Jeffrey Cummings is a BJJ black belt and former Wrestler. Dylan Whyte is a brown belt and experienced youth instructor. Together they run a new academy in FL called Positive Balance Grappling and give insight to what its like to open a new school! Click “Read More” for show notes!
SHOW NOTES:
- Opening the doors of a new academy
- Moving to Tallahassee
- Structuring a strong kids program
- Soul Fighters scholarship program
- Important things to remember when working with kids
- Addressing parental concerns about Jiu-Jitsu being an aggressive activity
- Choking people kills road rage / Jiu-Jitsu makes you want to fight less
- Adding take downs to your training
- Developing a strong guard game
- Common mistakes with Spider Guard
- Why having well-rounded instructors is so important
- Being young instructors
- THE PUMMEL
- Boston accents
- Why competition experience is incredibly valuable fr instructors to have
- Developing a foot lock game