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Share your experience: How to structure basic lessons?!
4 year(s) ago • 607 views • 8 replies
PKPurple beltVerified
4 year(s) ago
Hey everyone,
I have been given recently the opportunity to teach basic classes (as a purple) on friday evenings. We are a group of ~20 people showing up regularly for BJJ and maybe ~30 more for Luta Livre class. It's a lot of joy for me and I feel like I grow alot from it (preparation, explanaition, does it make sense....). But iam struggle with one thing: Where to start? Where to go next? My instructor shared a bluebelt-curriculum for all basics, which I want to go through
My goal is to get through the basics, so that my instructor doesn't have to do it all over again for every new one, and basic questions are answered in my "class".
I now startet with basic submissions from guard and I wat to go to the next topic....and here comes my problem:
What would you suggest (from your experience) to go next? Start with the same submissions in another position (to share a feeling that submissions follow a pattern and are not neccessarily from that one position), go to the defense of that submission? Connect submission with sweeps and other way around? .....?
It's not for me abour these questions in particular....maybe more:
What helped you to develop something like a schedule? What is your best pracise sharing?
Thanks for your replies,
have a good friday,
Paul
I have been given recently the opportunity to teach basic classes (as a purple) on friday evenings. We are a group of ~20 people showing up regularly for BJJ and maybe ~30 more for Luta Livre class. It's a lot of joy for me and I feel like I grow alot from it (preparation, explanaition, does it make sense....). But iam struggle with one thing: Where to start? Where to go next? My instructor shared a bluebelt-curriculum for all basics, which I want to go through
My goal is to get through the basics, so that my instructor doesn't have to do it all over again for every new one, and basic questions are answered in my "class".
I now startet with basic submissions from guard and I wat to go to the next topic....and here comes my problem:
What would you suggest (from your experience) to go next? Start with the same submissions in another position (to share a feeling that submissions follow a pattern and are not neccessarily from that one position), go to the defense of that submission? Connect submission with sweeps and other way around? .....?
It's not for me abour these questions in particular....maybe more:
What helped you to develop something like a schedule? What is your best pracise sharing?
Thanks for your replies,
have a good friday,
Paul
BNPurple beltVerified
4 year(s) ago
My instructor shared a bluebelt-curriculum for all basics, which I want to go through My goal is to get through the basics, so that my instructor doesn't have to do it all over again for every new one, and basic questions are answered in my 'class'.
I feel like you answered your own question. It may sound boring, but a lot of people might get a lot from you just going through the blue belt curriculum, bit by bit, and then starting over when you get through it and doing it again. Obviously, you can answer questions that branch off from there and have people do specific training from those various positions. I don't think you need to feel pressure to make the class super complex.
In my experience, people who get the opportunity to teach for the first time often are super enthusiastic, and while that is good they also tend to "overdo it" and want to show half a dozen variations of something super complicated, when one or two options and some positional sparring would be much more within their skillset and their ability to communicate to the class.
In my experience, people who get the opportunity to teach for the first time often are super enthusiastic, and while that is good they also tend to "overdo it" and want to show half a dozen variations of something super complicated, when one or two options and some positional sparring would be much more within their skillset and their ability to communicate to the class.
JVBlack beltVerified
4 year(s) ago
I heard Danaher speaking on a podcast about this subject. His philosophy was to teach new students escapes from bad positions first and then guard retention. His reasoning was that this is where most new practices will be spending the majority of their time while rolling. This will give them lots of opportunities to practice during live rolls. On the other hand if when I started I never learned any submissions only escapes and guard retention I may not have fell in love with the art. So I believe you probably need to find a healthy balance of escapes and guard retention with enough "fun" stuff to keep the new students engaged and interested.
BWBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
4 year(s) ago
If you're not sure where to go next, watch your crew rolling and make note of common gaps / flaws
If people are getting swept passing guard, then guard passing is the next topic, If people are getting stuck under mount, then escapes are the next topic, etc...
when you're teaching, keep it simple.
Give your crew lots of positional sparring time to build understanding of the concepts that you've taught, resist the urge to teach a "101 subs from side control."
If people are getting swept passing guard, then guard passing is the next topic, If people are getting stuck under mount, then escapes are the next topic, etc...
when you're teaching, keep it simple.
Give your crew lots of positional sparring time to build understanding of the concepts that you've taught, resist the urge to teach a "101 subs from side control."
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
4 year(s) ago
I'm barely teaching any techniques and with great results. Basically, approaching Jiu Jitsu like any other sport makes it—in my mind—extremely straight forward to run a class. Explain postures and basic principles, then make games for people to play and practice specific situations. Evaluate, correct, give a little bit of input, then go back to playing the game.
Just imagine you're teaching football. Would you show a new way to kick the ball every day?
Just imagine you're teaching football. Would you show a new way to kick the ball every day?
JABlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
4 year(s) ago
We pick a topic and look at for about a month then move onto another topic. Exactly as you suggest, look at the same tech from different positions, escapes and counters to the tech, what are the transitions from there, what are the set up feints, etc.
Each lesson starts with 20 minutes of warm ups and drills followed by a take down then 30 minutes of the topic rounded off with 30 minutes of sparring :-)
Each lesson starts with 20 minutes of warm ups and drills followed by a take down then 30 minutes of the topic rounded off with 30 minutes of sparring :-)
CGBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
4 year(s) ago
You can perhaps also find some inspiration in this video: https://www.youtube.com/w[...]1Wv7A2Hdf0
JABlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
4 year(s) ago
You can perhaps also find some inspiration in this video: https://www.youtube.com/w[...]1Wv7A2Hdf0
Mind blown - Need to think about feed back loops, more starting from the end and more progressive resistance training.
JPurple beltVerified
4 year(s) ago
You can perhaps also find some inspiration in this video: https://www.youtube.com/w[...]1Wv7A2Hdf0
In the video, he asserts that most people attend class about 2 days a week. It would be interesting to verify this with the training data collected here.
