Why don’t MMA gyms teach MMA?

I think that is not Mixed Martial arts gym but rather Multiple Martial arts gym

It's like if there was a soccer scholl that had a tackling class, a passing class, a penalties class, and a diving class ;) but never actually had their students play a game of soccer.

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My gym trains specifically for the sport of MMA. Three times a week we spar with only MMA rules, take downs, ground work, cage work, etc. The owner/head coach is a former MMA cage fighter and loves the sport (He taught Nick Newell the one armed fighter) and he focuses heavily on just MMA (the sport as a whole). The two remaining days, is clinch work and JJ that works for MMA not B/JJ that only works for tournaments. For my boxing and extra striking work I go to a boxing gym outside of my MMA school.

Even worse are the traditional martial arts schools advertising MMA as part of their curriculum.

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Yeah... My first time in an MMA class I was put in the cage told "Let's see what you got.", but we weren't allowed to do anything but box... and my opponent was a boxing instructor (I had almost exclusively kickboxed, and they're not the same... especially if you've got two thirds of your height and muscle in your legs). Then he was telling me where to go and how to move, but I virtually never fight the way he was trying to get me to... Long story short I sucked, not because I didn't have the skill but because I wasn't being allowed to play to any of my strengths because the context was completely out of place... We need more gyms that offer actual MMA classes, education, and sparring.

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I love how it works in London, we don’t really have MMA gyms, we have “fight clubs” Basically depending on the time of day/week you either have a boxing class, Muay Thai class, BJJ class or MMA class (and more rarely other arts like wrestling/Karate/Krav Maga etc.) This way there is something for everyone and there is usually a discount on classes if you already attend the gym. Hell, I’ve seen ones that do weightlifting running and culture classes as well

Muay Thai practitioner here. I’ve been pretty content just training MT up until I saw the Amanda Nunes vs Germaine De Randamie fight and how Nunes utterly dominated her opponent on the ground, not giving her a moment on her feet, and that just made me think “omfg I need to learn bjj and ground fighting”.

It was always baffling to me how almost every MMA gym in Poland (especially in smaller towns) "teaches MMA". If you ask trainers what's their background it will probably be the only answer x)

Great point, Ramsey. Big fan, been following your videos for a while, thanks for all the awesome content. The sport and concept of MMA are still young, and the martial arts industry is definitely still adapting. Glad we have forward-thinking professionals like you moving it in the right direction. Please keep up the good work! - Patrick

Thank you for answering this question from your perspective as an instructor because this is something that's been bothering me when I look at all the MMA gyms in my area.

Thank you for this! Back when I first wanted to compete in MMA there were a couple of gyms in my city that marketed as MMA. I made due with what I had, but the one I chose didn't have an MMA curriculum, just a bunch of classes for kickboxing, judo, BJJ, and wrestling. Over time I have developed, and am still fine tuning my MMA specific curriculum. I do have separate days for striking and grappling, but everything I teach revolves around the MMA concept with specific MMA class days on the schedule. I feel like it is false advertising to call your school an MMA gym when it is just a facility with multiple arts to choose from. I really enjoy your content!

I feel since we have so many different styles it probably helps to have people who are proficient in each primary style that we see in MMA However MMA has definitely become it's own thing and should teach MMA

Oh thanks. I looked at the video and totally forgot I asked this question. Merry Christmas, happy new year and get out and train.

Wow man you always have good advice and opinions, very informative and Interesting, makes you think

I don't recognize the situation at all. The gyms I know and train(ed) at, yes, they had separate striking and grappling classes but they also had classes that were purely about integrated MMA. Drills and then sparring that were 100% MMA. The thing is, if you then suck at either striking or grappling, you'll suck at those classes as well. So you simply need to have a certain minimum level of proficiency before there is any point of you doing actual MMA. I've been at gyms where the only thing taught was MMA. And most of the people there were not very good at anything. jacks of all trades, master of none. So I think teaching the disciplines separately and then integrate them is the way to go.

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