Debaser said:
What kind of school?
Sounds like one that's only interested in profit, and one that you should stay away from.
They're a school that's "vanilla" in nature in that they emphasize cardio with a minor in fighting technique. And that sounds bad, right?
Well, not for me, in that I want to get into Muy Thai. Something that I wanted to do for about a year or so now. But everytime I tryed to kick the one bag at my weight-lifting oriented gym, I'd come away with sore shins. And these were with half-ass kicks! I'd see other guys on a rare occasion who would cream the bag with no apparent pain.
So, I figured I wasn't cut out for the sport. But then, just today, I read many articles on shin conditioning and realized it's just a matter of practice with the resultant acclimation. And so now it's time to join a fight school.
The vanilla school is appealing not only because I can ride my bike over there, but because they have alot of equipment, including upper-cut bags! But heres the real reason why I want to endure about six months membership of a school that minimizes fight technique: to train my shins. I'll train them every other day, and maybe by around Christmas time they'll be conditioned to withstand rigorous abuse and treatment.
And by Christmas I just might want to get out of that cardio-deluxe training facility.
I could never, until today, understand how kickers could kick the bag with so much emphasis and not get hurt. And now I understand, it's just repetition after repetition, day after every other day, month after month. But it'll take several months of work, just me and the bag. I don't have a problem with that.
Hey, the person who owns this gym is a lady in her 30's who doesn't even train. And from the looks of her, she stays away from weights and treadmills, too. I was told that she lives in La Jolla, which is where all of the rich people in San Diego live, including Junior Seau. She's divorced, so maybe she got a fat settlement!
As far as disrupting the continuity of the class, ain't gonna happen! Because I'd be using the facility during the day, when they don't offer any classes. I'd just be hitting the bag on my lonesome.
Schools that offer only long-term contracts, and there are several in my area that are like that, are missing out on customers who might be a little reluctant to join. The very same ones that might have one day down the road decided to stay. Which means they're missing out, potentially, on extra profit. Long-term contracts suck, IMHO, and I would never buy into one for a gym where I do my lifting. Unless I lived in a small, little, hicktown.
If your options are limited, well then, go long term. If not, then a consumer has to go where theres better value for the dollar. Alot of business people don't like to here that, but that's life. Especially for those living from paycheck to paycheck. Fuck 'em, if they--pretend--not to understand.
BTW, this school is one of several in a chain that are located throughout San Diego County.