Instructor Training
Many thanks to Gershon and Andy for taking the 9 candidates through the grappling module of the Instructor training course this weekend. Their methodology of focusing on grappling concepts and putting them into action worked excellently - better than I expected I have to admit. This was in no small way down to the application and talent of the 9 guys who attended: they did a great job of both applying the techniques and teaching them when they were asked to.
Again, I wasn’t wholly sure how it would work having a whole weekend dedicated to grappling but I thought it worked very well and will look to keep it for the next round of Instructor training. Comments from the guys who have attended the Instructor training courses so far will be appreciated - including suggestions on how we can improve the process next time.
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:42 am
Stewart,
Thanks to you, Gavin and Andy for organising a great weekend and thanks to everyone who came for making it such a positive training environment. A hard few days’ work but extremely valuable knowlede gained.
Bring on Friday!
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
A great weekends training (despite being ill and having to watch from the sidelines for part of it!).
Big thank you to Gershon and Andy for breaking down a huge subject into clear principles enabling us to understand applications and using skills learnt, apply the theories that work for all techniques, despite not knowing the hundreds of techniques that exist in groundwork.
Hugely enjoyable though brusing and I would reccomend anyone interested in the reality of going to the ground in the street look at the groundwork section of UKM.
Not sure I would change any aspect of the course so far other than having the music turned down on a friday night!
Mark
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Another fantastic weekend. Thankyou Stewart. As a novise to ground work i was not looking forward to this weekend,but thanks to Gershon & Andy’s training methods,knowledge & personalitise the weekend was incredable & dispite the brused chest,ribs,neck,shoulders & ears i came away buzzing.
I would also like to thank every one else on the instructors course, a great bunch of very talented guys, for all thier support & help.Thanks every one.
Would not change a thing. Cannot wait for the weekend.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Feeling very satisfied at having successfully completed the first ukm instructor training course. We were the first, guys! Thanks for all your help and encouragement. It was great to meet you all and get beaten up by you all. May it long continue!
July 8th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Couldn’t agree more Phil. Great course, great team.
Take care, stay in touch and see you all for more very soon.
Ben
July 8th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
These weekends seemed like a doubled edged sword. While continuously leaving the gym battered, bruised and physically and mentally shattered I thrived on the fact that I was drilling this system inside out.
I thought that although there was a hell of a lot to cover (due to the breadth of the system), everyone taking part did a fantastic job taking it all in and did excellently on the final weekend. Personally, after Gershon and Andy’s weekend I feel a lot more able when it comes to ‘rolling’.
Thanks to all that made it a great experience - especially great to see the Northern Boys (even plastic ones!) coming down to London. I’m very grateful for the sharing of experiences and all the assistance we gave each other.
Looking forward to catching up with you all again soon,
Geoff.