{"id":309311,"date":"2019-10-03T06:04:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=309311"},"modified":"2019-10-03T06:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:04:18","slug":"cuki-bjj-teaches-children-life-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cuki-bjj-teaches-children-life-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuki: BJJ teaches children life skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_309312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309312\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trench-tech-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-309312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trench Tech Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioners conduct a BJJ lesson for children last week at the Trench Tech Gym in Garapan. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trench Tech\u2019s new offering\u2014the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes exclusively for children\u2014aims to help participants build major life skills in a fun and enjoyable setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren will develop discipline, respect, honor, leadership and self-confidence, and make lifelong friends. Our program ensures that your child is trained to be \u2018bully-proof\u2019 and ready to face life\u2019s challenges,\u201d said BJJ professor Cuki Alvarez, who leads the classes for children in the 5 to 12 age group.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez and company conducted the class\u2019 first session last Thursday and they were happy and overwhelmed with the turnout. Around 30 children signed up for Trench Tech\u2019s BJJ classes.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt was a bit overwhelming at first because of the sheer numbers of parents and kids flocking in at one time, but for the most part my team and I did a great job of signing them in and sizing them up with Gis and settling them all on the mats,\u201d the Trench Tech co-founder said.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarez said the biggest change made to having a BJJ class to children was the need to alter his usual teaching strategies and cater a lot more towards the \u201centry level and child based\u201d movements and drills. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe turned drills more into like \u2018games,\u2019 which made it fun, but also had a technical purpose to it as well. For example, we taught the children a few movements and named them after animals, like the bear walk, the crab walk, the gorilla, and the shrimp, which made it enjoyable for them. Kids at this age need to learn how to move efficiently and effectively on the ground and these are some ways we can show them how,\u201d the black belt BJJ practitioner said. <\/p>\n<p>Trench Tech\u2019s children\u2019s BJJ classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm and now a part of the gym\u2019s regular schedule. Currently, all children age 5 to 12 are taught together, but Alvarez hopes to build the program and eventually separate them by ages; 4-7, 8-12, and 13-15. <\/p>\n<p>BJJ is a grappling-based martial art with an ultimate goal of bringing your opponent to the ground, control them by proper positioning, and finish with a submission. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_309313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309313\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trech-tech-pasa-pix-300x225.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-309313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trench Tech Brazilian Jiu-jitsu instructors pose with their students after a session last week at the Trench Tech Gym in Garapan. 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