Have I got a treat for you my caffeinated friends, Ciaran Brohan is coming onto the podcast to talk all about his new projects Learn Jiu Jitsu and how he is looking at the ways we can change both learning and teaching Jiu Jitsu. A truly fascinating conversation that will make you look at how your own learning could be changed for the better.
Check out his page on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/learnjiujitsu_/
Topic Timings:
00:00:37 Why Learn Jiu Jitsu started
00:03:15 Kit Dale, teaching methods and a framework to Jiu Jitsu
00:05:24 Alignment Theory
00:10:18 Working in concepts
00:15:14 The logic behind learning this way
00:15:55 The Score card System
00:21:43 Jiu Jitsu is a form of education, treating it that way
00:29:13 Inspiration from others on Jiu Jitsu Teaching Methods
00:36:45 Taking away the mystique of time served
00:44:22 Changing how you tackle learning Jiu Jitsu
00:50:18 Getting past "is the Technique is right"
00:52:23 How would you approach analysing BJJ footage
00:57:22 The issues with drilling techniques and mental switch off
01:02:17 Being mentally engaged
01:06:59 Creating a feedback loop
01:14:26 Enjoying the drilling part of jiu jitsu
01:15:30 Gamifying Jiu Jitsu Lessons
01:19:17 Balancing Hard Sparring
01:25:15 Teaching Jiu Jitsu hasn't evolved
01:27:42 Coaches taking time to plan out 6 months of lessons
01:33:01 What is mastery?
01:38:59 Having fixed parameters
01:40:10 The issues with systems not teaching how to get to the starting position
01:43:46 Practically starting applying learning jiu jitsu in this new way
01:45:45 Quick Fire Round
01:54:20 Outro & Aspirations for how we change teaching and learning Jiu Jitsu
