advice from 10th planet moon/hotbox heads/instructors

[Rachael Kaulig]

Know your audience and know what they know before you show them something new. Ya know!?!?!

Dont teach something super fancy if most of your student don't know the basics. But also don't teach too basic for your advanced students . Ah, shit.... You're screwed.

[Joe Durham]

Teach what you use most and know best first!

^ this ^

[sean applegate]

I usually start it off with a very simple movement to demonstrate the principle at play in what we will cover. Then keep it simple with 2-3 techs and a ton of drilling and polishing. We also stay on a position for a week at a time, working further and further into it as the week progresses.

This has already been said, but just keep it simple and have fun. Your students will follow.

[Isaac Atley]

eddie was talkign about this lil technique in melbourne and ive tried it when showing people stuff at my gym and it really works. for instance if youre showing people a transition into spider web, explain the last move (ie sitting in spider web, deep hook legs properly crossed and their leg controlled) and get them to rep getting the arm bar or whatever u wanna show from there, then we ahve the basic idea of where the are going. then throw in the transition. it sounds weird at first but eddie explained and i agree that if ou show it completly in order then by the time you get to the last bit which is usually the complicated bit or somethign with detail atleast. then they miss bit out. good luck mate, and just remember the students wouldnt turn up if they werent interested. you have the technique and you have the people. making a mistake isnt the end of the world but giving up would be.

[Arun Sharma]

I hv bn teaching martial arts from 7 years now, its always good to know ur stuff first, have the answers of questions which may come up while teaching, keep few alternate methods of teaching as not all of the students are same, while showing something try to do a few more reps urself so students can get a better idea of doing more reps and on which speed. keep on paying attention on wht thy r doing, go and work on each individual if required. Keep it fun and fast pace...

Teaching is a part of learning process too for a instructor, so it will get better and better with the time.. Cheers Bro.

[Tim Gillette]

I like to break the class down by time also. Plan things out based on time so you can check the clock and know where you're at.

10 min warm up
2 techniques taught/drilled for 20 min each
10 live drills
30 min live rolling

Or something like that.

[Sam Sales]

Thanks everybody. Advice is appreciated heaps.
Will keep you posted as to how it goes when I get back home tonight.

[Isaac Atley]

also planning to do a certain amount of techniques but then also make sure that you have something extra planned just incase something happens. ie if someone is somehow unable to do the technique or you have some extra time at the end of the class.

[marklange]

I notice alot of people new to teaching have the tendency to talk to long, and just over talk in general.

[Chad Clark]

something that einstein said at the midwest camp that has stuck with me is "every step is its own finish line." I think if more people were told this when they started jiu jitsu, they would understand much more clearly just how important drilling is. Oh, and flow rolling is awesome as well. I'd incorporate it as a warm-up, after shrimps/shoulder rolls/ daily warm-up series.