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Im in the same situation. I love my school. A combination of Muay Thai, FMA, and JKD. But it takes 2 1/2 years to start sparring. Im 1 year in and having a really hard time. Seriously considering going to an Muay Thai gym and sparring in 1 month. What makes it so tough is I do beleive in what Im learning, the instructor comes from great lineage, and he's been in lots of fights when he grew up in the Philipines. Plus I hate doing forms and we dont do them there. Perfect... except for the one huge aspect of not sparring for a very long time. Ive been reading alot about the "alive" concepts from https://www.straightblastgym.com and its making me very doubtful about what Im doing.

Pretty common I guess for JKD and FMA.

Howdy all. First post here. Looks pretty cool. Anyways, Ive been @ a particular school for a year now. A combination of Muay Thai, JKD, and FMA. I like it alot. But it will still be another year and a half till I can spar. Long story, thats just the way he does it. Anyways, Im pretty good at and like the Muay Thai part of it so I was think of going to a real MT school. Now heres my dilema. Im left handed. So by default, I fight with my left leg back. But at the school Ive been at for the last year, we fight with our strong side forward. Meaning Ive been training like a right handed person for the last year. (right leg back) So, now that Im going to just an MT school, should I switch back to southpaw stance? I dont really want to cause its a pain, but will I be missing out of being a southpaw in MT? Are there any advantages to it. Its taken alot of work, but my right cross is probably almost as powerful now as my left was. Plus Ive got a stong left jab because of it being my strong hand. So, do you more experienced MT guys think I would have an edge if I went back to fighting with my left leg back? Would it not matter? Be a disadvantage? Thanks.