Ronin- A samurai with no master.
I've often felt that way throughout this journey. I have been blessed with the opportunity to work with some of the best fighters, but no real coaches. I don't mind that it happened that way but there is always that "what if" factor of course. Nonetheless it suits my personality to do it solo. There is no blame to spread out, the weight lies entirely on my own shoulders.
This way of pursuing fighting as a career or martial arts competitively is not for everyone. Having a dedicated coach to guide you along the path to your final goal is invaluable. I've made ridiculous errors along the way including choosing the wrong fights, fighting injured and sick, negotiating poorly, and training improperly. This could have all been avoided. I don't regret it because it has left me with a wealth of knowledge to pass on to up and coming fighters.
Martial arts competitively will teach you discipline, perseverance, humility, how to overcome any obstacle even if you must go through it and what you're really made of inside. It is constantly exposing your weaknesses to build your strengths. In other words it will give you what you want but your foundation is what will carry you through.
Find somebody who cares about you. Chances are if their palm is out 5 mins into the conversation they don't care about you or your well-being. This is a problem because even in amateur competition you risk serious injury and sometimes worse. Don't set yourself up for a downfall. Do some research, ask around about good instructors. Go train at some different places and check out the fighters there. If you're not happy with your training partners you won't excel plain and simple.
Lastly, set yourself some goals. When you finally settle on a coach, make sure you're both on the same page. You can reach your goals with some quality preparation ans a good support system. Take it from me, I took the hard road and hopefully you won't have too.
Peace
Luck
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