How to Teach Yoga for BJJ: 5 Key Teaching Tips

Hi guys, I hope you enjoyed the 5, 10 and 15 minute classes. I really do. My body feels really prepared for Jiu Jitsu after I've done them. 5 minutes is not much, but I know that some academies only allow for 5 minutes and it's a lot better than nothing, right?

Important things when you're teaching. Be loud and clear. Everybody has to hear you. So speak up.

Speak always facing the people. Don't speak under your armpit or down into the floor or away from the people. And speak clearly. Don't use ambiguous languages like ambiguous.

Just use words that a drunk foreigner can understand. Super simple English. Keep it simple. Don't over explain.

Don't explain more than one or two things in each pose or maybe less. Don't explain anything in some poses. Because most people will just look at you and copy you. Keep it super simple.

It's going to make it a lot easier. And also I try to keep at least 50% of the class quiet and silent so that they can experience and not just listen to a monologue for the whole class. So 50% of the class instruction, 50% of the class silence. Be prepared is probably the most important thing.

Prepare by practicing. Prepare by practice teaching. The more you do it, the easier it will be. Also be predictable.

Think about that from the perspective of the student. They should, after a couple of times they've come, they should be able to expect what's coming. And it will make it a lot easier for them to follow. So don't surprise them.

Don't try to reinvent the wheel every time. It's just going to be confusing. So if you stick to those things, it's going to be very easy to teach this.