Tag Archives: teaching
Steal My Technique
Being a great martial artist or a great fighter doesn’t make you a great teacher or a great coach, and vice-versa. The ability to demonstrate flawless skills in a fight is different from the ability to communicate those skills to … Continue reading
Greater than the sum of the parts
If you’ve had the opportunity to train with a variety of BJJ instructors, you’ve probably noticed that they teach the same techniques a little differently than each other. One teacher might introduce technique A, while another might start you off … Continue reading
Teaching or Natural Selection?
Over the years I’ve visited a lot of BJJ schools. One of the most common methods of structuring a class seems to go like this: Warm-ups Demonstrate and drill one or two random techniques Free-rolling/grappling for the rest of the … Continue reading
BJJ Contemplations 