but some of their key people posted some
>conservative shit so im like nah, no thanks.

Same here. The gym I was training at after moving to NY was always fairly sus, but I decided to dip after some comments were made around the time of the civil unrest of the George Floyd protests and the beginning of the pandemic outbreak. My wife was never comfortable at that gym either. I ended up at Brian Beaury's. I like it there so far.

The last year and a half really exposed how right-leaning this sport is and how uneducated so many of its practitioners are.


>
>Im training at a MMA gym right now where the instructors are
>purple and brown belts -- but its all I need for now. Active
>folks to roll with who are a good community that is accesible.
>I can get to thisplace in 10 minutes. Right now with my
>schedule I cant imagine 1 hour commute each way and 75 minutes
>of training for MGA. In the fall I may work more in person so
>I plan to go back.


Nice, man. I hope you are happy there for the time being and that it works out that you get to go back to MG.


>
>In terms of technique the foundation of my game is there, but
>I found myself forgetting small details to make the "moves"
>most effective i.e. frip fighting or clearing legs a certain
>way for a guard pass.
>
>I find myself remembering right after or right after classs
>...like OHHHH i used to do this or that, but with more
>parctice I think itll be back.
>
>This academy spends time on the leg game which MGA didnt do.
>That shit is a whole new world to me and I am very much a
>first week white belt. It makes very little sense to me, but I
>am trying to keep my mind open and remember I was there with
>grappling in general 5 years ago.


Yeah, at minimum you have to know how to defend and escape leg locks. The game has evolved that it is a must. You don't have to make them a part of your game if you don't want, but in the current meta, you have to know how to respond to being put in them.