Jiu-Jitsu seminars for clubs and coaches
Seminars for jiu-jitsu clubs, coaches and teams. Focused topics, clear modules, in Berlin or at your academy.
Each seminar can be booked on its own or combined. I keep the number of topics small on purpose, so the group takes home a few things it can use the next day.
1. Strategy and game planning
Positional thinking, game plans, reading the opponent, decisions under pressure and how coaches can teach tactics. This is the seminar I teach most.
2. Movement for jiu-jitsu
Mobility, floor movement and body mechanics for grapplers, and how to keep training for decades.
- Module 1: Hips and shoulders, active mobility
- Module 2: Floor transitions: sitting, rolling, standing, falling
- Module 3: Frames, posture and body mechanics
- Module 4: Training for the long run: load, recovery and ageing well on the mat
There is also a movement workshop for general groups (in German): Bewegungstraining und Mobilität.
3. Self-defence for jiu-jitsu practitioners
Where sport jiu-jitsu carries over to a real situation and where it does not.
- Module 1: Awareness, distance and early warning signs
- Module 2: Posture, voice and boundaries, and how to leave a situation
- Module 3: Standing grips and the clinch, getting up from the ground
- Module 4: Control and escapes until help arrives, with consent and safe pressure
For companies and schools I teach a related format in German: Deeskalationstraining und Selbstbehauptung.
Note: Seminars are training sessions. They are not security services and not legal advice. Please train within your own limits and tell me about injuries in advance.
Formats and prices
- Seminar of 2 to 3 hours at your academy or at the BJJ DOJO Berlin
- Full-day format
- Series with a follow-up session
- Price on request
Who teaches
Rodrigo Fernandes, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, 3rd degree (IBJJF, Team CheckMat), teaching in Germany for more than 15 years, head coach at the BJJ DOJO Berlin. More on the About page.