Mark McEathron bro this means so much to read this, thanks for the comments. Just fun rolls keys to making kids love Jiujitsu. I try not to push her too much as she really doesn’t enjoy competing, so much talent but dancing seems to have taken priority for time being 😂. I think what is a really important point is that those core fundamentals from the Bullyproof programme of areoplane base, spider kid, sneaky mount, crocodile control, spider swim etc have remained part of her Jiujitsu game from age 4 into adolescence. As much as people slate Gracie University that programme is outstanding for kids to learn to love BJJ. I’ve taken on board your point about continuing that series. Thanks bro. give us a like on Facebook Submit 2 Success

These were from cannons U.K. but if you google any jigsaw mats they should be available pretty much everywhere, I’d stick to tatami pattern. if you are running an academy post covid I would steer clear of jigsaws personally, they tend to look great at first but after a year or so they loose their top layer and all that sweat, muck and everything else really gets embedded in them, no matter how much you scrub or mop them you can never get them fully hygienically clean. We switched to roll out dollamurs this year and wouldn’t go back! Pricey but worth every penny.

Ricardo Washington. Really Good questions. firstly make it fun and as you can see from this video, tons of playful flow rolling, personally I’m not sure being a dad and a coach at the same time have helped her development, maybe I pushed her too much at times, but BJJ isn’t for everyone. One thing I would say is wherever you take you daughter to train, don’t ever coach from sidelines. The only thing you need to say after the session is “I loved watching you train today” and how proud you are of them. I’ve seen lots of talent in Kids BJJ, resilience to stick it out to that level is key, constant encouragement and making it fun you increase that multiple fold. I’ve done another video somewhere in the depths of my channel on teaching children BJJ, it’s from the Bullyproof programme and focuses on silly games to teach them positions, it’s quite easily the best programme to get children to love BJJ, it’s all I used with Millie since she was about 4 years old, you can still see her using the positions from it in this video 6 years later.

@@ralphylad Thanks for the advice. Reminds me of how my father coached my brother and myself in basketball growing up. He always gave us affirmations and treated us and the other team members fairly. If my daughter gets into BJJ, I have his example to follow as well as your advice. That was really helpful. I'll search for the other vids on your channel. It's always great to have other mat dads to listen to. I picked up this book for her when she is old enough. It's a good little story and when she's ready I'll read it to her. www.amazon.com/Jiu-Jitsu-Me-Robert-Wilson/dp/1718191928/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Jiu+jitsu+and+me&qid=1595960932&sr=8-1

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I’m Fairly busy with uni degree at the minute, i might get a vid on some hiking or skiing in next couple of weeks, got lots of footage but so little time to edit it all 😢