A Method to the Madness -
Team Lloyd Irvin Uses a CURRICULUM-BASED Teaching System.

When you go to college, the professors have a curriculum or syllabus they follow. Basically, the dean and all the professors get together and determine what each student that passes a class should know and so they know that each graduating student knows what they need to know. They know that if you pass Algebra I - you know how to factor equations. They know if you pass Geometry - you know that a triangle's angles measure 180 degrees.
 
So What do MOST MMA or BJJ Schools do?.
 
The shocking truth is that most academies are taught what happens to be on the instructor's mind that day. Maybe, the instructor has been watching a lot of armlocks on TV so he decides that he is going to focus on armlocks. Then the next day, he saw the NCAA Wrestling finals on ESPN so now he wants to teach a double leg. So at the end of the month, all the new students now know a double leg, a jab-cross, an armlock from the mount, and a guillotine escape - a HODGE-PODGE of unrelated techniques. Now expand this over the course of a year, with new students coming in every month - what happens? You end up with a student base that has huge holes in their repertoire. A student who might have been there for SIX months might not even know a basic choke because the instructor didn't "feel" like teaching it during that time.

An (incomplete) example of the Team Lloyd Irvin Curriculum System 

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Curriculum - March 2009

Emphasis on Back Taking

Fundamentals of Back Control (back control drill)
4 Choke Series from the Back - normal, loop, bow & arrow choke, ezekielle

Mount Attacks

Cross-choke / Armbar
Gift wrap to the Back
Armbar attempt to the Back

Takedowns

Snapdown to Double-leg
Go behind off the snapdown - TAKE BACK

You can see that in this month's curriculum, the focus is on attacking from the back mount. So while we teach a complete system each month that encompasses takedowns, throws, guard attacks, submissions, sweeps, etc., the focus is on taking the back and finishing from there.
 
This month then gets added into a revolving monthly curriculum so that we know each student will learn all the necessary techniques by the time they hit a particular belt level. NOTE: We are not a McDojo and don't give out belts simply based on # of classes or training time BUT we do use a curriculum to guide our teaching and better assess the technical knowledge of our students.
 
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