Brazil, Japan, Thailand, the US?

It looks like if you're going to master a lot of disciplines, you have to go to the masters who live in areas where their style flourishes.

in 2009 im pretty sure where ever you stay (big city of course) you'll find trainers who can train you the right way

Or if you're smart and have the money....fly them in.

Brazil, Japan, Thailand, the US?

It looks like if you're going to master a lot of disciplines, you have to go to the masters who live in areas where their style flourishes.

Well, the professionals do travel a lot. Brazil, Thailand, etc to train.

But there are a ton of great trainers everywhere in the world. In fact, a lot of gyms hire retired champions to train their fighters. A lot of fighters teach at schools to make some secondary income.

It's not like you can only find great muay thai fighters in thailand, or great grapplers in Brazil (though that's where you'll find some of the best). You've just got to know where to look.

For instance, 45 minutes from me there's a boxing gym that sends a lot of amateur boxers to the olympics. There's an MMA gym that teaches muay thai and no gi BJJ. They have 2 King Of The Cage champions, and one Cage Rage champion. There's also a judo club that's about a 5 minute drive from me. Not too long ago I had a local BJJ club as well, but the building they were renting ended up closing down.

There's also a Karate gym and a TKD gym, but I'll pass on those. :lol1:

i think you have to travel, to gain world class training parthers!

Not really. I mean you look at a guy lke Fedor who's never set foot outside of Russia for training and he does fine.

I don't think traveling is really the thing that's gonna make them great at fighting. It's how dedicated they are and how determined they are to be the best. Plus there are plenty of gyms around the world that offer great teaching and coaching, it's really comes down to what makes that particular fighter feel comfortable.

Not really. I mean you look at a guy lke Fedor who's never set foot outside of Russia for training and he does fine.

I don't think traveling is really the thing that's gonna make them great at fighting. It's how dedicated they are and how determined they are to be the best. Plus there are plenty of gyms around the world that offer great teaching and coaching, it's really comes down to what makes that particular fighter feel comfortable.

He's traveled to the Netherlands to work on his striking....so you're wrong with that.

He's traveled to the Netherlands to work on his striking....so you're wrong with that.

Oh the nitpicking has begun. To work on it, he'd been boxing since he was 12 so the base was already there, he just needed some sharpening. But essentially he trains, lives, and feels best in his homeland. He doesn't go to Holland every time he trains does he.

Oh the nitpicking has begun. To work on it, he'd been boxing since he was 12 so the base was already there, he just needed some sharpening. But essentially he trains, lives, and feels best in his homeland. He doesn't go to Holland every time he trains does he.

lol, your right Fedor really only trains in Russia. In the jungle, like bloodsport(except not in thailand). The dude trains submissions with baby oil though, I gotta try that. lol

Your really dont need to travel to be great. Only one I know that travels alot is GSP but thats because Canada(or montreal) doesn't have alot of gyms outside of boxing. Well, thats what GSP said. :dunno: