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The same exact 15 minute warmups (I can do jumping Jack's and sit ups on my own at home)
Followed by 3 (often totally different) techniques being taught by the professor, with you and your partner drilling it 5 or 6 minutes each.
All this squeezed into an hour. 3 techniques a day x 5 times a week = 15 techniques a week.
One question: why ? Aside from the obvious futility of learning 15 techniques a week , and not seeing them again for weeks or months later, why the damn rush?? Why cram so much in an hour and a week? Persumably you'll be doing bjj as long as you are able to physically. That could be decades.
Is this stupidity the norm? Or does my academy suck ? I got all excited because recently I've been running night classes (I'm a brown belt) and I do quick 5 minute warmups, one technique and drilling it , then last 30 minutes is 20 mins of conditional sparring based on that technique ( i.e if we drilled a closed guard escape, then if you escape guard or bottom person sybmits or sweeps, then you "win" and next person cycles in then followed by regular sparring.
Last 10 minutes is MANDATORY sparring. Our gym has people of all ages and genders and many leave after the hour and not spar at all.
It's been working great , night class people love how we actuslly break a sweat and can done in an hour to go home have dinner etc.
Is the warm up + cramming techniques in an hour then dismissing class and letting people roll or not after, the norm? It seems like such a dumb way of learning anything tbh
Followed by 3 (often totally different) techniques being taught by the professor, with you and your partner drilling it 5 or 6 minutes each.
All this squeezed into an hour. 3 techniques a day x 5 times a week = 15 techniques a week.
One question: why ? Aside from the obvious futility of learning 15 techniques a week , and not seeing them again for weeks or months later, why the damn rush?? Why cram so much in an hour and a week? Persumably you'll be doing bjj as long as you are able to physically. That could be decades.
Is this stupidity the norm? Or does my academy suck ? I got all excited because recently I've been running night classes (I'm a brown belt) and I do quick 5 minute warmups, one technique and drilling it , then last 30 minutes is 20 mins of conditional sparring based on that technique ( i.e if we drilled a closed guard escape, then if you escape guard or bottom person sybmits or sweeps, then you "win" and next person cycles in then followed by regular sparring.
Last 10 minutes is MANDATORY sparring. Our gym has people of all ages and genders and many leave after the hour and not spar at all.
It's been working great , night class people love how we actuslly break a sweat and can done in an hour to go home have dinner etc.
Is the warm up + cramming techniques in an hour then dismissing class and letting people roll or not after, the norm? It seems like such a dumb way of learning anything tbh