20/05/2026
One thing we care deeply about in our academy is who teaches the kids.
Not because we underestimate lower belts: there are amazing blue and purple belts 💙 💜 but because teaching children is probably one of the biggest responsibilities in fight sports.
Kids are not just learning techniques.
They are building habits, movement patterns, discipline, confidence, emotional control and understanding of the sport.
And children do not know what is correct and what is not.
They absorb everything exactly as they receive it.
A beginner adult can question a technique, compare systems, analyze details and filter information.
A child cannot.
That means the coach standing in front of them becomes incredibly important.
An experienced coach sees things that less experienced instructors often simply cannot yet see:
bad movement habits, inefficient mechanics, wrong reactions under pressure, tactical mistakes, lack of balance between discipline and motivation, even emotional overload.
And once those habits are repeated for years, correcting them later becomes extremely difficult.
For us, kids training is not “simpler training.”
In many ways, it requires even better coaching.
Because with children, you are not only teaching jiu-jitsu.
You are shaping the athlete they may become in 5 or 10 years.
👊🏽 That foundation matters. A lot.
At Nexus, all of our BJJ kids classes are led by black belt coaches.
The coaches are supported and occasionally replaced during illness or holidays by lower belts (assistant instructors), and they are an important part of the team and learning process.
But the main responsibility always remains in the hands of highly experienced coaches.
We do not see kids training as “babysitting with jiu-jitsu” nor the job everyone with basic knowledge can do.
For us, kids deserve the same quality of coaching we would want for elite adult athletes.
