’s meant to be really good for all levels of experience.
They won't haha. Most gyms would expect you to train there for a couple weeks minimum before they even consider getting you in the ring.
Haha that sounds about right. I went over as a 20 year old thinking I could hold my own. I had a rude awakening when I trained with some of the kids over there.
Oh cool, you actually have a really decent gym in your own back yard in Kelmscott.
In my 1st 5 or so years I used to do around 2 comps a year but a number of home circumstances pushed competing and regular training on the backburner for a bit, although did manage to get back on the horse and compete 2 months ago in a no gi event and I hope to try and squeeze another comp in before the end of the year.
I'd be pretty surprised if a place like that made you do sparring rounds. They know nothing about you so it'd be a big liability risk.
Re: pricing - I realise it's apples & oranges but I took some training gear to Singapore recently and hit up half a dozen BJJ gyms and the standard fee everywhere averaged about $60 for a single class.
I used to do Boxing but started Krav Maga 6 months ago and am totally into that now. The instructor is a hard ass when it comes to conditioning and Cardio and I always come away at the end of the night wrecked.
