Youth Academy Programmes
Our Aims:
Our primary aim is to help each child improve. Improve the psychical and phycological wellbeing of each child that walks through our doors through the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Our secondary goal as a sports jiu jitsu academy is competition. Competition provides the challenge that is necessary to pursue improving ones skillset and to foster resilience in the face of set backs and helps bond the team together as they each encounter different set backs at different types, they can they develop a support network of friends. Competition is only an assessment of where we may be strong and where we may lack, this can then inform us in what direction we should go and what changes we may need to make. Like a football team plays football matches we play jiu jitsu matches, this is sport to us and the martial art is secondary, we believe the sport is a much greater aid for self defence, self esteem and discipline than unchallenged practice of traditional martial arts. Having a healthy relationship with challenges, facing sets backs and striving towards a goal is all apart of our programmes as the students develop with age.
We have found competition to be the biggest catalyst for change in students who struggle with confidence and self esteem. We also believe that competition puts the children in serious confrontation which should help them at school or in life when dealing with any confrontation, this voluntary act can have tremendous ripples for various situations they may run into down the line. We also have many students who do not want and have no desire to compete, they gain a lot of satisfaction in helping the team prepare and picking up new skills.
Don’t be put off by our aims, our coaching methods scale with age and commitment of the students, not all students or groups are taught the same. We teach through play, the students should enjoy coming to classes and they will seek to pursue competition off of their own self interest, our focus as coaches is based around engagement and improvement, both are required and this is what we try to attain in our classes.
We provide an extensive youth provide starting from the ages of 4 up to 15.
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