One approach that I found interesting is to do situational sparring of sweep or pass from the position of the week for a few minutes at the beginning of class and then teach relate passing/sweeping techniques and then close class with more situational sparring. I have mostly seen this in kids class, but it seemed to drive the importance of the techniques home more deeply. Question for you. When it comes to new coaches (i.e. blue belts or purple belts that assist/teach some classes or run their own school), do you have any recommendations or suggestions (or even expectations if they coach at your school) on how they should approach their training/learning that may be different than the approach of a student who trains just for themselves? For example, do you recommend that they work on being more well-rounded in technical skill/knowledge or dive deeper in technical understanding than the typical student?
What I look for in BJJ or Judo coaches at my school is that they be fundamentally sound in their technique with a positive outlook and a joy for teaching.
Nice video Profesor and I couldn't agree more. Early on I felt I had a lot of trouble learning sometimes and wasn't sure why. Then I noticed that when I understood the continuity, I would progress. When I eventually started teaching, I would brainstorm it on paper and have a plan of how everything fit together. It helped me but I think it helped the students a lot as well.
One of my reasons for selecting your school over others after the trial period was/is the format. I’m now starting to understand some of the core fundamentals and how to look for things beyond the exact technique movements being learned. I feel that without structure and a curriculum built on reenforcing learned techniques, it would take a much longer time to build the necessary base knowledge to progress. That’s just me though.
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Thumbnail guy's arm will give me AI nightmares forever
Good catch! It was an AI generated image and it came out really distorted on the arm.
Ok I thought I was trippin.
One approach that I found interesting is to do situational sparring of sweep or pass from the position of the week for a few minutes at the beginning of class and then teach relate passing/sweeping techniques and then close class with more situational sparring. I have mostly seen this in kids class, but it seemed to drive the importance of the techniques home more deeply.
Question for you. When it comes to new coaches (i.e. blue belts or purple belts that assist/teach some classes or run their own school), do you have any recommendations or suggestions (or even expectations if they coach at your school) on how they should approach their training/learning that may be different than the approach of a student who trains just for themselves? For example, do you recommend that they work on being more well-rounded in technical skill/knowledge or dive deeper in technical understanding than the typical student?
What I look for in BJJ or Judo coaches at my school is that they be fundamentally sound in their technique with a positive outlook and a joy for teaching.
Nice video Profesor and I couldn't agree more. Early on I felt I had a lot of trouble learning sometimes and wasn't sure why. Then I noticed that when I understood the continuity, I would progress. When I eventually started teaching, I would brainstorm it on paper and have a plan of how everything fit together. It helped me but I think it helped the students a lot as well.
I agree and had similar struggles. Great to hear from you my friend.
One of my reasons for selecting your school over others after the trial period was/is the format. I’m now starting to understand some of the core fundamentals and how to look for things beyond the exact technique movements being learned. I feel that without structure and a curriculum built on reenforcing learned techniques, it would take a much longer time to build the necessary base knowledge to progress. That’s just me though.
Thanks for the feedback! I am truly grateful that you train at Semper Fortis and you have been a great addition to our team.