4/5 R V. 10 months ago on Google
This
is
an
honest
review
from
someone
thatās
trained
in
martial
arts
and
fighting
systems
since
the
mid
Nineties
(Vale
Tudo
(precursor
to
MMA),
karate,
and
mostly
Krav
Maga
to
a
high
level).
After
all,
honest
reviews
help
maintain
quality,
right?
I
trained
here
a
lot
of
last
year,
mostly
just
Muay
Thai
pad
work
and
a
limited
amount
of
BJJ
classes.
Itās
a
very
popular
gym,
and
I
could
see
why
ā
itās
well
equipped,
the
timetable
is
well
considered,
and
the
staff
at
the
desk
were
always
nice
and
friendly.
However,
Iām
not
a
young
guy,
being
early
fifties
now
(although
look
a
lot
younger
and
generally
pretty
fit)
and
while
the
pad
work
sessions
were
pretty
well
run
and
quite
technical
(great
for
shaking
out
the
cobwebs
for
me
after
a
few
years
of
minimal
training),
the
sparring
sessions
had
very
minimal
supervision.
Generally
there
was
a
good
spirit
amongst
other
students,
however
almost
every
time
I
attended
a
session
there
was
at
least
one
young
guy
that
was
out
to
prove
himself
and
just
had
to
bump
up
the
notches
of
intensity.
While
I
would
have
been
OK
for
that
10
or
so
years
ago,
one
guy
in
particular
seemed
to
take
offence
to
me
having
skills
outside
the
framework
of
Muay
Thai
and
decided
to
roundhouse
my
ribs
at
full
force.
Result
was
a
cracked
rib
that
put
me
out
for
6
weeks.
So
from
about
50%
he
suddenly
lost
it.
Not
the
first
time
had
guys
with
big
egos.
What
do
you
do
ā
give
it
back
and
then
be
the
one
to
be
seen
to
be
escalating?
Because
yeah,
Krav
Maga
100%
aināt
something
you
want
to
see
in
a
sparring
sessionā¦
point
being,
there
was
no
instructor
present
enough
to
see
the
escalation
and
I
just
had
to
cool
the
situation
myself.
Was
dying
to
teach
the
young
guy
a
lesson,
but
aināt
the
way.
All
in
all,
found
another
gym
with
a
better
corporate
spirit
and
a
lot
less
ego.
Canāt
say
itās
any
particular
fault
of
Ironfist
management
or
instructors
that
I
had
the
experience
I
had,
but
certainly
just
having
one
instructor
overseeing
a
packed
sparring
session
of
usually
20
or
so
sparring
partners
and
being
pretty
nonchalant
about
proceedings
is
something
that
could
be
improved.
Lest
someoneās
ego
gets
further
out
of
control.
In
hindsight,
I
should
have
just
opened
a
canā¦
EDIT:
thanks
for
the
respectful
response
Ironfist.
All
good
points,
and
I
mean
not
disrespect
for
what
I
highlighted,
however
didnāt
feel
the
place
to
bring
up
the
incident
as
at
the
time.
I
thought
it
was
just
a
hard
roundhouse
kick
that
in
honesty
I
should
have
blocked
but
from
all
my
Krav
training
which
focusses
on
head
protection
and
watching
hands
and
generally
kicks
are
not
high,
but
a
couple
of
days
later
it
was
clear
it
was
a
cracked
rib.
In
any
case,
appreciate
the
good
response
and
it
may
just
be
needing
more
instructors
on
the
floor
as
the
gym
is
super
busy
on
a
Saturday.
Otherwise,
training
there
was
good.
I
bumped
up
the
review
a
star
based
on
the
good
response.
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