Are private BJJ lessons worth it?

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I want me and my kid to get involved in BJJ but with my work schedule and the fact that no schools are within an hour of me I can't make the scheduled Are the private lessons worth the cost?

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Save your money, watch youtube or pay a drop in fee for a behinners session at a local club. Kep looking, there surely is a local group of guys training in a basement, church, etc.

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jesus3 -

Save your money, watch youtube or pay a drop in fee for a behinners session at a local club. Kep looking, there surely is a local group of guys training in a basement, church, etc.

Thank you for the input. I watch a good bit of BJJ tutorials on youtube but really have no one to work with.

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Not sure training with a group of guys in a basement with your son is the right call. If privates are your only option and you have the money its not a bad move. Maybe you can do some privates and buy some mats so you and your son can train what you learned in your privates together.

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This is exactly what the online Gracie University stuff is best for.

If you want to spend time with your son but schedule and distance won’t allow you to get to a proper BJJ school, then the Gracie University ‘Gracie Combatives’ stuff is a great place to start.

Check it out at their website.

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Hybrid Elite -

Not sure training with a group of guys in a basement with your son is the right call. If privates are your only option and you have the money its not a bad move. Maybe you can do some privates and buy some mats so you and your son can train what you learned in your privates together.

Yea I'm thinking the best thing to do is for me to learn and teach it to my kids. I checked with the best gym in a reasonable distance and it's 85 dollars for 75 min. I can afford to do some lessons but not nearly as much as I'd like to.

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FingerorMoon -

This is exactly what the online Gracie University stuff is best for.

If you want to spend time with your son but schedule and distance won’t allow you to get to a proper BJJ school, then the Gracie University ‘Gracie Combatives’ stuff is a great place to start.

Check it out at their website.

Thanks. I will definitely check it out.

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No.

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Absolutely not.

If it were to supplement training and you wanted to work on specifics then sure. But if its your only choice then never. Training helps tremendously with different people, sizes, ranks, skills, etc., and when would you get the chance to practice outside of the privates? 

Save your money here, or maybe give it a try a few times just likely wouldn’t be sustainable.

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I trained at j-sect and took privates from Andre When he came to town.  A private is great if you want to work something specific.

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Hybrid Elite -

Not sure training with a group of guys in a basement with your son is the right call. If privates are your only option and you have the money its not a bad move. Maybe you can do some privates and buy some mats so you and your son can train what you learned in your privates together.

let's not forgot were posting on the underground, fellas. if someone on here suggests to a fellow member that he should take his son to train in a meth-addled death pit, you support the idea like a real man. i'm not sure you're tough enough to be posting here.

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At what age, you can start taking your kid's to BJJ?

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Rambla -

At what age, you can start taking your kid's to BJJ?

Five IMO

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I used to drive an hour and twenty mins each way to train once or twice a week. Eventually a school opened nearer me but you can still learn more doing normal lessons and rolling than you can once a month with a private not that they arent good learning tools as they are. Write notes when you get home and be present in your mind, dont just turn up. You’ll figure out what method works best for you and the kids

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thetouchofdeath -

I want me and my kid to get involved in BJJ but with my work schedule and the fact that no schools are within an hour of me I can't make the scheduled Are the private lessons worth the cost?

Private lessons will give you a good knowledge of the mechanics of BJJ but without facing a diversity of training partners, it's hard to grasp the nuances. There are many little lessons to learn that can only happen from being tapped out ;) Good luck.

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. I am not sold on privates. I am better watching something on youtube and the seeing if it works for me when rolling. Privates are good for a specific technique.

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Didnt OP say werent an option? If so, privates, videos and mats at home are 1000x better than not training. 

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Privates are a waste of money when you are first learning.  Save your money.

Privates are excellent when you are higher ranked and want specific details in a particular position.

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Privates are worth it, especially if you are new BJJ. It's a nice easy introduction. You will get to roll with whoever is teaching you in a nice controlled environment. You won't have to deal with some spassy 3 stripe white belt trying to rip your limbs off. Also if you have a good coach then he will bring in some other people for you to roll with from time to time. This will get you used to different body types

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If you dont have the extra money, yes privates arent worth it, but if you can afford it (I know its very hard for most people on mma.tv to use their imagination, but there are people with expendable income) then it is a good option.

I agree the best recipe is suplementing live training with privates to work on specifics but I have given private lessons to people when the only thing they wanted to do was train live. That could be an option too for OP. After you get some basics down ask the instructor to really train with you.