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What do you recommend to a person who wants to make a living by BJJ not as a competitor but as an instructor? What is the fastest way to get that techniques,curriculum,social skills and EQ? What is the fastest way to get the black belt also?(please no “buy on amazon” jokes)
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There is no "fastest" way to black belt, other than buying it. If you want to be legit, you earn the shit out of it.
Of course there is. It is up to work plan and curriculum. Even spending one less year as a student means a lot of money to me.
If becoming an instructor as soon as possible is your goal, the best option that I can think of is this: http://www.gracieacademy.com/instruc...tification.asp
It will take some time (obviously less if you study and train hardcore) to learn everything perfectly, but it is much faster than training conventionally and waiting for your black belt before trying to become an instructor.
I know that Rener and Ryron are a divisive topic in BJJ, but I recently had the opportunity to train with Rener for eight hours and I can tell you that his knowledge, love for jitz, and personality are infectious, and make you want to train with him as much as possible.
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Originally Posted by John Hickman
That said, their are affiliates that are headed by brown belts and some instructors will have nights were a purple belt will lead the class.
I feel like at least half of 10P moons were opened by purple belts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benjamin Perry
If 10P is your path, I would master the warm-ups.
1. Get a Black belt before you open if possible. It will decrease the amount of time you spend unprofitable when you open most likely and decrease your chance of failure.
2. Realize many people that run a gym also work a full time job and your gym might not even turn a profit for the first year or so or longer if your opening on your own. And its hard to get full time compensation teaching for someone else unless your super elite or get real lucky. Certainly no one was going to pay me something livable in my area and when I opened up I wasn't profitable for the first two years.
Knowing that you really would prefer to be a black belt first, or at least that you want to improve your skill a large amount, anything that helps you get better faster helps with this. So basically put in more time. More privates, travel for training compete a TON, those things will help you get better faster.
Hope some of that helps, and know that as your tripling down trying to improve people will see that and you might develop connections that will help you succeed in the future.
Debes brackish watered the correct :)
I started as a blue belt and I’m thriving
Work your fucking ass off. If you want it you can have it.
Osu
You are a reflection of your investments. Think not about how you can make money so much as what you have to offer as an instructor. People come to jiu jitsu schools for different reasons. Some want to compete, some want to learn self-defense, some want to be nerds and scientists, some may even just want a place to get a little exercise but mainly use the academy as a glorified psychologists office. If you care about your students and cultivate friendships with them, that's one way to gain a following. If you win noteworthy competitions, you'll have leverage with the competition minded folk. If you invest in privates/seminars and the overall science of jiu jitsu, you'll appeal to the nerds. There's no reason you can't offer a combination of these as they are not mutually exclusive. The Gracie Academy curriculum is no joke, it requires considerable time and monetary investment to not only sign up and learn the material, take the tests and ace them, but also the finances to sign up for the instructor program, go to Torrance, and jump through their hoops. It'll take at least a year of dedicated study minimum, PERFECTING Gracie combatives, and committing yourself fully to it. Similarly, if you wanted to open up a 10th planet, you'd have to PERFECT the warm-ups, make your way out to LA at some point (or at the very least be a frequent visitor of a nearby moon), and commit yourself to the 10th planet system. Gracie barra even has their fundamentals curriculum that requires mastery before opening a school. In short, there's absolutely no way around having a baseline technical knowledge to pass on to students. Schools that run by attendance cards may give you a tangible way to track your path to black belt, but it's probably the wrong question to ask in terms of 'how to get one as quick as possible.' It's probably safer to ask that question though on this forum versus at an actual school, where that question might raise an eyebrow or two. Gracie Barra does generally run by the attendance cards and seems to be more adherent to the minimum IBJJF standards than other schools, though this varies from instructor to instructor. I've recently gone through the Gracie Barra instructors program and it takes much, much, much less time to go through than Gracie Academy's. The advantage with both Gracie Barra and Gracie Academy is that they have solid business systems in place that can give you the assistance and back office to accomplish your goals. In exchange for your dedication in learning their system and your financial investment, they can give you a hard, tangible plan to follow. The drawback is obviously the franchise fees and royalty structure, as well as the rigidity of running things EXACTLY the way they dictate. All worth looking into though.
As a blue belt your goal is not going to manifest itself overnight. When I was a white belt, I thought about opening a school but only after becoming a black belt because I knew that I personally wouldn't want to sign up at a school if it didn't have a black belt running it. That's just me though, and that doesn't mean quality instructors don't exist that haven't attained that rank yet.
Invest, find people that have what you want, then go spend time with them. Literally implant yourself within the network of those that have succeeded at what you want. This is the quickest way to gain insight into your goals.
AA was one of those baby turtles that got passed the seagulls and crabs and made it to the water. Odds are that if you open a school as a blue belt you’re gonna get eaten.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew Alexander
Thanks everyone :)