In the beginning, embrace mistakes instead of correcting them.

Like a child playing air guitar, there are no wrong notes.

Allow beginning students to train with people at a much higher level than them on a daily basis.

A language works best when we have “something interesting to say”.

Many coaches never find out what their students have to say. They only tell them what they are supposed to say. 

A child speaks a language for years before they even learn the alphabet.

Imagine your parents forcing you to only speak to other babies until you were good enough to speak to them. You would probably be an adult before you could carry a proper conversation.

Too many rules at the onset will actually slow you down.

In my eyes the approach to Jiu-Jitsu should be the same.



After all, Jiu-Jitsu is a language too.

Inspired by Victor Wooten

original video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yRMbH36HRE&feature=emb_title