Youth Self Defence Plymouth

Our Junior Warriors have been working hard this week on the double ankle sweep. This sweep is one of the most effective techniques for young jiu-jitsu students because it teaches timing, balance, and control rather than relying on strength.

When performed correctly, it allows a smaller student to off-balance and sweep a larger opponent by using proper technique and leverage.

We’ve been working on a fight simulation tonight with our 11+ class. It’s easy to misunderstand this and think we’re teaching our students to be the aggressor, but it’s the opposite. We’re teaching them to control an opponent’s aggression. To put out the fire and to keep themselves (and their attacker) safe in an ever more aggressive world.

Continuing our series of defending attacks from behind with our Junior Warriors tonight. We’ve been working hard on awareness and speed of reaction in order to take the opponent to the ground and control them until help arrives.

11+ class have been working on attacks against a wall tonight. We keep the same principles as an attack on the ground - protecting your neck and not turning your back on your opponent.

Two of our junior students sparring with a clear self defence mindset.

Pressure testing what they’ve learned, staying composed, not turning their back, using their legs to manage distance, getting knees & feet between themselves and the person trying to assert dominance. Off-balancing, controlling biceps & wrists, and working with the awareness that strikes are always a factor.

This round focused on one student starting on their back, working against resistance to create space and get back to their feet, all within safe, exploratory training. We work to a structured self defence syllabus both standing and the worst case scenario of being on the ground, taking into account strikes, the application of throws & takedowns, as well as covering ethics, de-escalation techniques, proportionality & philosophy based training within a structured, professionally taught syllabus.

Does your child need self defence? If the answer is yes, you already know where to come.