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| - With Las Vegas hosting so many Mixed Martial Arts events, it's no surprise that we have such an abundance of schools teaching Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, and/or Muay Thai. Competition between business benefits the customers.
I joined Hard Knocks about 2 years ago. I asked around to see which Muay Thai schools were good, and a surprising number of my friends who train in Muay Thai said they love training at HK. I'm not trying to knock on other schools out there with this review, but from the impression I get from other people at competitions, HK has the best trainer and students.
Renzo is not your everyday McMuayThai instructor. He's actually trained in Thailand, competed in Thailand, and WON in Thailand. He keeps the atmosphere light when training, but pushes each individual hard.
The students themselves are friendly. My first week I was pretty intimidated to come in, but everyone was willing to help me on technique and always gave me pointers. There aren't any guys/girls in here just trying to beat up on people to prove a point. No Johnny Lawrence's here.
The facility isn't as big as the more main stream schools, but it has everything needed for training. Price-wise, it's probably the cheapest you're going to come across. At the time of this writing, HK also offers Jiu Jitsu, taught by a black belt. Hardknocks offers classes in the morning and evening, and even sessions for kids in the afternoon. Females need not fear for there is a good number of ladies who train. And they're pretty tough themselves.
I joined Hardknocks at 255 lbs. At my lightest I went down to 185. No other place or sport has been able to motivate me enough to lose that much weight. 5 stars, definitely.
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