Teach BJJ – Instructors Course (level 2)

What is this? A video course on the most effective way to teach fundamentals of Grappling to beginners.

When you’ve completed it, you will have the tools that keep your students engaged, and a strategy to develop them quicker than any of the rivaling local gyms.

⚠️This (level 2) is not an instructional on detailed BJJ techniques, there are thousands of those.
This is a course on how to effectively lead engaging group classes, how to follow a macro curriculum over months, and what to prioritize instead of excessive technichal details . ⚠️

When you want to learn how to teach absolute beginners, level 1 is what you’re looking for
If you want to become a certified instructor, complete this course together with the level 1 and level 3

Who is this for

• Up-and-coming instructors who are ready to teach weekly beginners/fundamentals classes
• People who live where there is zero grappling , and need a good strategy to keep students engaged
• Someone who wants their gym to grow, by offering fundamental classes that get packed
• Keen white belts that struggle knowing who to listen to, or can’t get to the gym.

Who can teach this? BJJ athletes who are purple belt level or higher, or have a few years of grappling experience.

The classes are all around 2 minutes because we didn’t feel the need to add in hours of details and create information overload. We are masters of Keep-It-Simple, as you can see.

What will I learn?

• How to confidently teach a group class, and make people feel relaxed and smileful
• The top mistakes all new instructors make, and what to do instead
• How to lower the bar, without compromising on quality

Introduction to the White Belt Curriculum: Covers Closed Guard, Open Guard, Half Guard, Mount, and Side Control positions in the first two modules

Structuring a 90-Minute Class: How to organize a 90-minute session, including smooth time management, progressive drilling and sparring for beginners

Emphasis for Beginners: Focuses on progress, understanding, and enjoyment, highlighting what to prioritize and what to save for later

Extended Warm-Up and Cool-Down: Detailed instructions for longer warm-up and cool-down routines to better prepare students physically and mentally before and after the class

Handling Student Interactions: How to create a positive, equal and productive learning environment

There are a hundred details to the mount escape. That’s exactly why we don’t show all those details in the first class! We know the secret to fast learning; get the basics before adding details. The less you teach, the more is retained, so we teach you to save the details for the right moment
(Of course we show you the details we think is best too, but we also show you when to use them!)

Me, my wife, friends and even the trolls on social media all agree on one specific thing:

BJJ needs good instructors to make the sport grow.

But how do we help BJJ dudes and girls become good instructors?
By creating a video course and certification showing them what to do and what to not do
It’s the only way
Every other major sport has figured this out a long time ago, and now its BJJ’s turn

Because the reason most people quit BJJ is not torn ACL tendons
It’s that BJJ is unstructured, counterintuitive, and very difficult to learn fast

That’s why the level 2 course is focusing only on these things:
Making BJJ understandable and logical
Giving you a structured curriculum where everything connects
Making your students ‘get it‘ – faster

When you succeed with these things consistently week after week, your classes will be full and your gym will have to add a waiting list

All it takes is learning the strategy and follow the plan
But you have to get started, and you have to follow through
We will take you there – if you commit.

Sample clip: Closed Guard > Mount

This course was created with input from teachers with over 100 years of combined teaching experience. It was eye-opening how many similarities there were, but also how many smart little hacks we learned when we dared to ask.