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Technique Jiu Jitsu Templestowe Offering modern methods of coaching for all grapplers.

Hello to our wonderful members, thanks for your support whilst these things are on the scene. Just a reminder that next week there will be no daytime practice but all evening classes will be on as normal. The full timetable will resume on the 11/03/2024

Evening practice on as normal.

Change is difficult to accept, yet it is inevitable.

A wealth of information creates poverty of attention. Understanding and knowledge are not the same thing.

Consider this for a moment… The standard learning paradigm dictates we prepare for a situation where you will encounter active resistance by practicing in the absence of active resistance… of course people get frustrated when things don’t work for them when the go live! There are methods to practice and learn in a live setting without just resorting to just “sparring hard”. See how we do it at

The mat is a place where we go to discover what we are capable of. We will discover nothing in the absence of challenge.

Full schedule in effect as of today, see techniquejiujitsu.com.au for details. See you on the mat!

Coaching… in my opinion is vastly different than being an instructor. To me an instructor is more invested in enforcing a specific tradition or methodology. A coach is there to construct and facilitate a practice in which the sole purpose of the exercise is to help the athlete / learner improve their abilities and their performance.

The final instalment… Catastrophe. To blow things completely out of proportion in one’s own mind. A stoic philosopher once wrote that we suffer more in our imagination than we do in reality. To catastrophise any circumstance is to do exactly that.

If technique, skill in action is something we believe in. It is a belief that must be exposed, used and tested… not hidden behind. Or else it is meaningless.

It’s another double up day for All Levels practice… Get after it.

“C” no. 4… Commiseration. Having an appropriate empathy is not what we are talking about here. Joining in, or more likely, being sucked into someone else’s negativity is a sure path to becoming more negative for yourself. As the adage states: Misery loves company.

The third in the series. Concern. Choosing to worry about things that we do not control. We can only choose our response. Will our concern DO anything to alter the situation?

Just a reminder that today there are TWO All Levels practices occurring today as per the updated timetable. 6pm in the gi, 7pm is nogi. Of course each practice is focussed on affordances pertaining to attire, so each practice will have a different flavour. See you there!

Criticism, more often than not, just another form of complaint, one where we take up the task to find fault. If you keep searching for something, don’t be surprised when you find it. If one has to “find fault” in order to criticise, maybe what was there in the beginning was a good or positive thing?

This is to remind myself, if you get something out of it…Great! Negativity and positivity have their own scales, they are not opposing ends of the same scale. Doing less negative has a greater impact on your life than simply adding more positive. Complaining, it is easy to complain. However, no amount of complaint will alter the situation, it just leads to more complaining. Shut up and DO something about it, or, accept what is and just shut up. Either way you’re reducing your negativity. You are winning!

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Hello all and Happy new year. We will be back to evening sessions starting tomorrow and back to our full schedule on Saturday. The updated timetable is up on the website techniquejiujitsu.com.au see you on the mat soon!

The definition of live resistance is not “just sparring” or “positional sparring”. This rabbit hole is not only deep, it is beneficial. To find out more come see us in the new year.

Hello all, just a reminder that we will be taking a short end of year break from the last day of training on the 23rd of December to the 2nd of January where we will return to training the adult evening classes. The full timetable for all classes will resume as of the 6th of January. We just want to thank everyone for your support and faith in us during the changes that have taken place this year. It means a lot to us and we are dedicated to continuing bringing our best to you so that you can be your best. See you in the mat and thank you.

Yes, we start “live” training immediately. “Is it safe to do that?” That all depends on how you go about it. Our method lets you experience learning and developing skill because of live resistance, from day one. Yes, it is safe, it is not easy, you will get a workout for sure, but it is simple. Let’s get you on the mat!

Keep an eye on your emails as we are sending out updates to timetables. See you on the mat!

If we keep doing the same process and expect a different result we are insane. At Technique Jiu Jitsu we use a methodology that allows for and encourages adaptability in you practice.

At Technique Jiu Jitsu we do not waste your time and effort with things that will not help. Always with care and forethought, we get you straight into it! Come check it out!