What qualities make a perfect student

[Kurzy]

That's awesome Greg!

[Ryan Brick]

I really have a constant flow of new students run through. I really try to teach them how to learn and develope themselves. I have some that stay and become regulars, some learn fast. But recently I have been blow away by this one new kid. He is for sure "mouth shut, ears open". I have commented the last few nights on what a great student he is. If he sticks with it he will be a great BJJ player eventually. He had no wrestling, no martial arts when he came in a few months ago. I always tell people to try the things we learned that night in rolling, for sure when the roll with me, as I will set them up to try the things we worked. What I think makes him such a good student is the fact that every single time I roll he works the things we worked on. We worked open guard pass one night by jumping into half guard and right into twister pass. Well that night I put him in lock down and he went right to twister pass, didn't pass, but the fact that he was immediatly working it. He tried it several times that night, I finally let him actually pass to get the full rep in. Others with more experience than him, but still new, were shown the same thing but still insist on squeezing my head while I have double unders and trying to yank the leg out. Not even an attempt at twister pass. He has done this almost every night. We worked knee drive pass for almost two weeks. Since it was the only pass he knows, as soon as you get guard he postures and tries the knee drive, you stop it, he postures and tries it again. Others learned the same thing as him, but I pull guard, open my arms and they stay down on my chest and flail. So I give them a few seconds and then throw up the RG and run it on them. This kid just keeps trying that knee drive over and over. he doesn't try and make up his own stuff, just practices what he is shown. he will crush peoples guards some day. He has yet to be shown a guilotine choke, and he has never attempted it on me. Others that have never been shown it use it non stop even without position, with sloppy technique. I defend over and over and they still use it, even when they have oppourtunities to use things we have learned. this guy never wastes time doing that. He is without a doubt the easiest person to teach I have ever encountered. He is a smaller guy with little muscle, I think that really helps.

Clone this kid and send me a copy

[Ryan Brick]

All my qualities.

I told all my students to act more like you, they were all confused

[Josh Passini]

I dont think there is such a thing as a "perfect student". Everyone brings a different flavor to the party.