Black Belt Learning Strategy #5

As allways, full disclosure, these are not my learning strategies, they came from the Gracie Insider newsletter. I am neither wise enough or have the jiu-jitsu insight to come up with these things. But, I like them and I believe in sharing wisdom. So here's #5

Black Belt Learning Strategy #5: Learn to Teach

One of the best ways to test your understanding of a technique is to try to teach it to someone else. Although you might be very proficient in the execution of a technique, if you can’t teach it to someone else, you don’t truly understand it. Anytime you instruct someone less knowledgeable than yourself, you are forced to deepen your understanding of the technique beyond the surface details. For this reason, we recommend that you seek to teach others as often as possible, regardless of your skill level. What is most fascinating is that your knowledge of any technique will increase in direct proportion to the number of students you successfully teach that technique to. In other words, if you can successfully teach a technique to 5 people, your understanding of that technique will be 5 times greater than before you taught it.

To get to black belt in the least amount of time possible, teach your techniques to as many people as possible. It’s that simple.

BJJ works on Pitbulls too!

How great is that. Moves so simple even a 9 year old can do it.

BJJ for Law Enforcement Seminar

If you've read my blog at all you know I'm a big proponent of Law Enforcement Officers training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I'm happy to say that I've found the perfect seminar for just that. The Charles Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy of Truckee/Tahoe is now offering a two day seminar exclusively for Law Enforcement. The instructors have designed a program to provide the simplest most effective Jiu-Jitsu techniques that are perfect for use by Police, Sheriffs, and Highway Patrol personnel.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has hundreds of techniques that are very effective, but are too complicated for Law Enforcement use or would require hundreds of hours to master. And not all BJJ techniques are realistic for a Law Enforcement Officer wearing a gun belt and bullet resistant vest. This course will provide you with a series of easily understood techniques that can be recalled when you need to use them.

The Seminar is held in Truckee, California close to world class ski resorts, Casinos, and beautiful Lake Tahoe. The seminar is held on Thursday and Friday so you can turn two days of tax deductible training into a nice weekend on the slopes or down in Reno.

It’s affordable too, at only $160 you can't beat it.

Here's the link: http://www.strongvon.com/cglawenforcement/