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1.Brotherhood: GB Instructors shall reinforce the
family spirit among students, parents, and other instructors.
Their attitude must always be positive and cooperative in order
to channel their creative energy towards the strengthen and the
growth our family, always putting the team in front of
individual selfish needs.
2.Cooperation: GB Instructors shall nurture and
reinforce a cooperative environment inside and outside the dojo.
They must ensure that the competitive realm is restricted to
tournaments as well as the competitor attitude. They must make
the students understand that progress is not reflected on their
ability to overcome a training partner or an competitive
opponent, but rather reflected on their capacity to engage on a
cooperative training experience were the winner is whoever
learns more.
3.Discipline: GB Instructors shall constantly discipline
the students and never punish them. They must make students
understand that without discipline there is no mastery, neither
in jiu-jitsu nor in life, and that without the willingness to
sacrifice, excellence is just not possible.
4.Respect: GB Instructors shall reinforce that students
must act with warmth and equally toward one another, regardless
of their differences in race, creed, gender, nationality, etc.
The belt ranks hierarchy must be respected and the authority of
the black belt sincerely recognized.
5.Continuous Improvement and Growth: GB Instructors shall
reinforce that Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a life long journey with
no ending point. Students must perceive the Black Belt as their
minimum goal and that their progress represents an increasing
commitment to their growth as BJJ practitioners and human
beings.
6.Leadership: GB Instructors shall lead by example,
kindness and care. The formal authority shall always and ever be
supported by their moral authority built upon a positive,
cooperative, and constructive attitude towards the students and
other instructors.
7.Inspiration: GB Instructors shall understand their
importance on students lives as role models, as well as their
responsibility in bringing out the best each person has within.
8.Enjoyment: GB Instructors shall teach a class as a
privilege and never take it as a burden. Each class is the
realization of a dream, the instructor life’s work. They must
enjoy every minute of it and teach like it was going to be their
last opportunity to change students lives for better.
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