Selecting an MMA BJJ Thai Boxing school

We are often asked why a student should train with us rather than another school, co-incidentally Anthony Lange put together an article for Inside MMA on how to pick a school. Below is a simple scoring system for you to use;

Rating your instructor ?
Pick one only

Fought Professional MMA internationally (10 points)
A current or former title holder with any professional organisation (10 points)
Had a professional MMA fight (5 points)
Had an amateur MMA fight (5 points)
Watched a UFC (1 point)
Mainly played Xbox fight games (1point)

Langes Score=10

Rating your gyms MMA Skill Set ?
Pick all that apply
Real MMA Cage Fighters (2 points)
A Black belt BJJ Coach (2 points)
Experienced Kickboxer (2 points)
Strength and Conditioning Coach (2 points)
Wrestling Coach (2 points)
A guy who has watched some UFC and Pride Fights (0 points)
Someone trained by YouTube (0 Points)

Langes Score=10

Rating your Gym's facilities ?
Pick all that apply

Has a caged area (2 points)
Fully matted (2 points)
Wall padding (2 points)
Heavy bags, speed balls, floor to ceiling balls, etc (1 point)
Conditioning and weight equipment area (1 point)
A school hall with a couple of old mitts and pads (0.5 points)
A mates backyard (0.5 points)

Langes Score=8

Rating your coaches teaching style ?
Pick one only

A guy who only shows ground work because he believes all fights will end up on the ground (1 point)
A cold hard hitting, wrecking machine who lets you know how lucky you are to be even in his presence (1 point)
A skilled coach who shows a steady progression of well proven striking, clinching and ground techniques (10 points)
A sensei who suddenly discovered his system has a ground fighting art (that was previously for advanced students only) (1 point)
A guy who tells you not to worry about ground work because you will never get taken down (1 point)

Langes Score=10

Rating your gyms team ?
Pick all that apply

International calibre MMA fighters (4 points)
Title holders with any of the reputable MMA promoters within Australia (4 points)
Someone who won a professional fight (1 point)
Somone who has gone in an amatuer tournament (1 point)
Someone knows someone overseas who is pretty good (0 points)
Placing your hopes for glory on the new guy that trained at another gym (0 points)

Langes Score=10

Rating your corners advice ?
Pick one only

Over the din of combat you hear your corner's advice and feel confident to respond to it (10 points)
You hear "Get up off the ground and punch him you lazy bastard" (1 point)
You hear "Do what I F...ing told ya!" (1 point)
A constant drone from your corner saying keep your hands up (1 point)
Total Silence (at least you dont get bad advice (5 points))

Langes Score=10

Rating your teams cornering skills ?
Pick one only

Highly experienced team, always fully equipped. good knowledge in wrapping, strapping and handling cuts (10 points)
Promoter gives you Jai Bradney (8 points)
A guy named Bob who will give it a go (at least someone is there)(4 points)
A guy who is unsure of what colour towel to use (At least someone is there)(4 points)
Why have a corner if your not fighting in a ring (0 points)

Langes Score=10

Rating your MMA Gym
Add all of your scores together

If you score 55 or more you are one of the lucky few Australians to be in one of Australia's leading MMA gyms. Train hard and you are in good hands

If you scored between 35 and 54 there is some hope

If you scored below 35 there is only hope

Co incidentally, in this semi scientific test Langes MMA scored a 68 thus proving beyond all shadow of a doubt that we are one of Australia's best MMA/BJJ gyms