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We are proud to have Larry Keith as the BjjBrick coach of the year. Larry has been training martial arts for around 35 years. Larry is a third degree black belt in Kodokan Judo and a brown belt in BJJ. He enjoys mixing throws with ending up in a dominant position. This is a great interivew with a outstanding person that we

We talk about:

• Starting his martial arts program
• having a large kids group
• He is a big guy and he talks about not using it too much
• How to turn a student into someone who can be more aggressive
• Starting his own dojo
• Working with the local boys and girls club helping to prevent bullying
• Zero tolerance policy in public schools
• Using a buddy system to prevent bullying
• The goals he has when teaching kids judo and jiu-jitsu
• Getting kids to do martial arts for their lifetime
• Kids and competing in tournaments
• Giving kids a leadership role on the mat
• The importance of a family atmosphere in BJJ
• Learning by teaching
• His plans for competing more

Links:

• Dynamic Martial Arts in Roseburg Oregon

Quote of the week: "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson

Lesson of the week: Dealing with traffic and taking a detour to still reach your goal.

The Referee Corner "Epi 2 Sandbagging" starting at 1h33m

Gary's audio book is called "rolling with ghost- breaking spirits instead of elbows"

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