UPDATED: SEE CLASS TIMES BELOW
Kids classes will run Monday, Wednesday at 4:00PM to 5:00PM and Saturday at 9:00AM to 10:00AM.
Adult classes will run Monday, Wednesday at 5:30pm to 6:30pm and Saturday at 10:30am to 11:30am.
By now we hope that everyone is taking all precautions to help limit the spread of this virus and also trying to stay positive and healthy while at home. It is a great big adjustment to get used to that is requiring people to change their behaviour in countless ways to adapt. This also applies to how we keep fit, how we socialize and create community. With that in mind, we wanted to find a way to keep our students and families healthy and connected. For the time being, we want to launch the GFTeam Canada Livestream; our way of keeping all of us healthy and sane.
Kids Livestream Class
Classes will be one hour in length and will be broken up as follows:
- 25min: Solo Drills and simple techniques and transitions.
- transitions can be done with help from siblings or parent
- 20min: Technique of the day
- done together with professors while they watch your streams
- 15min: Free Chat Time
- time to just talk about their days, share experiences and ask questions
Adult Livestream Class
- 15min: Solo Drills and simple techniques and transitions.
- 15min: Technique of the day (Professor selected)
- done together with professors while they watch your streams
- 15min: Technique of the day
- Crowdsourced the week before via FB Group poll. Professors watch your streams.
- 15min: Free Chat Time
- Discuss BJJ topics, isolation coping…just freeform chat
Livestream Class Schedule
Kids classes will run Monday, Wednesday at 4:00PM to 5:00PM and Saturday at 9:00AM to 10:00AM.
Adult classes will run Monday, Wednesday at 5:30pm to 6:30pm and Saturday at 10:30am to 11:30am.
How to participate
We will be running classes using the meeting conference app ZOOM. Please go download the app on your phone or computer. Create a free user account and make sure your microphone and camera are set up to work. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube to learn how to use this free application.
For a better experience, if you are able to connect your laptop to your TV at home via HDMI connection. Point your laptop computer at yourself so we can still see you and your techniques.
When is first class?
We will do our first class this Wednesday, March 25th at 11:00AM for the kids class, 3:00PM for the adult classes. Parents, please be available for this time to help your kids get set up and used to the format. Our goal is to have everyone get value from these classes but to mostly get us all exercising together in a more connected way.
This livestream will be something that will develop and grow with time to best fit what works and what serves our students and families. We encourage you to set up your own mini livestreams with each other and discuss what each of you are doing to cope and stay healthy and positive during this time. We will get through this together by watching out for each other as well as ourselves. This is what our community and GFTeam Canada is all about.