Third interview with Elva.

Interview: Elva

1) What makes you an ideal trainer?
Dedication, heart, and training makes her an ideal trainer.

2) What happens if the trainer is not in the class?
If you trainers is not there, the next person in charge to train you is the highest level belt in the class or the person with the most time in the class.

3) What makes someone to want to train?
Some trainers do it for the money, other because they enjoy to teach and interact with people, but Elva does it because she loves it!

4) What motivates someone to practice Muay Thai?
Someone could be motivated to practice Muay Thai to be healthy, lose weight, confidence, to have physical coordination, focus, discipline, or as simple as just to have fun like you :)

5) What are some injures that may acquire while training?
You could break some part of your body, sprint a joint. It could happen to anyone. If it will happen in the her gym, her responsibility as the owner is to help the student and get him/her to a hospital.

6) Which is the way to train? (train what?)
The best way to train is to do a lot of cardio, technique, and fighting with someone.

7) Who gives you the diploma to teach Muay Thai?
The head instructor gives you a paper saying you could teach.

8) What makes a good fighter?
Being able to combine the cardio, techniques, strengh,  and speed on a pressure situation makes someone a good fighter.

9) Have you fought before?
Elva fought before and won belts.

10) What do you like most about teaching?
The relationship that is created between the student and the teacher.

11) What are you favorite moves?
Her favorites moves are: low kicks, inside kicks, and combos, because it helps you go in the opponents space.