I have a few quick questions for you. But before I start, I just wanted to say that I started this thread in order to not hijack Lurk's thread on Muay Thai. Hope everyone understands

Anyway, it's somewhat inconvenient for me to get to my usual gym, and I know that World Team USA is like 5 minutes away from my house (by car). I'm very interested in them, but unfortunately their website didn't answer some of the questions I had. And neither did a personal visit (I guess I went at the wrong time). So, here are my questions:

1. What are the rates at your gym? As hard as I tried to find out, I couldn't Are rates adjusted depending on your training schedule or economic condition?

2. What's the history of the gym? How long has it been around? What Thai school does it have its origins in?

3. What's Kru Sam Phimsoutham's pedigree? Specifically, who was his Kru Yai and what camp did Kru Phimsoutham train at? Did Kru Phimsoutham ever fight professionally in Thailand? What are his titles?

4. Is there a ranking as is popular in English schools, or is it a more traditional Thai ranking system of fights won/lost (and of course a good relationship with your instructor)?

Now, I don't mean to challenge the gym or anybody that trains there, I'm just very curious about these things since it's usually common information in the martial arts world. Anyway, thank you all very very much for your time and consideration. Hopefully this will shed some light on the subject

 

thinking about defecting to another school? Oh man, Bunkerd and Boy are gonna kick your **** lol


j/k

 

While I've never trained at their school, I fought at an event of theirs. I have to say that the instructor is fairly traditional at his gym. He expects people to bow to him the traditional Thai method (hands clasped together and a bow). His fighters are good. His team has gotten championships in ISKAF, IKKC and USMTA and such. That is all I can offer. The gym looks nice though accept ventilation sucks when it's jam packed with people for events.
From that one event, it didn't seem a bad place to train.

here's his website:
http://www.worldteamusa.com/champions/fighters.htm

 

Impreza01, thank you for the info. Not to deride your contribution, but I kinda wanted info "from the horse's mouth", that is, someone who trains there. Because there's a real lack of information on their website. And on the whole "wai" greeting, it's fine, I do it to Bunkerd anyway because I respect him and his culture

Marshall: Not exactly thinking of defecting, just really curious about the school "around the corner"