I feel that the TGA has a very structured program and it’s easier to understand scoring – I’m really getting into it! So I really appreciate that Prof Brendan and the coaches are taking time to train the parents to support their kids through the program.
For Aiden, he also does breakdancing and swimming. After he started with BJJ he actually improved on his swimming especially stamina and his attitude. In the past he would complain about doing extra laps, but since he started with TGA, the complaining has stopped altogether and he literally just “gets to work” that’s it!
For Madison, apart from also improving her stamina with swimming, she has just started gymnastics a couple of weeks ago and I can see that the strength and balance that she’s been training with BJJ definitely helped! She is the youngest in her 6-8yo age group (she’s not quite 6 yet) but she is keeping up with kids older and bigger than her and doing some amazing handstands!
I feel that the coaches genuinely care about the kids and the kids know it! Just watching how the coaches deal with the kids, especially during the internal comp just past is testament. It’s not easy getting kids from age 4 to early teens sit still and listen but they did great! It was an awesome event and I’m really looking forward to the next one.
