THE MATRIX

UX/UI Design | Mobile Application
Project Overview
The Matrix is an application designed to help  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athletes fast track their improvement and help them get more out of each session. It incorporates knowledge from instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience, practice methodologies from fields such as music, art and formal problem solving loops helping them achieve mastery quicker.
Achievements
We created a system that develops an understanding of the relationships between techniques allowing people to develop and effective understanding of BJJ. We catered to different body types and experience levels from beginner to expert. I also designed a simple and attractive user interface that enhanced the education experience and honed focus of an athlete allowing them to develop an effective game and achieve mastery quicker.

Achieving mastery is a complex and difficult endeavour, we had to find a way to help people understand how to solve problems, facilitate discipline, and how to hone their focus through noninvasive UI techniques. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is complex martial art. There are many positions and techniques to learn. People often end up focusing on learning single techniques without developing an awareness about how these positions and techniques relate and inform each other. This is a key to true mastery.

UX Challenges
We drew on practice methodologies and philosophies from music, art, athletics and from close consultation with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Instructors with over 20 years of teaching experience to help develop the problem solving flow. In its essence, Evaluate — Select — Execute — Reflect. This flow informed the UI elements presented at each stage of the experience.

We designed our UI to help people intuitively understand the positions and the relationships between these and certain techniques. They are guided to assign effective techniques to positions and can commit to focus objectives. This allows people to develop an effective understanding known as a "game" faster.

Read about the entire process here.
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https://medium.com/@rigel.maple/jiu-jitsu-focus-journal-74873572fbf6
UX Solutions
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Rigel Maple