Author : Allen Spindel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781081589578
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (895 download)
Book Synopsis Changing Today's at Risk High School Student Lives Through Instruction of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by : Allen Spindel
Download or read book Changing Today's at Risk High School Student Lives Through Instruction of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu written by Allen Spindel and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-20 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I selfishly wanted to get paid to work out and change lives as a validation. Along the way, I figured out it's better to create your own game than play someone else's game. That's all I did. I wrote the pretend game, gave it away for free and those that wanted to live that hero character in the game, they became the fight team members that flowed in during those school years. *After rising to the top of my dream of becoming a coach, I decided to retire and open a new chapter of my life. During one of our conversations while stretching at the end of class, I mentioned I used to teach and coach and we had many heart warming success stories. Xan motivated me to put my voice into a script. Friday Day Class Fights- Most often, Monday - Thursday, the fight training is cardio position drilling. We would work for 90 minutes after school drilling slowly and then drilling live positions with offense and defense according to the principles of drilling. The kids would drill over and over as Steve would drill with them at a competitive competition pace of a blue belt, which Steve was. They were almost getting private lessons from a Renzo Gracie Blue belt. The kids jumped their game training with Steve. They were anywhere from 6 to 8 kids Plus Steve, Plus myself as the "review coach." Steve would show the sequence of moves for points. It was their personal road map to compete with. If they had questions, they asked me and I began to write things down and had the reputation of a mad professor. It was rare if I ever stepped onto the mats in the beginning to train with the kids. Once in a while Steve would demonstrated a move on me so all the kids at the same time could see the move. Steve had an adult athletic body and we were in the same weight class. I got to feel what it's like to train in this art. So as a reward and to test their skills live, each Friday during the majority of the kids lunch or PE class with me, or cutting another class (and I write the teacher a note that student was participating in mandatory extra credit to pass my class,) we opened the big gym with mats to host "Friday Fights." It was on the downlow and only the cool girls who were friendly with the fighters and were recommended, would be allowed to manage the student body that was secretly invited with organized seating by approximate body weight and kept the gym quiet while BJJ boys took on all comers. There were some really bad kids that I empowered to be body guards. They had no intention to join the fight club, they just needed to be respected for their efforts and gave them a brief sense of community. This was the reason that I became a public high school teacher in a shitty school. In order to eat dessert, I had to eat the vegetables at my meal. That example is similar to teaching five classes a day, of which you probably really enjoy two of them and you live for the afterschool program. Once I figure that out, nothing bothered me. I used my Fridays gym class with the smallests attendance and most mature seniors that would go along with the fun and madness. I often explained to the kids that if you believe in something for the betterment of others, as long as you are not breaking the rules or causing harm, create new rules and go for it. BJJ guys and gals think differently, as if there is no box to hold your thoughts. We had weight classes. Kenny, Mario and Jose weighed 125 pounds and were the fighters. The rules are a takedown with 3 seconds control and its over. The fighters destroyed their weight class and everyone else up to Steve's weight class. All the big students with muscles who thought they were tough and could bench press more than anyone. On occasion, we let the match go further and the gangstas choking out all those big fat bitches who thought they were tough because they could bench press 150% of their body weight. It was now Steves turn and everyone knows he is the coach. He destroyed the first 3 guys and big man in the finals. New friends.
