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Best Sport for Introverted Kids
In the photo above you can see a group of kids aged from 7 to 11, along with 3 instructors.
At the far right you can see Rodney, the head coach at Southern Cross Jiu-Jitsu Academy. His story is one in which he is passionately trying to replicate in all the others.
At 12 years old he started high school at Newington College. Which in 1990s was a school of over 200 boys per year, and when they were lined up from tallest to shortest for the Year 7 photo, there were only one or two kids smaller than he.
Given Newington's proud history with rugby (Phil Kearns and Nick Farr-Jones being two recent ex-alumni Wallaby captains), Rodney was keen to be part of the team.
But he wasn't. Instead he was pushed around and belittled due to his speech and size.
So with rugby not working out, he enrolled at Southern Cross Goshin Ryu Ju-Jutsu in Sylvania Heights. There he was taken under the wing of sensei Gordon Griffiths, someone would guide and mentor Rodney even to this day.
Over the next 6 years Rodney competed in many martial arts tournaments, and lost them ALL in the very first round. But Gordon knew how to keep him believing in himself.
Fast forward to 2009 to when Rodney won all the major amateur and professional grappling tournaments in Australasia at the highest levels - Pan Pacific BJJ, Abu Dhabi Pro Gi and the ADCC Submission Fighting < 77kg division.
Back to this photo, there are few kids in the almost identical situation - they tried playing footy (rugby and/or league) and were constantly being beaten up. So now they're loving training jiu-jitsu - a contact sport where they're getting their physical contact, but in a far safer environment. An environment which is long-term and will yield far greater results.
Click this link to find out more https://kids.scjja.com/?refid=598D1E43-3BB9-420C-A712-7B89DDC7BD23 and bring your child(ren) down for a free trial.
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