BJJ and Judo

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• The instructor stands in front of the class.

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• The students line up according to their belt rank.​​

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• We bow to the creators of the art and those that trained and taught before us with the command Shomen Ni Rei.

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• The students bow to the instructor with the command Sensei Ni Rei.​​

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• The sessions usually start with about 30 minutes of warm up and exercises. Brazillian Jiu Jitsu and Judo are arts that rely heavily on precise and quick movement instead of brute force. That is why a lot of the warm ups are based on natural gymnastics, animal movements and yoga. Here is an example BJJ warmup.

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• The lesson continues with presenting the techniques that will be studied in succession and practicing those techniques through repetition. This takes about another 30 minutes. We repeat techniques in order for them to become ingrained in our body and for us to be able to call upon them without thinking. It is imperative that all techniques be practiced both leftwards and rightwards.

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• After that it is time for sparring. The purpose of the sparring portion of the class is to try to implement the techniques that were studied on a resisting opponent. This takes another 15 minutes. White belts without any stripes are not allowed to free spar, only positional sparring is allowed.

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• At the end of the sparring session the students again line up according to their belt rank

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• We again bow to the creators of the art and those that trained and taught before us with the command Shomen Ni Rei.

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• The students bow to the instructor with the command Sensei Ni Rei.

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• The class ends with the instructor thanking the students.

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• The students go in a line and thank each other with a half hug / shoulder bump.

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• All students participate in the cleaning of the mats and the school.