Stories from the Classroom

What Jiu Jitsu Has Taught Me About Education

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After a rough go as a kid in some of the schools I went to, I vowed to learn martial arts some day.

A month after I turned 30, I joined a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school. I've been going strong now for a little over 5 months and I've begun to see a little bit of overlap between the mats and the classroom.

  • How did becoming a learner at level 0 again impact me in the
    • classroom?
  • What insights did my coaches give me into teaching that I hadn't paid
    • as much attention to?
  • What can educators learn from the world of martial arts?

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