🥋Week 2 Breakdown! 🥋
We have begun Week 2 off the Gracie Barra Fundamentals Curriculum for Kids and Adults! We offer classes for kids as young as 3 and up to Adults! If this is your first time coming into the program, we welcome you to your first curriculum cycle! This is our Weekly Breakdown for Week 2!
🗣Word of the week: Brotherhood
Brother/Sisterhood extends to all of us in the Gracie Barra family, but to jiu-jitsu practitioners around the world as well. Brotherhood is having a strong sense of camaraderie and mutual respect among training partners. We can form close bonds with our teammates to achieve a common goal that extends outside of the mats. Let’s embrace the brotherhood this week!
Tiny Champions (3-4) & Little Champions 1 (5-6):
Class A: Self-Defense
- Push Defense and Keep the Base: Young students will learn how to defend against pushes while maintaining a strong, stable base, ensuring they stay balanced and safe.
Ground Technique
- Side Mount: Instruction will focus on side control escape and recovering the guard, teaching children how to transition from a vulnerable position to a more defensive posture.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Practical exercises will reinforce the techniques learned for side mount escapes and guard recovery.
Class B: Stand-Up Technique
- Outside Hook Takedown: Students will be introduced to the outside hook takedown, a fundamental move to bring an opponent to the ground effectively.
Ground Technique
- Side Mount: Continuation of training on side control escapes and guard recovery, building on the skills introduced in Class A.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Drills will provide ample practice for side mount escapes, ensuring students feel comfortable and confident in this position.
Little Champions 2 (7-9) & Juniors (10-13):
Class A: Self-Defense
- Push Defense and Keep the Base + Break Fall + Pedal Kicks + Technical Lift + Ready Stance: This comprehensive self-defense module will cover how to maintain a stable base, execute a break fall safely, use pedal kicks to create distance, perform a technical lift, and adopt a ready stance.
Ground Technique
- Side Mount: Focus will be on the instructor’s choice of escape techniques from side mount, tailored to the students’ needs.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Drills designed to reinforce side mount escapes through repetitive practice.
Class B: Stand-Up Technique
- Outside Hook Takedown: Building on the stand-up skills, students will learn to perform the outside hook takedown with precision.
Ground Technique
- Side Mount: Instructor-chosen escape techniques will be emphasized, providing students with varied methods to practice.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Specific training will solidify students’ ability to escape from side mount through focused practice sessions.
Adults & Teens Fundamentals Class:
Class A: Self-Defense
- Headlocks: Techniques include escaping from a side standing headlock, executing a rear takedown, performing a technical mount, and applying an armbar.
Sport Jiu-Jitsu
- Side Mount: Participants will practice escaping from side mount and recovering the closed guard.
GB1 Drill
- Escape from Side Mount Recovering the Closed Guard + Over the Leg Guard Pass + Side Mount Control (Repeating): Partner drills will focus on escaping side mount, passing the guard, and maintaining side mount control.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Intensive drills to master side mount escapes and control.
GB1 Talking Point
- The Red Shield: Discussing the significance of the Red Shield, symbolizing the protection and unity of the Gracie Barra family.
Class B: Self-Defense
- Headlocks: Techniques include escaping from rear headlock with forward takedown and escaping from rear headlock with outside hook takedown.
Sport Jiu-Jitsu
- Side Mount: Instruction on escaping from side mount to turtle position and performing a double leg takedown from turtle position.
GB1 Drill
- Escape from Side Mount to Turtle Position + Double Leg Takedown + Side Mount Control (Taking Turns): Partner drills focusing on transitioning from side mount to turtle position, executing double leg takedowns, and controlling side mount.
Specific Training
- Side Mount: Dedicated practice sessions for side mount escapes and transitions.
GB1 Talking Point
- The Red Shield: Reinforcing the importance of the Red Shield and its meaning within the Gracie Barra community.
Thank you for checking out the Weekly Breakdown for Week 2! We look forward to seeing you all on the mats!
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