u/Playful-Number-7875

I’m naturally left handed, open stance feels good and controllable to me. Unfortunately it leaves me completely lost during striking drills, and I can’t just bug the coach every single time and ask him to demonstrate it in open stance. I get like 0 meaningful reps on the pads.

Also what do you do when coach goes through like 5 variations of a move you’re supposed to drill and you can barely even remember the first one? How do people just sit there and absorb everything and perform it immediately?

I have 6 years wrestling experience and I went to a local MMA gym the past two days, i did the BJJ class and a striking class.

They claim to accommodate all skill levels but on my very first day in striking they’re having me drill combinations with super smelly loaner gear and a partner. I don’t know how to properly jab, or hook or do anything and they’re telling me “jab high, then jab low, then straight cross, then lead hook and then step out and kick the body.” Why would they want me to do that? I have absolutely 0 clue how to properly do anything and received no instruction.

BJJ class left my feet completely torn up and raw from shooting aggressive takedowns during rolls cause that’s all I know how to do…. They started the whole class off with some form of advanced guard pass and me and my new partner were completely lost. The head coach (an active UFC fighter) provided essentially 0 help.

Felt like I started a new job and they threw me on the cash register right when I arrive, no training or anything. Felt like trying to learn a new language just by listening to it.

Could you actually progress with this environment? Probably very marginally over time, I guess. Just seemed like a massive ego measuring contest if you ask me.

He’s the lord and savior of this sub. But nobody has actually verified him. Nobody’s verified SCUBA, nobody’s verified TOA.

NYDI’s mindset can legitimately be reduced to a singularity which is, “why would you fight for the USA”. Which isn’t an inherently bad question to ask, but it’s certainly not the energy you want in a sub full of aspiring Seals. He constantly posts what I would consider to be borderline mentally unstable trains of thought, YT repost, etc etc. It all gets downvoted and for a reason.

Then he says some random stuff in between that makes all the 14 yr olds cream their pants. “Oh if you don’t put out then your boat crew will kick your knees out from under you” and everyone acts like he said something revolutionary.

ALL of the info on this entire sub is basically “you got it, or you don’t got it”. There’s literally countless posers on here who are constantly online to act pedantic and dismissive of anybody who posts.

All of the information of this sub is completely subjective and imaginary.