Ave Obaldo
October 24, 2017 13:20
My 3 year old son attends PeeWee classes here. He has attended 3 sessions already including the private lesson or what my husband and I call the "trial session" to see whether our son will be able to follow or will be interested in doing the tasks.
We were not sure at first how they were going to teach our son since they are "fighters" :) but we were amazed at how good the coaches are with children. They incorporated fun activities that may look like play but actually target the basics of jiu jitsu. They also modify the task/demand depending on the child's readiness or skills. Providing our son with the right amount of assistance and letting go to give him independence.
Our son had some issues though during the second session when other coaches came in that he wasn't familiar with (very typical of young kids) but we took this as a learning experience for our son. The third session, we observed that this "stranger anxiety" was addressed on the mat with the coaches rotating while doing the drills, a good way of getting him familiar with other people thus, improving his social skills and his ability to generalize skills taught.