Why Kid-Jitsu® and Why the I.K.J.A.® ?
Larry Shealy developed The “Kid-Jitsu® Instructor Certification Program, for you, the martial arts business owner and/or Instructor, to be able to effectively implement a children’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu program into your current curriculum. It does not matter what “style” of martial arts program you instruct, the “Kid-Jitsu®” Certification Program will allow you to:
- Confidently and thoroughly teach children fundamentally sound principles and techniques of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in your school, even if you have never taken or taught Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu before.
- Retain and/or upgrade more students in your school. You can effectively sell and market your school as a “Total Self-Defense” or “Totally Balanced” Martial Arts School. You will have your standing game and the ground game covered! The best of BOTH WORLDS!!
- Add a ground game to your current curriculum in as little as two or three classes per week!
- Promote your youth students through 10 belt levels, each with 4 degrees (stripes). You will be certified to promote your youth all the way to 4-Stripe Green Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The Green Belt is essentially the Children’s “Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu”.
- Receive a protected territory in the International “Kid-Jitsu®” Association. (I.K.J.A.)
- Take full marketing advantage of the popularity of the U.F.C. being on mainstream television. More people are aware of ground fighting and the need for a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu curriculum and you too can tap into this market.
- Offer a program that will bring new streams of revenue for you in upgrades, price increases to your current programs, additional belt tests for “Kid-Jitsu®”, as well as sharing in the student licensing fees.
- Increase your pro-shop sales with licensed Kid-Jitsu® Products: T-shirts, Stickers, Kid-Jitsu® Instructional DVD’s, Kid-Jitsu® Student Manuals, uniform patches, etc. You can also carry a line of BJJ uniforms and belts.
These are among the many reasons that the time has come for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to join the ranks in the traditional martial arts programs for children. It is time to change the game, open new markets and dominate in your market place. Be the first in your area to become a Licensed and Certified “Kid-Jitsu®” Instructor and remain ahead of the curve relative to your competition.