BJJ Over 40 · By Simon Kenny
Train smarter.
Stay on the mats.
Practical ideas on training, recovery and adapting your game—from a black belt still coaching, training and competing.
- BJJ black belt
- Coach & competitor
- Founder of Beyond Human
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Find your way forward.
Starting out, rethinking your training or adapting your game? Choose the route that fits where you are today.
New to BJJ after 40?
Thinking about your first class? Explore what it means to start jiu-jitsu later in life.
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Watch “Too Old to Start?”Training leaving you drained?
Start the Longevity Series and rethink how you use effort, manage your rounds and approach training.
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Watch the first episodeReady to adapt your game?
Look beyond collecting techniques. Explore the principles that connect your decisions on the mats.
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Good ideas. Better training.
Two articles and a video to help you rethink your training, use your effort well and keep developing your game.
The 60% Rule
Rethink the idea that every round needs maximum effort. Explore a different approach to intensity and progress after forty.
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Scrambling Is a Young Man’s BJJ
How I changed my game as I got older, with more focus on position, control and deliberate decisions.
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BJJ Over 40: 4 Game-Changing Tips
Four ideas for rethinking how you train and keep developing your jiu-jitsu. Watch the featured video on our Watch page.
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Coach. Competitor. Still learning.
Meet the coach
Simon Kenny
1st-degree BJJ black belt · Coach · Founder of Beyond Human
Forty years in martial arts.
Longevity is a skill.
I started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2011, in my forties. Like many people, I thought progress meant harder sessions, more rounds and pushing through every setback.
As injuries accumulated and recovery became harder, I had to rethink that approach. I learned to be more deliberate about my training, adapt my game and make recovery part of the plan.
I'm still training, coaching and competing. BJJ Over 40 is where I share what I continue to learn, so you can keep developing your jiu-jitsu as your body and priorities change.
- Years in martial arts
- 40+
- Degree BJJ black belt
- 1st
- European medallist
- 3×
- Years coaching
- 13+
Build your foundation
The 99%
Blueprint
A Foundation for Capability
How you approach training shapes what you get from it. This ten-lesson video course explores ownership, ego and the habits behind lasting progress, helping you make more deliberate decisions on and off the mats.
- 10 structured video lessons
- A mindset for long-term progress
- Habits that support consistent training
- Lifetime access and future updates
Current price:
£29.99
Original price:
£49.99
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Books by Simon B. Kenny
Start with the books.
Play the long game.
One book explores the philosophy of staying capable. The other brings it onto the mats, with a practical framework for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu beyond forty.
01 The philosophy
02 The practice
