Professor Draculino returns to the show after nearly 2 years to talk about past and current trends in Jiu-Jitsu, his prediction for future trends, learning to teach, structuring a comprehensive curriculum and the importance of having good ethics. Click “read more” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- Catching up since 2015
- Things he continues to improve upon as a 5th degree black belt
- The leg lock wave
- Early innovators of foot locks in Brazil
- The Fadda lineage
- His opinion of Jiu-Jitsu tournament rules
- Learning how to teach
- Structuring a curriculum
- Being a giver and not a taker as an instructor
- Laying out a solid fundamentals program
- Why advanced students should still attend fundamentals classes
- The importance of review classes
- Relying on your advanced students as an instructor
- Trends in Jiu-Jitsu that he’s seen over the years
- His prediction for the next trend in Jiu-Jitsu
- The future saturation of the Jiu-Jitsu academy market
- The reality that not all instructors want their students to become better than them
- Maintaining the “20 mile rule” between academies in the future
- Why a new academy opening nearby shouldn’t bother academy owners
- Jiu-Jitsu politics / Ethics
- Poaching / Avoiding drama as an academy owner
- Do people get promoted faster in modern times?
- MMA fighters being promoted to black belt based on MMA achievements
- The black belt isn’t just about performance
- Moral standards for black belts
- Taking a newly arrived advanced ranked student to black belt
- His plans for the remainder of 2017
