The philosophy is simple: give children the tools of physical self-defense, so that they are very confident that should a fight take place - they can defend themselves.

As a parent the last thing I want is my child punching somebody when they're getting bullied. Jiu-jitsu is beautiful because it allows the child to control the bully without throwing any punches or kicks and without harming the bully, but still protecting the child.

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We've been looking at the positional skill of going behind our opponent we're strongly emphasizing this skill, one which has to be as well developed as your submissions. You can't just threaten in one direction, it can't just be all through the submission thread, it can't just be all positional thread - only when you mix the two where you maximize your effectiveness with either one.

"We've seen that the the potential power of a Kimura is always measured most importantly in three ways: 

1. To what degree are my legs being incorporated into the Kimura?
2. To what degree is my opponent’s elbow being taken up to the shoulder line?
3. And to what degree is his head being controlled?

If I can get any one of those three well represented in my Kimura you can have a strong Kimura. If you get all three it's gonna be an absolutely devastating Kimura."