Grapplearts: 48 Hour Notice, and Private Lesson Horror Stories

[Stephan Kesting]

A QUICK HEAD'S UP

For the past month I've offered free DVD shipping, and I've also had
the Roadmap for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Package on sale at an introductory
price. This will end in less than 48 hours, on Saturday at midnight
(PST).

Many readers have already taken advantage of this sale, but if you
want to sneak in (again) before the deadline you can order securely
at:

http://www.grapplearts.com/Grappling-Videos-DVDs.php

Also, it's still early days and I know that a lot of people have only
just received their new Roadmap packages. Nevertheless I'm starting
to get some nice reviews and testimonials for the Roadmap for BJJ
Package (thank you). I've put some of those up at:

http://www.beginningbjj.com/package/roadmap_testimonials.php

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PRIVATE LESSON HORROR STORIES

I'm a believer in taking private lessons with instructors, especially
those that you don't get to train with on a regular basis. And I've
taken my share of privates; some were great, but others were real
stinkers. I'll get into real trouble if I mention names, but here are
some of the reasons why I should have taken my money and given it to
charity instead:

First, there are some great competitors who are just plain crappy
instructors. Would you rather learn boxing from Mike Tyson or Angelo
Dundee? If the person can't string two coherent sentences together
then you may not want to throw them $100, $200 or $300 for a private
lesson.

Another problem occurs when you have a great teacher who doesn't want
to show 'the good stuff' to people outside of their school or from
another team. They might show you some stuff, but leave out the
important details and concepts. Try to figure out if this is going to
be a problem ahead of time.

Finally, every instructor has his or her specialties. Let's say that
you really wanted to learn about the Spider Guard, and let's say that
I had the time to teach privates (which I don't). If wanted me to
teach you about the Spider Guard I'd probably give you your money back
and send you to someone else. The Spider Guard is NOT my guard!
Sure, I know the basics of that position, and I have a couple of moves
that work well for me, but as far showing you the details that really
make that position tick - forget it!

Next time I'll share some strategies you can use to make sure that you
get your money's worth from private lessons!

Stephan Kesting
www.grapplearts.com