One of the biggest trends in BJJ right now is the so-called “ecological approach”, typically involving the use of constrained two-person games where each participant has one or several outcomes they are trying to achieve.  Some of the more severe interpretations of this approach essentially dispense with active instruction,

In episode 412 of The Strenuous Life Podcast I’m joined by renowned coach Rob Biernacki to discuss the do’s and don’ts of game-based training, the role of instructing and coaching, separating conditioning and skill-development sessions, and racing sports cars on F1 tracks in Europe.

Check it out below…

Ecological Training in Jiu-Jitsu – Audio Version

This conversation was published as episode 412 of The Strenuous Life Podcast. You can also listen to the audio-only format of the episode on your podcast player.

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Good luck with your training,
Stephan Kesting

P.S. If you’d like to hear a significantly more hardline approach to ecological learning then check out episode 382 of The Strenuous Life Podcast where I talked with Greg Souders.

P.P.S. If you’d like some help getting started with ecological and game-based training then check out Rob’s instructional BJJ Games instructional on this site.

It’s available in both DVD and instant online access formats, and I’ve had lots of people tell me that it completely changed how they trained jiu-jitsu.

Click here for more information about BJJ Games

 

 

 

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