Teaching

One of the rewards for getting my blue belt is that I can teach the odd Sunday class, when sensei is busy. I’m pretty pumped about that. But it means I have to really start thinking about moves and how to break them down and teach them to someone else. It also means I have to figure out my class. So here are a few notes, mostly for my benefit.

Class Structure:

Warm up:

• Press ups (various types) ~100
• Sit ups (various types) ~100
• Pull up bar (wrap belt around bar) ~20
• Squats ~50

Stretching

Drills

• Situp sweep drill ~20
• Pressure drill (Keeping pressure on partner’s chest (or back), spin around using no hands.) (1 minute)
• Armbar and triangle from guard ~20
• Armbar from mount ~20
• Knee on belly switching ~20
• Guard passing to knee on belly ~20

Positional sparring

• Half guard ~2 mins, then change position
• Guard ~2 mins, then change position
• Side ~2 mins, then change position
• Mount ~2 mins, then change position

Sparring

• From knees, 5 mins with 1 min break

Moves that I can teach
It will only be the beginners’ class that I teach, so nothing too complex.

• Armbar
• Triangle

Now for my shorthand nonsense where I get all the names wrong.

• Ribeiro sweep-with follow up triangle
• Situp sweep-with kimura Plan B
• Foot in elbow triangle setup
• Tripod sweep
• Bipod sweep
• Hashimoto choke
• Ezekiel from side
• Cradle / bow and arrow
• Figure four gi choke

There are enough moves for a few weeks there to get me started. I’m going to look back through my archives to see if there are any other moves I can use.