MMA fighter and ADCC champion Vinny Magalhaes wrote his thoughts on what he defines as “really well spoken instructors, who break down a move using all kind of technical language, some terms that make them sound extremely knowledgable, which makes their instruction extremely convincing and easy to sell.”

Vinny used to be one of the top Gi BJJ competitors back when he was still at Gracie Humaita in Brazil. He even became Mundial (World) Champion at brown belt.

He is known for speaking his mind and spoke with no filter.

Vinny wrote on his Facebook:

“I see posts on my timeline of some really well spoken instructors, they’ll break down a move using all kind of technical language, some terms that make them sound extremely knowledgable, which makes their instruction extremely convincing and easy to sell. Just because of ‘that way of talking’ they sell their product ‘sometimes’ better than a lot of people that have real knowledge. That it’s definitely a skill though, definitely something that everyone should try to achieve.

To be honest, besides the fact that a lot of times these guys are full of shit, they’re great for business, they might never produce a world champion, but they can retain members, and looking at it from a business standpoint, these would be the type of guys that most gym owners would like to partner up with.

I’ve been training BJJ since I was 13, I’ve trained with and learned from some of the best competitors/instructors in the world, including, Vinicius Aieta, Royler, Saulo, Xande, Robert Drysdale, Dean Lister, Rafael Lovato Jr., just to name a few, none of these guys would come up with any ridiculously long “theory” to break down a move while they were teaching a class, they’d always be objective, right to the points that mattered, and always made easy for people to understand whatever they were teaching. All these guys either are world champions themselves, have produced world champions, or have achieved both!

My points are:

1- not always a good competitor will make a good instructor, but also that doesn’t mean that that guy that never competed and decided to only be an instructor will be a good instructor either;

2- look at results;

3- don’t let the talking skills decide if that place is the right fit for you, after all, when you’re learning a martial art, you’re looking for something that will be effective in a real situation, either in real life or in competition, and all that theory won’t help you in either, if it’s only a theory full of shit;

4- don’t you ever buy belts online;

5- I’m bored;

6- I’m out of here!”