Class Outlines

After talking it through with some of the guys I have decided to add another class on Friday nights from 7-8pm. After two years we are at a stage where we need more mat time for ongoing development of our more experienced guys as well as staying focused on the new guys coming through. With that in mind I wanted to outline how I think each class can best be structured to allow this to occur. This may vary with either competitions or gradings changing our focus in the short term but that aside I think the following model will be the guide. Tuesday from 7-8pm will still be drills and fundamentals with no sparring, great for new guys or review. Then 8-9pm is Intermediate BJJ where we can work on new techniques or expanding other areas of our game whilst incorporating free training rounds at the end. Wednesday Open Mat is variable depending on attendance usually by asking the Tuesday nite beforehand and as the title suggests is just a chance to roll. Friday is only 1 hour and will begin with light rolling with no subs for 10-15min to get warm then technique review for 25-30min and finish with either scenario based training (eg. guard passing, escaping, back control etc.) and some free training. This way students should hopefully be able to back up for a Saturday training session without too much soreness from the previous evening. Saturday will be BJJ from 12-1pm and MMA from 1-2pm. MMA training is great even if you don't ever want a pro fight, I think moving around No-Gi is important as well as standing wrestling clinch work, takedowns and control. I will always do some MMA style striking in this class with pads, bags etc but if you wish to greatly improve your thai-boxing please go to Dean Keedy's classes on Monday and Thursday evening at 6pm for development of your stand-up game. He is a great asset to the academy so make sure to support his classes and for $10 a session there is no excuse not to try one. MMA requires a very broad skill set and if your serious about learning these skills it takes multiple coaches and lots of time and dedication. So what I'm trying to say is that I prefer to spend the majority of time working on clinch, takedowns and wrestling on Saturday and not punching and kicking focus mitts, bags or each other. Anyhow, thats the plan in broad strokes, we will see how it goes. Also we will stay with Gi in winter months and No-gi training in summer months at this stage rather than trying to do both simultaneously. Thanks in advance to Jason and Dave for helping me with Friday nights.