Introductory Martial Arts for Complete Beginners and Advancing Students
Spider Monkeys is the second stage of our Growing Gorillas children’s Martial Arts program, for 5-7 year olds either starting fresh or graduating from Micro Monkeys.
For those who are new, the objective, first and foremost, is to get them comfortable in the gym so they see it as a fun, happy place, where they can make friends, have fun and grow in confidence as they overcome challenges and obstacles within a controlled environment.
The structure of classes is similar to the Micro Monkeys classes. We play lots of games where Brazilian Jiu Jitsu skills are acquired by stealth and many parents remark how seemlessly we integrate techniques into what appears to be general playtime.
We do however increase the difficulty to ensure that:
1. Nobody is left frustrated with it being too easy
2. Skills are continually developed
This is increasingly important. With the growth in devices, many children don’t get the opportunity to learn the physical skills that were gained as standard in our generations as we climbed trees, played catch and chased each other around in the real world instead of a virtual one.
We build fundamental physical literacy in all our students through the incredible martial art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Best practices are utilised worldwide across over 70+ SBG gyms and devised and improved by professional educators in an endless peer review process. Where success is found in one gym, SBG rapidly shares these innovations across the globe.
