Alright guys. These two weeks are going to be slammed with being understaffed, I’m sure we will do just fine however and I appreciate everyone’s help.
BJJ: Adult: more off of the guilllotine/front headlock
Youth BJJ: Half Guard passing continued with a focus on chest to chest and stabilization of side mount or mount depending on the pass you choose.
Muay Thai: we did punch kick punch before. Now let’s focus on some boxing.
Word of the Month is Fitness- Which should be a key topic that our competitors just saw is REQUIRED in the competition.
Review:
There’s a lot of hecticness leading into this spring and Summer but I wanted to let you guys know that we are doing so much better this year than the past 3 years. January was pretty good, it was great considering having to regroup to get a new stride at the front of house. We had the best February ever recorded and I appreciate everyone’s hard work. March dropped off a tad, but we opted to focus on doing an event instead of tightening up the systems at the school, and that carries its own kind of weight.
Schedule Issues that need fixin’
This week I’ll need someone to help with No Gi tonight, and to aid Andrew. With Hockey done, and Moon gone and Tim is going to be out some in the same timeline I’ve arranged to Not do scouts with Link the rest of the year, but I do have to take him and drop him off so I can’t be back on the mats to Help Andrew until 6:05 or so for every Monday until the new Summer Schedule. Additionally I’ll be running Muay Thai so if Shane or someone could cover No Gi tonight, that would be great.
NEXT 2 WEEKS: Tim is out of town and I can’t teach youth Muay Thai and little thrashers at the same exact time. So any volunteers for those two weeks would be HUGE for us to get through the much needed time off those guys need.
*I am actively looking for a Full Time Muay Thai Trainer, it is difficult to find within 100 miles of this area, and to get someone to move here for martial arts is difficult. But I am pulling from multiple resources to try to get a Brazilian Muay Thai Specialist or a Thai to move here to help. It may just take longer than I’d like. If you guys are thinking about becoming more well rounded then, come jump in one of my Thai classes while Moon is gone, we are going to tighten up on some fundamentals that I saw in the technical portion of the most recent testing.
Summer Schedule
I have also included the Summer Schedule and the start date of May 26th.. I like Monday Youth class, and I like Friday Youth class and I like Friday Muay Thai for our students but its becoming too much for me to handle, and I am missing out on more money than I make all year at the academy by not being on the road on the weekends to serve other communities, and I understand that everyone else likes to essentially have that same availability. so I’m going to constrict the schedule to a T-TH hard focus and easy Monday to make it to where it’s a little more manageable. Fridays are gone and will never come back. We are actually adding one more Muay Thai class a week for adults. we are just moving the youth comp class to Wednesday in place of No Gi and removing the Monday youth class. that may be going back into place in the fall, unless we see its easy to manage and we aren’t losing kids because of it.
Curriculums:
BJJ Curriculum: Guard Submission offense/Defense: but we need some from the guard. Guillotine offense and Defense would be great. to set up the guillotine you can remind them of the Kimura or Sit up/hip bump sweep to “set it up”. Make sure they get a choke and not a “neck crank”. Then lets get get on the defense. The defense is in the Vimeo blue belt test video where we get on our toes (off our knees) cut their hip , and fight the hands, reset with good posture.
Highlight the youth that competed and make sure they get a round of applause. each class if we have any kids in there. we really did great for a team with such few competitors. we will be focused on the lessons learned for the coming weeks, in the youth class.
Muay Thai curriculum: incorporate hooks into last weeks drills which was “punch, kick, reset, 12”
Moon’s last week before he goes to Thailand. Enjoy the break.
Spring Break is next week. We will have Open Mats T/W for the youth next week from 6:30-7:30PM
Naga is next weekend. Unfortunately our two youth instructors will both be out of town. Any and all help will be appreciated. I’ll be up there both days the 5/6th in the Atlanta area.Let me know if you want to come up and yell at children with me.
BJJ: Finish up with back mount perhaps an escape.
Muay Thai: Congratulate any and all that tested and remind them we will be testing again 3rd quarter for the same prajied color as well as the next level up for both adults and youth.
Week 3 on Confidence and we have a BRUCE LEE quote which is cool touch on who he is and that he is one of the most famous martial artists of all time.
Weekend Event! Remember we have our Muay Thai Testing this weekend with community sparring and 1st quarter Review that we shall do in sequences followed by rolling and then Tap & Pour after, who we have made a cool deal with, I would love to see you all there afterward and treat you guys to some food!
10-11 Youth Testing
11-11:30 Adult testing
11:30 until, community thai sparring Main Mat
12-2 1st quarter review and Rolling
2:30 ish Tap and Pour. they should have a table for us and let them know you’re with the group.
Muay Thai: Test Prep
BJJ: Continue your theme of straight to the back from the guard and follow up with offense or defense( we will be finishing ppl next week with submissions, if you get an early start this week that is fine)
Standby for and video
Muay Thai: Test Prep Continued
BJJ: Guard to Back, Follow up sweep or submission focused when opponent defends
Make sure we tell the youth the definition and ask them some of these questions to get their responses. maybe one per class this week,so today ask a couple of them question #1, tomorrow, #2 and so on. .
BJJ: Attacking the back from guard
Muay Thai: Punch to Kick (and Defense on the kicks especially)
Honesty: Last week there were several talking points please go back and hit the ones you did not discuss. ask questions, get responses from some of the students.
Welcome back Tim. We missed you, let us know if you need anything
Complete Offense Defense
Muay Thai: more Muay Femur, get into more volume partner drills, I go you go I go. Be first be last type of exercises. stay fundamental with the youth.
Video Announcements must watch
No youth classes for Presidents day, and yes despite school being closed tomorrow as well, we will have our full schedule. I’m going to move things around just a little bit with Tim being out of town for his father’s funeral. Keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Moon will be teaching a seminar this weekend in NC this weekend as well. we had a large group class with the kids last Friday and looked like good training. anyone that wants rounds in with the kids drop in on Fridays as well.
I’ve provided talking points as well for the youth classes this week.
BJJ: Guard Offense vs Defense
Muay Thai: Muay Mat & Counters to the style
Video to come later:
Curriculum:
BJJ- Reminder of the takedown if necessary and blend more into the guard attack
Muay Thai- Muay Mat
Honesty: Honesty means we tell the truth! We can be honest with our words, and this is important. However, we also have to be honest with our actions. One way we can do this is by doing what we say we will do.
“A SINGLE LIE DESTROYS A WHOLE REPUTATION OF INTEGRITY.”
– BALTASAR GRACIAN
Have you ever told a lie? How did it make you feel? How did it make the other person feel? Do you think it’s bad to lie?
BJJ: Takedowns (understanding its blending to guard attacks later in the weeks to come)
Muay Thai: Knees
Video Here
Admin: Tuesday/ Thursday Moon & Cole 11-1; Wednesday Cole & Jesse 10-11
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