Training With the Stars

Although very beneficial, it definitely has a downside. First, when the mystique factor wears off, you realize getting better at martial arts takes hard work, and that is something a top MMA player can't make you do. The top guys work extremely hard. When "regular" guys realize this, 99% of them will go from wannabe fighter to "famous MMA guy" nuthugger, and when asked where they train at, they will tell you who they train with instead of where.

Take a look at all the top camps, research their top guys, and you will realize they are all from somewhere else. Usually they were the big fish back home and moved there to train, or they were already big stars in a different sport and switched to MMA.

With an academy full of stars, there usually comes a high price tag with snobby attitudes. This is not always the case though.

The benefits can be very good also. You will get to train with experienced fighers who have fought under extreme pressure. You will receive awesome nutritional advise, learn unique ways to get conditioned and train in a good work ethic atmosphere.

But... training with a top MMA star won't help your technique if you don't have the work ethic. An armbar is an armbar and a choke is a choke. Once you know the technique and why it works, then you have received good instruction.