Comments on The Martial Explorer, Jesse Crouch: Martial arts for free or cheap

A great resource for inexpensive or free training ...

2010-02-18T17:22:40.883-06:00

A great resource for inexpensive or free training is www.meetup.com

Place I train at, have been doing it since the lat...

2010-01-16T12:21:51.650-06:00

Place I train at, have been doing it since the late 60s, at a city ran community center. We have ebs and flows in how many students we have, in the current age of the McDojo's we don't get many students.

But those we do get, tend to do really really well at the few Tournies we go to, and out shine students from other schools when they transfer (moved, etc) in or out.

Here is another idea. Most of the schools I have a...

2010-01-15T11:17:55.052-06:00

Here is another idea. Most of the schools I have attended are run on a low budget. That means they do not have a lot of money to pay for services. I have trained at several schools where I traded services for training. These services include school promotion, web development, and school maintenance. Training me for free is cheaper then paying for the services. Just make sure you deliver what you promise. It will be appreciated.

A great follow on article. It is easy for people t...

2010-01-15T03:32:41.882-06:00

A great follow on article. It is easy for people to find others who also want to train for cheap/free.

Most of the time, even if one was to ask his fellow class mate at the gym/dojo for some extra practice, they will say yes.

I would also highly reccomend that people start training on there own, especially if they dont usually. Solo training will allow one to train what they want, at the pace they want, and will help one develop there own specific way of doing things. People may be saying that grappling can not be done on there own, however, grappling drills can be done solo, and a good heavy bag can be used to practise some techniques such as sweeps, transitions, hold downs etc.