Epi 128 Innovative Teaching With Bruce Hoyer

Bruce Hoyer has a unique way of running a BJJ class using Evernote.  He shares his innovative method and much more during this interview. Bruce is a black belt under Rodrigo Comprido Medeiros.

We talk about:

• The benefits of coaching
• Some of his competition history
• Individualized lesson plans
• What he does when a guest comes in to train
• Advantages to the student and teacher with this class format
• He gives an example of the first few classes
• How he does belt test and stripes
• How he has made changes to this program
• Getting people to show up for their first day of BJJ
• Why he does not coach during rolling
• Being a self reliant learner

Links:

• Next Edge Academy
• Reddit link about his class structure
• Fuji mats
• Adadas combat

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