tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4393678915594962431.post6923880690335964947..comments2023-10-29T10:56:39.328+00:00Comments on Combat Base Jiu Jitsu: Why structure the class the way I do?DJ Curriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09191814833744404392noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4393678915594962431.post-12287551796682048212011-09-19T09:55:52.684+01:002011-09-19T09:55:52.684+01:00Interesting. I've started teaching recently. S...Interesting. I've started teaching <a href="http://www.slideyfoot.com/2011/05/12052011-teaching.html" rel="nofollow">recently</a>. So far, my structure is to begin with a warm-up of about 15 mins. Most of that is the specific 'Gracie Barra' warm-up my instructor wanted me to include (the only thing he asks me to include, which is cool as that leaves the rest of the lesson up to me). Running round the room, star jumps, squats, sit-ups, shrimping, etc. If the warm-up was entirely down to me, I'd probably just do BJJ specific drills, like standing up in guard, bullfighter passes etc, but no biggy.<br /><br />After that, two to three techniques. I'll have everyone drill the technique for four minutes each, then drill it again with progressive resistance for another three minutes each. I stick with one position for three weeks (though I'm only teaching once a week), then run through maintaining, escaping and attacking. Still experimenting with the format, as I've only just started. <br /><br />I also like what Kev does at RGA Bucks, which is to have the attack and defence in one lesson (e.g., armbar from guard and the escape, passing the guard and guard recovery, choke from mount and a mount escape, etc). So, might try that in future. <br /><br />I finish up with what I call specific sparring, which I think you'd call drilling: start in guard, person on bottom wants to sweep or submit, person on top wants to pass. If either achieves their goal, restart in guard. Same goes for the various other positions.<br /><br />Then I'll end the class with a stretch to warm-down, which are the same stretches we do at the start. <br /><br />I've got a 20 lesson outline at the moment, with three weeks on each of what I see as the six major positions (back, mount, side control, closed guard, open guard, half guard). I'm on week 18 at the moment: I think for 19 and 20, I'll just do drilling the whole lesson to recap what I've taught in the previous months, putting mount, back and side control in one lesson and closed/open/half guard in the other. Not sure how that will work, so should be fun to test it out on the students. :)<br /><br />After that, I'm going to run through another 20 lesson plan, then repeat the previous 20 lessons. I've been taking notes on questions I found hard to answer or things I want to improve, so I'm hoping that in a few years I'll have a solid curriculum that's been carefully refined. Also a massive help to refining my own personal plan for what parts of my game I want to work on in lessons, especially as I've been trying to keep things simple when teaching.slideyfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374174757753962274noreply@blogger.com