{"id":685,"date":"2019-06-17T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T01:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=685"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T14:18:17","slug":"bjj-class-structure-harvard-math-class-analogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/bjj-class-structure-harvard-math-class-analogy\/","title":{"rendered":"BJJ Class Structure: The Harvard Math Class Analogy [Quote]"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is about BJJ class structure…<\/p>\n

…and what it would be like if a math class at Harvard was taught like most BJJ classes<\/p>\n

Paul Kindzia is the author of \u2018Master Jiu-Jitsu Master Life: How To Create An Extraordinary Life Through Jiu-Jitsu<\/a><\/span>\u2019<\/p>\n

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Paul was being interviewed by Stephan Kesting on \u2018The Strenuous Life\u2019 Podcast<\/p>\n

This is how it goes:<\/p>\n

BJJ class structure: The Harvard math class analogy<\/h2>\n

Jiu Jitsu, for the majority of academies, is still being taught where you show up to class and they just randomly pick three moves, with no curriculum, no method or madness.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just like:<\/p>\n

\u201cHey we\u2019re gonna learn three moves today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And guess what?<\/p>\n

When you walked into class, there\u2019s a whole host of people that started at different times.<\/p>\n

Like, it\u2019s day one for you. So you\u2019re on Chapter 1, Page 1. But then for someone else they\u2019re on Chapter 5, someone else is Chapter 7, someone else is a Brown Belt, this guy took time off.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine like if you showed up at Harvard as a Freshman…<\/p>\n

[and they have all the classes and all the years in the same classroom]<\/p>\n

…and you said I want to be a Math Major, right?<\/p>\n

Okay, I got to the best school at Harvard.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m declaring I want to study math, and they said:<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat, come to math class Monday at 10 am and we\u2019re going to put this brilliant professor in front of you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then, the professor, who is a Black Belt in math, just says:<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, here\u2019s an algebra problem, here\u2019s a geometry problem, and oh yeah, and here\u2019s a concept on derivatives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, your neighbour to your left, they\u2019re already a Graduate Student, and the guy to your right, he\u2019s a Sophomore. And then this guy, likes conceptual math, and this is abstract math. And like you guys are all just taking this math.<\/p>\n

You walk in, like Day 1 to your Harvard math class, and there\u2019s no textbook, there\u2019s no curriculum, there\u2019s no syllabus.<\/p>\n

And then they just tell you:<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, look dude, if you just keep coming to math class, like eventually you\u2019ll kinda figure it out, just like time on the mat.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that\u2019s exactly what happens in Jiu Jitsu.<\/p>\n

Is this BJJ class structure analogy accurate?<\/h2>\n

It was hearing this quote that sold me on checking out his book:<\/p>\n