Need opinion on a Muay Thai/BJJ School in Toronto

[ElPietro]

Hey guys this is probably best answered by those who live in toronto. I am thinking of joining a place, I believe it's called Ultimate Thai Fighter gym, or it could be Siam (not sure of the rest. It's in Scarborough right by the Scarborough town centre.

The place was founded by Kru Paul Minhas and BJJ is taught by Omar Salvosa (who is taught by Marcus Soares)

Here is the website www.ultimatethaiboxing.com/ (http://www.ultimatethaiboxing.com/)

If any of you have any input into this school or pros or cons on whether I should join or not it would be appreciated.

They talk a bit about Gary Goodridge on the site I think he trains, or used to train there. Not 100% sure though.

Anyway, I like it because the school teaches a few different things such as Muay Thai, BJJ and also NHB grappling when you are at the intermediate level. Along with around 10 heavy bags and a decent gym to train in the price is a steal. So if anyone has heard any positive or negative feedback that would be cool if you could pass it along.

[Watchman]

You should also ask this question over at www.mixedmartialarts.com (http://www.mixedmartialarts.com) in the Underground Forum.

You may catch someone who trains there.

[tigerking]

Hello ElPietro!

I train daily at Siam Ultimate, and it's great. Have you been there yet? They're offering a week free training for those interested. The owner, Kru Paul Minhas is a really nice guy, and the manager, Kru Ansel, happens to be my good friend, and he's also cool. The place is decent, you're right, and the price is phenominal - around $65 a month for unlimited use of gym and several classes a week! Right now I do strictly Muay Thai, so I haven't met Omar or any of the Rebellion Jiu-Jitsu team (they train on tuesday and thursday nights).
You should go check it out, and try it for a session or two - you don't have anything to lose, and the training is wicked - if you like hardcore. Gary Goodridge does train there occasionally, and several NHB notables have stopped by for a training session or two. This is a place that breeds champions, so if you've think you've got the stuff, give it a shot.


:cool:

to the Victor goes the Spoils

[ElPietro]

Hey thanks for the response. I went over there after work on friday and took a quick look around. I will probably come for a week starting monday. The only thing that would potentially keep me from joining is checking out a school called Siam #1 under Master Suchart who apparently is a renowned MT practitioner and his students seem to do well under him. Although I liked the environment when I visited Ultimate so I am leaning towards training there.

[KnightSabre]

I would go for the school that teaches both Muay Thai and BJJ,thats what my school teaches,although we mix Muay Thai with some JKD concepts.Don't miss out on BJJ though,once you've tried it you're hooked.

"You're Good Kid Real Good,But As Long As I'm Arround You'll Always Be Second Best See".

[ElPietro]

Hey Tigerking who all teaches the classes? I've been for two, monday and tuesday this week and there was a different instructor each time. They both seemed young. One guy I don't remember his name...the other guy i think his name was Rob. Does Paul teach? I don't know what he looks like so don't know if he was there when I was. I go to the 6:30 lessons.

[tigerking]

The reason why you don't see Paul is he is only there in the early afternoon, opening. He teaches only fighter's classes too. I've met the other instructors but I forgot their names - I've never seen them in action because they train at night. You can catch me 5 days a week from 12-3pm...it's a lot less hectic than at night...usually only 3-6 people, so a lot of focussed attention.

How do you like it so far?

The Tigerking

[ElPietro]

I love it. I met Paul tonight...he was in the ring for a bit then introduced himself afterwards. Yeah I got the same answer that he does class during the day. So I guess it sucks to be me since I work regular business hours. This is completely different from what my kungfu training was about. Really good conditioning, I leave each night with skinned bleeding knuckles, beat red shins and scabbed up knee. So basically it's exactly what I was looking for. ;)

It would be good if I could train during the day but I doubt that'll happen much. Oh well things are going well...I'll sign up next week, and maybe in 5-6 months try to incorporate BJJ into my training as well.

Take care.

[tkmt]

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[Seppukku]

Do you guys teach any traditional arts? I mean, something legitimate that will work in the street? I don't believe in Muay Thai's effectiveness, because most people have strong legs and a leg kick won't hurt them. Plus, if you mess up your knee you're going to lose, and knees are easy to block.

Something like Atemi-Jutsu.