A bit of this, a bit of that.

I currently workout at a gym that does "a bit of this, a bit of that".

They started off with traditional martial arts, even in their BJJ class a Gi was required. They trained some MMA fighters, and the owners are all Pro fighters.

I can agree with a little cross training, or training at a facility that offers a couple of arts, but now they want to offer every single martial art possible.
They even want to bring in other local gyms, to see if they want to offer what the other gym is offering.

What I'm trying to say, is that the gym I'm talking about wants to offer every single martial art if possible, and I want to know what others think about this.

Many thanx in advance.

P.S. Please keep it clean. Let's not bash each other. Any previous experience on this topic is appreciated.

they should bring in Tae Kwon do, for me that is the ultimate stand up fighting art.

good on them if they have the space/facilities and can get get good coaches in every art!

Thanx. Both of you are right.

I think I was trying to ask if it's worth the time of a gym to bring in several different styles repeated.

For example, they have about two different TKD teachers.
They have Gi and No Gi BJJ, Catch Wrestling, Pancrase, Sambo, Judo, JuJitsu, and a couple of other grappling arts.

When is enough, enough?

They're doing an excellent job, it's just I fear it might be overboard.

yeh i was being sarcastic ....alll the mums here sign their kids up for it , diabolical deception and waste of money imo

I went to a good gym what did a simular idea,judo,thai boxing,kali stick fighting,wrestling,boxing.... I really enjoyed being able to try and take part in different arts.
Trouble is when you think it takes years and years to be pretty good at one of them,So your only scratching the surface when you try and do lots of different arts.And you will only pick up the basics.
I like the concept of getting lots of coaches and arts under one roof,and it is as hawkman says "sellable" but not sure how much you can actually learn or be taught if your trying to do 3 or 4 different things.

it can work fine as long as its under control! our gym teaches Thai Boxing, MMA, Kali (Stick fighting and Filipino arts) strength & conditioning and low-kick kickboxing. The kids class is Japanese Ju jitsu. Its worked fine for us for years but we have enough instruction to cover it and the time table runs very smoothly. Problems arise when you get a pure BJJ/wrestling/grappling coach thinking he can teach mma, or an mma coach thinking he can teach Thai or any old person with a stick thinking they can teach Kali. whoever is coaching each art/class needs to be well versed in that specific area!

the only prob with that is if ur juggling loads of different ma u will end up ok at some but not great at any

yep Colin, thats essentially what happens initially, although as time goes on people tend to stick to one or two things. Most of the MMA people at ours also train in Thai, and people from every Art do the strength and conditioning classes, but other than that people stick to their chosen thing and we have sparring sessions on a wed and sat which always just consist of thai and mma people. When people first join though they do seem to have a go at everything before settling into a particular class. i like it though, i like the gym being full of different people with different goals and personalities.

Colin,That is what i meant too. I have done Thai 9+ years and still learning lol.
Marianne,Yep the gym i went was run the same and was good with coaches that had years of coaching in thier particular field,I agree it's no good if there is "cross over" if one coach thinks he can teach all of it.As a idea for a gym it is a good one but it has to be done right.
I think also you will get everybody trying them all until they settle on 1 or 2 of the things on offer.I liked the judo and grappling but ultimatley it has always been thai boxing all the way for me.

good to have options for the punters to find outr at which level of contact or art they actuially can acheive and succeed in. There are many reasons why a fighter wants only to box or kickbox or thai box or grapple - all options under one roof sounds good to me!