Coaching

[Paul McKeown]

So my coach down at the MMA Gym I train out of has allowed me to teach my own no-gi BJJ class and it will be open to all levels. Any tips on what I should be teaching them? Split class into beginners and more advanced? Or have everyone work on the same techniques

[Chris Ludington]

Start with the warm ups. Polish them. Spend weeks on them if you have to. Have them watch the videos if you need to. Build from there. (My advice is free so you are welcome to a refund if it's terrible).

[rickdawson]

(This is from Keith Owen's playbook)

Since its an all levels class, you should have ALL of your students do the warm-ups..

Then give your beginners guys some basic stuff (to keep them from getting overwhelmed)

Then give your intermediate/advanced guys "The Good Stuff" (to keep them engaged)

Also, during sparring if you see a certain guy screwing something up, fix it

Again, I've only taught 2 classes my entire BJJ Career, but sticking with the K.O. Method seemed to keep people engaged. Like Chris says though, my advice is free... so if it sucks, it cost you nothing

[Paul McKeown]

(This is from Keith Owen's playbook)

Since its an all levels class, you should have ALL of your students do the warm-ups..

Then give your beginners guys some basic stuff (to keep them from getting overwhelmed)

Then give your intermediate/advanced guys "The Good Stuff" (to keep them engaged)

Also, during sparring if you see a certain guy screwing something up, fix it

Again, I've only taught 2 classes my entire BJJ Career, but sticking with the K.O. Method seemed to keep people engaged. Like Chris says though, my advice is free... so if it sucks, it cost you nothing

Thanks guys . What would you suggest showing the beginners? Position then an escape from it?

[Chris Ludington]

Thanks guys . What would you suggest showing the beginners? Position then an escape from it?

In my experience, Start with base and posture. Give them base and posture drills (have their partners try to break them down).
Show them left and right base, up and down base, then have their partners try to compromise their base.

Once they have a great understanding of "NOT FALLING OVER" then give them one guard break and one pass.

My advice is keep it simple yet engaging. Give positive feedback but be sure to correct mistakes.

If something isn't working, take a second to "troubleshoot" and don't assume they are just "doing it wrong". If they are doing it wrong, explain why it is wrong and then show them how to do it "right". But I've found that speaking in absolutes is an easy way to have an upper rank completely destroy you. I find it better to speak in percentages. Example: It can be done this way or that way but I hit it 90% of the time this way and 30% that way... something like that.

Also, be assertive in your instruction. If people are dicking off, be firm and assertive and make it clear that they should be working until you tell them to stop working.

[marc luu]

My old coach would make us do warm ups, then we'd either drill a technique in which he paired beginners with advanced students so that the advanced students could add their own touch to it which I found very helpful. Then we'd roll for 30 minutes.

If we weren't doing technique for that class, he would have us do guard passing drills where he'd have like 4 guys on the mats pulling guard, and winner would stay on bottom, and we'd just rotate through. Winner meaning of the guy on bottom swept or submitted you, or top guy passes or submits you. Then we'd roll for 30 min. This is what I found VERY helpful because no matter what level you are, guard passing is something I would imagine you always need to drill. He'd have us change guard styles, one day it'd be half guard, next time closed guard, etc. Plus it gave you a good idea of what defenses there were and how you could counter them.

Hope that helps.

[Paul McKeown]

Thanks for the tips guys

What do you thinking about warm up of armbars,triangles and kimura/hip bump sweep and bridges.

Then thinking of showing breaking posture from guard and working the pyramid position. What you think?

Also only one session a week so next week move onto another position and escape+submission from there...thoughts?

[marc luu]

For warm ups, we used to jog, then do break falls across the mats, shrimping across the mats, technical standup s across the mats, forward and back rolls, and various other things.

[Paul McKeown]

For warm ups, we used to jog, then do break falls across the mats, shrimping across the mats, technical standup s across the mats, forward and back rolls, and various other things.

What you mean by technical stand ups exactly?

[Paul McKeown]

Wait nevermind just got it lol