for the big kids

Adult Program

Our adult program is not as structured as the kids program. We feel like adults should already have the ability to focus and understand the basic concepts through direct communication and by watching others. Our adult program relies heavily on the ecological approach to training. Compared to a traditional "drill it until you get it" system, the ecological approach focuses more on objective based natural learning methods where BJJ positions and maneuvers are broken into smaller fragments and live games are designed to use our body's natural intuitive learning ability to overcome each challenge. This relies less on remembering long chains of specific body positions to achieve a larger objective and instead over-arching general concepts are taught and drills are replaced by thoughtfully designed mini-challenges to learn naturally how to apply the general concepts in realistic situations. After each round we discuss the problems we had and guidance is given as to how overcome these problems in future rounds.  

We do not focus on learning submissions until basic movements and positioning is understood. One of the most famous sayings in BJJ is "position before submission" and that is a core principal at Matuto. BJJ must be learned from the ground up and the starting point is learning the core movements which build the foundation for proper positioning which then provides the opportunities for properly executed submissions to occur. If people try to rush to do submissions before their foundation of core movements and proper positioning is in place then the submissions are not effective and training partners can also be injured. At Matuto our philosophy is that everyone deserves to be able to train tomorrow and respect for our training partners and learning how to avoid injuries is our top priority. Bjj is a team sport and learning to be a good training partner and teammate is very important.