More BJJ bullshido - The Gracie Combatives Licensing Program™

[Teh El Macho]

I will be extremelly surprised if the Gracies turn this into a series of drills followed by a certification with no sparring at all. Let's knock on wood.

[Teh El Macho]

Also, and a bit off the tangent, but this rubs me wrong, too:

Although thousands of instructors claim to teach pure Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, over 95% of them actually teach the sportive based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and simply use the Gracie name to add marketing value.

FWIW, BJJ instructors are quite vocal in distancing themselves from anything "Gracie". The claim above is plain bullcrap.

[Pandinha]

Also, and a bit off the tangent, but this rubs me wrong, too:

Although thousands of instructors claim to teach pure Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, over 95% of them actually teach the sportive based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and simply use the Gracie name to add marketing value.

FWIW, BJJ instructors are quite vocal in distancing themselves from anything "Gracie". The claim above is plain bullcrap.

I have to agree. I once wore an old GJJ shirt to ATT to pick something up, it was nearly ripped off of me.

[UpaLumpa]

You guys do realize that
1- 80 hours of small group instruction is probably more than what most people will get in a year (if you weight for group size).

2- Many people get their bluebelts in about a year

3- Bluebelts (speaking as one) aren't actually that good, you're just comparing them to ****.

[meataxe]

OK, we need a new tag for people who are 2-week blue belts. Wow, I could be a badass by Halloween!

[ignignokt]

Official blue belt stuff aside, it's pretty dishonest for them to endorse people that have trained for only two weeks as good trainers. It's hard enough to learn something as deep as that in two weeks, much less teach it to someone else.

I could be wrong about this, but if someone trained jiu-jitsu for 80 hours over the course of 20 weeks, as opposed to 80 hours over two weeks, I think their muscle memory would retain the techniques better. Frankly, sometimes when I'm shown three new techniques during the course of a two-hour judo session, I usually retain only one well enough to try to apply it a week later. I know that I kinda suck, but I doubt that the people taking the course would be all that much better.

[UpaLumpa]

While overload may be a factor, your muscle memory comment is just silly.

[Askari]

Official blue belt stuff aside, it's pretty dishonest for them to endorse people that have trained for only two weeks as good trainers. It's hard enough to learn something as deep as that in two weeks, much less teach it to someone else.

In their defence, they claim they are only allowing people who are already instructors to take this program.

If you are a club owner there is some assumption that you have some sort of teaching skill.

However well, or not well, that skill might be developed.

[Cassius]

3- Bluebelts (speaking as one) aren't actually that good, you're just comparing them to ****.

Ditto. Also, Brazilians tend to care way less about handing out blue belts than Americans do.

[Matt W.]

How much does it cost, again?