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Advice For Dating In BJJ: Move Very Slowly & Respect The Situation
If you’ve been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for long enough, then a thought or two of dating someone from your gym ha...
How To Attract New Members Into Your BJJ Gym?
If you’re a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy owner, then you’re well-aware of the stress that acquiring new members can br...
Keenan Cornelius On Cross-Training: “Go Train Wherever You Want”
What should you, as a BJJ instructor and/or academy owner, do about your students’ cross-training? How should you go ...
The Easy Way To Start Your Own BJJ Gym (Really, It Isn’t That Difficult)
Be honest with us: has the thought of opening up your very own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym ever crossed your mind? Well, ...
Keenan Cornelius: “Size Matters – Also With Grappling Gyms”
If you’re someone who wants to open your very own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/grappling academy, one of the problems you’re p...
Keenan Cornelius: “The Only Way To Thrive In BJJ Is To Operate A BJJ Academy”
A lot of people who train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu would, at least in part, like to earn money from the Gentle Art. And wh...
Tom DeBlass Shares Advice For BJJ Instructors: “Give Equal Attention To People”
BJJ instructors don’t have it easy. They have to take care of the training curriculum, of class itself, of how studen...
Is There A Better Way To Structure Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classes?
Image Credits: Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes usually consist out of: warm ups (with things like front roll...
3 Ways To Get New Students Into Your BJJ Academy
If you’re a coach or/and a BJJ academy owner, then getting new students is something you’re constantly worrying about...
Who Should Be Cleaning The Mats In A BJJ School?
Having clean mats in a BJJ school is incredibly important. It lowers the chances of something like ringworm from happ...
The Simple Problem With Belt Tests in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Belt tests aren’t an often occurrence in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but they aren’t a rare one either. And they can be a go...
BJJ Instructors: Don’t Let White Belt Students “Coach” Others During Class
If you’re a BJJ instructor, you’ve probably seen the following behavior. There’s a white belt in your class that some...