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A simple Google search on your phone will give you plenty of jiu jitsu gym options. To find the right one, narrow your search using a list of important factors. When a BJJ gym has these items, or most of...
These days, searching for a jiu-jitsu gym brings up a long list of options. Finding the right one in this ocean of jiu-jitsu gyms can be a headache. Especially if you’re just beginning and don’t know exactly how to narrow...
Starting one’s own academy is many Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners’ biggest dream, from the seasoned competitor to the dedicated hobbyist – heck, even the gung-ho white belt. Being able to make a career out of your passion… well, that would be like winning the lottery ticket to life. It’s actually probably a little more attainable than actually winning the lottery, but I digress.
Whether you’re in a position to start your academy as a side business – in addition to your own job – or you’re looking to jump in feet first and make an entirely new career change, launching a BJJ academy is an exciting endeavor.. but it requires careful planning and consideration.
Here, I discuss some key considerations to ensure that your future academy is a success from the beginning..
As one of – if not “the” – the fastest growing sports in the world, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academies can be found in nearly every major city in the world. However, as ubiquitous as they’ve become, the size and depth of the training environments can vary greatly.
Some of the more well-established academies will invariably have larger facilities, with a deeper student body population. Generally, the bigger the academy, the more training partners you’ll have in any given class. More often than not, you’ll get to pick and choose your partners at will. Or, at the very least, you won’t “be stuck” with a drilling partner whose size and/or belt level may not provide you with the kind of training you want or need at that particular moment.
However, that’s not to say that smaller academies don’t offer their own advantages. Indeed, many offer a unique and intimate experience that could facilitate a jiu-jitsu journey that’s everything you could ever want. Here are a few of the benefits a smaller academy might offer, and how you can maximize those benefits and get the most out of your training...
Finalmente ha llegado: el mes más espeluznante del año. Con octubre llegan fantasmas y duendes, brujas y hombres lobo, zombis, vampiros y calabazas que lo condimentan todo. Absolutamente aterrador.
Pero también debemos recordar que también suceden algunas cosas bastante aterradoras en nuestro entorno cotidiano. La academia de jiu-jitsu no es una excepción.
Echemos un vistazo a algunas de las cosas más horribles en la academia de BJJ:
