Endless administrative burnout, high member churn, unglamorous day-to-day operations, and the brutal business realities behind combat sports. Welcome to The 5 Worst Parts of Owning an MMA Gym | The Reason I Closed My Martial Arts School [1.1.2]. In this transparent and unfiltered breakdown from hard2hurt, host Icy Mike pulls back the curtain on why running a combat sports gym is drastically different from training in one—and why he ultimately decided to shut his martial arts school down [1.1.10].