If you want good kickboxing find a Muay Thai gym. you'll get good powerful punches and solid kicks aswell as a good clinch game for striking.
A coach doesn't have to be a good fighter, he has to be a good coach. if you want to spar with someone then ask to spar with a senior student but keep in mind he is more than likely gonna try to take your head of for having thenerve to ask if they are any good.
Also take a look at the ability of teh senior students, are they all just attribute junkies or do they have some thought, technique and conceptual process in what they are doing. Not easy for a begginer to spot though, so here are a few tips. Are they bobbing and weaving slipping everything or do they actually have a tight defense to go with all the movement. Are their techniques sharp and tight or loose. When they parry do they overextend? When sparring do they turn their heads away from punches? |