Felix gives lots of insight towards how to structure your learning towards skill development and acquisition, whether on the mats or in the classroom. We talk through what makes an average class and why, and Felix explains how becoming a professional teacher of language and chemistry taught him to be a better jiujitsu coach, and how teaching on the mats has made him a better teacher in the classroom. If you’re interested in becoming a better class instructor or teacher, whatever you like to teach; an academic subject or sport, this episode is for you!
Felix Adler (@rolling.pauker) is a teacher of english and chemistry during the day, and a BJJ purple belt based out of Wittlich, Germany.
Timecodes
0:21 – CBD Mountain Intro
0:22 – Felix Adler Intro
0:48 – How Felix discovered jiujitsu
5:42 – The jiujitsu class structure presented to Felix, by a Brazilian, when he was a white belt starting out and what his teacher did well and what could have been improved
10:13 – Why do so many classes begin with calisthenics based training as the warm ups? And how Felix begins his classes without 30 minutes of push ups.
18:20 – The approach I have taken to warm ups in the jiujitsu classes that I teach
22:44 – How Felix uses grip fighting and low intensity wrestling in his class structure
27:26 – How Felix decides on goal setting for his classes, taking retention as the primary objective into account
Priit Mihkelson – The Jab/Cross Idea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDFhw…)
39:05 – Why position specific sparring is so useful and how setting parameters really benefits beginners, too
49:52 – Referring out – there’s power in telling students how to go and find the answer they need to stop making the same mistakes
52:54 – Jiujitsu experts who Felix recommends checking out their free content on youtube to improve your learning and understanding of jiujitsu
Jon Thomas (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNs…)
Alec Baulding (https://www.youtube.com/c/AlecBaulding)
Lachlan Giles (https://www.youtube.com/c/AbsoluteMMA…)
BJJ Fanatics (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAqm…)
Andrew Wiltse (https://www.youtube.com/c/andrewwiltse)
54:00 – Your anatomy plays a part in developing your game
56:30 – A lesson from Lachlan Giles Marcelo Garcia – https://www.mginaction.com/
57:45 – What Felix has learned from teaching in the classroom and laboratory that transfers over to teaching on the mats
59:12 – What Felix struggles with, regarding teaching and coaching
1:02:35 – Andy from School of Grappling (https://www.instagram.com/schoolofgra…) https://www.teachingbjj.com/ – Characteristics of a good lesson
1:06:03 – What University taught Felix about learning successfully
1:07:51 – The importance of feedback loops and reminding students of their accomplishments
1:10:04 – How Felix approaches S&C and how he encourages his students to do so
5/3/1 by Jim Wendler (https://www.jimwendler.com/)
5X5 Starting Strength (https://startingstrength.com/)
1:21:29 – Podcast episode 17 with Andrew Read
1:23:00 Felix’s BJJ page @grapplingpandaswittlich
Felix’s instagram @rolling.pauker
https://www.teachingbjj.com
https://www.defensivebjj.com
1:25:32 – CBD Moutain Outro
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