I figured this out the hard way. When I opened my academy as a purple belt in a tiny town, I followed the same structure everyone else did. Six months later, I threw it all out and went all-in on the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA).
The result?
A gym in a town of 4,000 dominating competitors from bigger, more established academies.
I spent years sifting through endless books, podcasts, research, and coaching methods to get here.
You don’t have to.
✅ Our CLA Coaching Kit gives you a simple, in depth explanations on how to use CLA in your room!
✅ Create games that develop REAL skills - no more robotic drilling, no more wasted mat time.
✅ Perfect for coaches who want better students and grapplers who want better results.
🚀 Get access today and start training the way grappling actually happens.
Step Ahead of the Competition:
Get Access to our CLA Coaching Kit!
💥 No drilling. No wasted reps. Just real skill development. 💥
What You Get:
✅ Games Library - Includes video breakdowns and written descriptions of structured, competition-proven games.
✅ Detailed Explanations - On what CLA is, and all of the levers we can pull as coaches to ensure it's used to its greatest potential!
✅ Class Frameworks - Session structures for both adult and youth programs using CLA.
✅ Game Design Principles - Learn how to build your own games using constraints that drive actual learning.
✅ Assignments - Real learning comes from interacting with a live environment! We provide assignments that help guide your learning!
✅ Reading List – Curated resources to deepen your understanding of CLA and modern coaching methods.
✅ Full Classes - Full classes from different coaches will be filmed and posted to show what's possible!
✅ Direct Access to Me – Ask questions, get support, and troubleshoot your implementation with direct feedback.
✅ Exclusive Mastermind Community – Join a private group of coaches and grapplers pushing the future of training.
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What Can You Expect?
- Assignment Overview
- Assignment 1 - Design a Game!
- Assignment 2 - Observation and Guidance
- Assignment 3 - Forcefully Constrain a Move
- Assignment 4 - Fixing a Poorly Designed Game
- Assignment 5 - Reflections
- Assignment 6 - Coach Behavior Audit
- Assignment 7 - Same Game, Different Constraints
- Assignment 8 - Progressive Scaling
- Assignment 9 - Guard Troubles
- Assignment 10 - Superfight Prep
- Assignment 11 - Common Thread
- Assignment 12 - Purplebelt VS Whitebelt
- Assignment 13 - Big vs Small
- Assignment 14 - Phase Transitions
- Assignment 15 - Design a Game! (How far have we come?)
- Foot control (1:21)
- Foot control + Knee line (1:24)
- Pinning and Splitting knees (1:48)
- Knee line + Leg Ride (1:47)
- Intro to Leg Riding (3:03)
- Leg ride - C2C or C2B (2:06)
- Tying up legs + limitations of frames (1:11)
- Feet, knees, hips (2:27)
- Feet, knees, hips, shoulders (2:29)
- (Gi) Inside leg pinning with hands (1:29)
- (Gi) Inside leg pinning with legs (1:13)
- (Gi) Outside leg pinning with legs (1:04)
- (Gi) Double knee grips to knee pin (0:53)
- 5 Games for heavy passing (Chin over trap) (4:59)
- Playing on the limitations of frames (passing) (1:42)
- Game 1: Knee Tag (0:33)
- Game 2: Double Wrist + 2 on 1 (0:52)
- Game 2.1: Outside the elbow (0:58)
- Game 2.2: More Grips on Your Partner Than They Have on You (1:04)
- Game 2.3: Front body lock (1:18)
- Game 2.4: Single leg circle (2:33)
- Game 2.5: Rear body lock (2:03)
- Game 3: Circles (1:58)
- Game 3.1: Bouncing circles (1:44)
- Game 3.2 Cumulative Bouncing Circles (1:49)
- Game 4: Clinch - Outside or Under the Elbows (1:43)
- Game 4.1: Stalling clinch (2:09)
- Game 5: Single leg (Inside the leg control) (2:06)
- Game 5.1: Changing grips (1:35)
- Game 5.2: Changing head position (1:02)
- Game 6: Single leg (Outside the leg control) (0:50)
- Game 6.1: Heel steering (1:38)
- Game 6.1.2: Heel steering (1:11)
- Game 6.2: Changing grips (1:24)
- Game 7: Single leg control (1:28)
- Game 8: Hand Blocks (1:12)
- Game 9: Foot Blocks (0:47)
- Game 10: All the blocks! (0:52)
- Game 11: Lifting (General) (1:40)
- Game 12: High heel lifting (0:52)
- Game 12.1: High heel - head or hip push (1:15)
- Game 13: Lift to block (1:07)
- Game 14: Spiraling (General) (1:06)
- Game 15: Spiral to block (0:48)
- Game 16: Single legs (Block, Lift, and Spiral) (1:12)
- Game 17: Body lock drop (1:10)
- Game 18: Circles to floor (1:05)
- Game 18.1: Second circle takedown (1:16)
- Game 19: Seated Guard wrestle up (1:29)
- Game 19.1: Seated wrestle up (1:24)
- Game 20: Turtle wrestle up (1:00)
- Game 20.2: Sprawled wrestle up (0:59)
- Game 21: Low single (Mechanics) (1:34)
- Game 21.1: Low single climb (0:53)
- Game 21.2: Rear low single climb (1:26)
- Game 22: Half guard wrestle up (1:28)
- Game 23: Single leg to hip control (1:19)
- Game 24: Front head to single leg (1:17)
- Game 25: Front head VS Single leg phase transitions (0:59)
Double Your Time On Task!
No more drills where only one person gets to practice! Each game has clear goals for both players to actively compete for!
Confidence, Creativity, & Skill!
CLA puts the athlete first - allowing guided exploration of problems. The result? Athletes that can confidently problem solve on the fly!
Out Work The Competition!
CLA creates an environment where the ENTIRE class is live work - talk about out working the competition!