Episode 20: Ciaran Brohan talking about Learn Jiu Jitsu

Have I got a treat for you my caffeinated friends, Ciaran Brohan is coming onto the podcast to talk all about his new projects Learn Jiu Jitsu and how he is looking at the ways we can change both learning and teaching Jiu Jitsu. A truly fascinating conversation that will make you look at how your own learning could be changed for the better.

Check out his page on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/learnjiujitsu_/

Topic Timings:

00:00:37 Why Learn Jiu Jitsu started

00:03:15 Kit Dale, teaching methods and a framework to Jiu Jitsu

00:05:24 Alignment Theory

00:10:18 Working in concepts

00:15:14 The logic behind learning this way

00:15:55 The Score card System

00:21:43 Jiu Jitsu is a form of education, treating it that way

00:29:13 Inspiration from others on Jiu Jitsu Teaching Methods

00:36:45 Taking away the mystique of time served

00:44:22 Changing how you tackle learning Jiu Jitsu

00:50:18 Getting past "is the Technique is right"

00:52:23 How would you approach analysing BJJ footage

00:57:22 The issues with drilling techniques and mental switch off

01:02:17 Being mentally engaged

01:06:59 Creating a feedback loop

01:14:26 Enjoying the drilling part of jiu jitsu

01:15:30 Gamifying Jiu Jitsu Lessons

01:19:17 Balancing Hard Sparring

01:25:15 Teaching Jiu Jitsu hasn't evolved

01:27:42 Coaches taking time to plan out 6 months of lessons

01:33:01 What is mastery?

01:38:59 Having fixed parameters

01:40:10 The issues with systems not teaching how to get to the starting position

01:43:46 Practically starting applying learning jiu jitsu in this new way

01:45:45 Quick Fire Round

01:54:20 Outro & Aspirations for how we change teaching and learning Jiu Jitsu