Guard passing concepts

Here's a snippet from a training session a ran last week! People are always asking me how I structure a training session without drilling! Well here is a good example.

After running through a quick warmup using more gymnastics than bjj related exercise (to develop body awareness and control) instead of doing 10,000 hip escapes.
I go over a certain topic. For example in the video I talk about guard passing. I use concepts as guidelines and teach the "why" which is much more important than the "how". After this they go and practice for 10 minutes. Then we come back in and we have a little Q&A. Some people may have problems that they share and we work on them together as a group. Then we go back again. And come back in for another Q&A. Then we go into specific training. Which usually involves the area we are working on but in a loose format. But always live. There is no better teacher than our own experiences. After this we come back in again for another Q&A and then finish off with some rounds of sparring followed by a final Q&A.

As you may notice my classes are more like Workshops than teaching lessons. I really try and get my students to engage in active thinking rather than just doing what I tell them! Like Bruce Lee said, "I can't teach you martial arts. All I can do is help you discover yourself" and as teachers this is the best advice I can give any coach. Don't try and push your methods onto a student. But instead guide him onto his own path of self actualisation!

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