A Couple Things: Aces JiuJitsu Club Lessons

purpose

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I am Kingston, and this is my project page.

This site is to document my journey through projects to help individuals and small business owners with a couple things that could make a difference.

I do this via mini projects. I also write, and I recently released my eBook ( Get To Know Your Backyard Opportunity), based on the lessons from my 21-Day project here in Austin, TX.

This book is aimed at highlighting the initiative we can all take to gather valuable skills in writing, communication, and interacting with people through an interview project in our local communities. The benefits could be life-changing.

Update Note: In the meantime, you can also pick up a free copy of my released mini-guide: Start With A Story: A Mini Guide On Opening Your Book With A Tale.

And also check out my latest startup in NYC, Kilimanjaro.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Aces JiuJitsu Club Lessons

Having lived a life that spanned countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Brazil and Canada, and learning and working on the Brazilian Jiujitsu craft as a student and a competitor, coach Mikal Abdullah hopes to pass on the skills he has picked up to his students, helping them hone their own craft.

Yet the coach comes to all this with an entrepreneurial background too, and applies that in running the club. Of all his goal, he not only wants to coach his students as competitors, but also help them improve their lives as individuals.

Lesson:

1. To build an organic unit

Having decided to make Austin, Texas his home after leaving a few times, coach Mikal hopes to drive the roots of his business deep into Austin's soil and nurture it to full bloom.

To do this, the coach uses a structured, almost syllabic approach to running the club and training his students, coupled with a practical emphasis on what works in fighting/competing, while employing a personal development underpinning to deliver results. The coach shares more on that in the interview.

Noteworthy quotes:

"Jiujitsu is life, and life is jiujitsu ( and this same line is the title of the coach unpublished book in the works.)"

"I am not just a coach on how to fight, but how to improve your life."

Photos: From top to bottom: Coach working with a student, competing, his medals, and in a photo with some of his students.