Youth BJJ Curriculum Ideas From Lance! Thanks Lance!

Little Lions 60 min class outline

0-10 min – Warm up

Run

Animal Warm ups

Water Break

(10-15 min) Stretch/Mat Chat

Talk anything character development (connect with them)

(15-18 min) Simon Says/Focusing game

(18-30 min) Coordination/Movement development Jiu Jitsu Game (Choose from game list or come up with your own)

(30 – 37 min) Stand up Lesson (Choose 1-2 from technique list)

(37 – 44 min) Ground lesson (Choose 1-2 from Technique list)

(44-50 min) Focused Rolling Jiu Jitsu Game (Choose from game list or come up with your own)

(50- 55 min) line up/Fix Belts and pants/Stripes

(55-60 min) Dodgeball

Coordination/Movement/Focus Development Jiu Jitsu Games

King of the Ring
Bears vs Crabs (Also Sharks and Minnows. Crab is the shark and Bears are the minnows. Crabs have to crabwalk and bears have to bear crawl)
Butt Scoot Relay Race
Tail Tag (First one to pull the tail wins)
Hug the Back (First one to get to the back and establish control from standing wins)
Cone Heads
Cone Snatch (Put cone between 2 students, close eyes, and call out different things when you say cone, they race to snatch the cone)
4 Corner Base
Spin on the Turtle
Sprawl on the Ball
Steering Wheel (Use Collar and Sleeve to turn opponent like a car, bonus if you can block a wheel and crash the car)
Toe Tag (touch the other persons foot)
The Rocket (Establish control and send them off in a rocket. For example, front clinch or rear clinch with double unders then lift them up, reset)

Focused Rolling Jiu Jitsu Games

The Thief and the Crown (Open Guard game, top player is the thief and bottom player is the king with a crown on his head. The thief must steal the king’s crown by touching his head. King must use his “guards” hands and feet to stop the thief.)
Mount Surfing (Mount Control game, bottom player is a wave top player is a surfer. Surfer starts with hands wide and hooks in while the wave is trying to “crush him” or get him off the mount)
Takedown Game (First one to take his opponent down to a hip wins)
Roll the Boulder (Trap and roll game, person on top is the boulder and they have pinned you down. You must roll the boulder off)
Catch the Balloon (Closed guard game, top person’s head is a balloon and you have to keep the balloon down while its trying to escape to float away. Top player is the balloon and must free himself to posture up or “float away” and pin bottom players hips)

Little Lions Technique List

Standing

Mount (Top)

Mount (Bottom)

Side Mount

Back Control

Guard (Bottom)

Guard (Top)

Instructors