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Have you ever had a lesson with Rickson before? If so tell us about it. What did you think of your lesson?
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@Scott Lowther So cool! Enjoy it to the fullest, and give us a report here!
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@Vinicius Fonseca Now that's what you call a master! Awesome.
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EDC
What's everyone's everyday carry? I had my CHL but let it expire and carry a small knife every once in awhile. Pretty lax gun and knife laws where I live but most places I want to visit and carry ban firearms and have metal detectors.
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Here in France we aren’t allowed to carry any weapons either. So i use to think i'm the weapon. 😅
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@Anthony Delvalle Nice tips thanks!
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Focus for the week (teach)
This week, if you have a move in which you are confident and adept, teach it to a friend. Help them learn the move against the most common reaction you have gotten. You will find that teaching will deepen your understanding. It will highlight the pieces you are less familiar with. When I was a newer teacher at Rickson’s school in LA, the what if questions made me nervous because they could sometimes stump me. I would go find Rickson or another professor there and dive deep. Embrace the what ifs. These days I get bored of there aren’t any what ifs. 😜
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I was lucky enough to start teaching very early on, from purple belt level. Even a little bit at blue belt level, because back then there weren't any ranked people in France. And it's true that it's very beneficial to teach. It really allows you to think about a technique in a "holistic" way. @Chang Hwang you're absolutely right. I don't teach anymore but when I show friends some Rickson-style jiu-jitsu, I don't teach the same way at all. It's much more about feeling. I remember explaining the posture from the closed guard at an academy in Vietnam during a trip. The students really appreciated me going around with them one by one to help them feel the posture. It's completely different from just using words. Experiencing the technique firsthand was the only way they could truly understand it. I also realized this during my private lessons with Jack Taufer. It's one thing to watch videos, it's quite another to try it out for real with someone guiding you and make you feel it.
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Q/A recording with Professor Burns is in the classroom
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Thanks a lot. Very cool to see Chris here. 👍 @James Driskill just a little advice. Maybe you should buy a microphone so we can hear you better. Just a small microphone that you clip onto your gi. Sometimes it was hard to hear Chris.
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November leaderboard winner
@Alexis de Bretagne is at the top of the monthly leaderboard. Thank you for your engagement and for helping others in the group. I’d like to make you a special video about something you’re interested in. Lmk. Or you can take a discount on a private lesson, virtual or in person.
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@James Driskill I don't really have a question to ask. I don't have a specific idea in mind right now. Fell free to choose whichever technique you prefer. Maybe you can share a technique you particularly like, perhaps one you learned recently with Master Rickson and that you really enjoyed? Or if someone who cannot participate in the live stream has an interesting question, feel free to ask it here!
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@James Driskill 🙏👍
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