The winter Jiu Jitsu kids camp was a lot of fun. We started with an hour of Jiu Jitsu class where I focused mostly on helping the kids improve their takedown skills. We drilled our usual attacks from the feet and introduced the fireman’s carry which is a great takedown in the gi. It was fun watching the kids improve their new technique as the class went on.

 After we ended class the mat games began. This was the highlight of the last camp so I added some games and spent more time playing than last time. We played relay races, sumo matches, sharks and minows, tug a war, and two new dodgeball games that I learned from coach Aaron. One dodgeball game keeps everybody playing by having the kids who are “out” run to the other side of the arena and still be able to tag the other team with the ball. The other one has 1 person start on each wall and everyone else in the middle. The people on the wall have to stay on the wall but can throw the ball at the people in the middle if they get tagged then they pick a wall and can throw the ball. We spent the most time on the two new games the kids liked them a lot. 

Snacks and Board games are what came after mat games. It is a pretty chill way to spend the last half hour of camp. I’ll have to invest in some more board games to give them some more options for the next camp in April. My goal is to do these camps for every major school break in 2022 and a couple others for small holidays. I would like to get twenty kids at each camp I think that will be a perfect number to make the camp as fun as possible. Spring Break will be the next one I’m very excited to start planning it and see how I can make it better then the last two.

Coach Danny