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The Main Thing I did In My Competition Career (Tip For BJJ Competitors)

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Fiz um video para falar sobre uma das minhas teorias sobre bons resultados nas competições. Acho que o campeao dentro dos tatames é o cara que acaba perdendo mais, fora dos tatames.

“The champion is the one who loses the most – ALYBJJ”
I made a video to talk about one of my theories about good results in the competitions. I think the champion on the mat is the guy who ends up losing more, off the mats.

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There is a difference between being an MMA fighter and a grappler or a striker.

Our question today comes from a viewer who is getting into MMA and identifies as primarily a striker and would like to add some additional BJJ to his game.

In this video I touch on the idea of letting go of the idea of being a striker if he is going to pursue Mixed Martial Arts.

I say this because MMA is a mixture of striking and grappling combined together. It’s not 1 or the other.

When I was a young MMA fighter who came from a Wrestling and BJJ background. I identified as a grappler and didn’t really embrace striking.

And I stayed like this until I watched a UFC show about Georges St Pierre where they showed his training style and dedication to all the different disciplines.

So in this video I don’t show any Brazilian Jiu-jitsu drills or training secrets and advise our friend to start with his mindset 1st.

If you’re in a similar situation, I hope this helps!
-Chewy
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I tore a ligament in my middle finger during a tournament. I had to compete in the next match but the finger was badly injured and completely unstable which made gripping extremely difficult.

I had to think fast and was able to tape my finger well enough to stabilize it and was able to compete in the next match. This is what I did…
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The UFC is a mixed martial arts event that includes boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu, but strikers are definitely encouraged and the grapplers and grappling techniques are subtly discouraged. Here are 5 ways the Ultimate Fighting Championship discriminates against grapplers.

So this question comes from Steven M on Facebook and it was simply about How Do We Learn BJJ?

This is a seemingly simple but complex problem. And I’m not sure I answered it perfectly in this video.

As a new Brazilian Jiu-jitsu coach back in 2009 I spend a ton of time reading and digesting information on how we as humans learn.

In particular I started to study how we learn motor patterns (movement patterns), which if you break down BJJ. That’s what we do.

During the Chewy ramble I touch on a few key ideas.

– The difference between learning a BJJ technique and knowing / memorizing it.

– The process of variation to uniformity to creativity / mastery.

– The trial and error process which is absolutely essential to Brazilian Jiujitsu.

– And the addictive quality of BJJ provided by the instant feedback loop during rolling.

I hope that the video is insightful or at least entertaining.
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Getting flattened out in Side Control and being stuck underneath someone can be one of the toughest things to deal with as a White Belt in BJJ.

In the video a 6 Week White Belt is having this exact problem. He’s getting flattened out and crushed underneath larger Blue and Purple Belts.

Now as I express in the video. If you’re a BJJ White Belt and you’re against a Blue or Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

There’s probably nothing you can do to deal with it.

Their experience in Brazilian Jiujitsu will typically be too great for you to deal with.

But one of the simple lessons that really makes a big difference when trying to escape Side Control.

Is start by forgetting about the actual escape. And see if you can simply stay on your side.

If you’re on your side, your ability to escape Side Control goes up dramatically.

And I find that my White Belts experience a sharp increase in their ability to escape Cross Side in BJJ by simply focusing 1st on staying on their side.

So if you are experiencing this same issue. My challenge to you is this!

When you’re rolling during your next BJJ class. Just see if you can stay on your side by using the tips described in this video.

Hope the video helped!
-Chewy
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Some thoughts on why I think competition can be important and useful and also some reasons you may not want to compete.

Have you ever been nervous about rolling with a higher belt than you in BJJ?

This is the problem one of the White Belt viewers said she is having when she trains.

When she does Brazilian Jiu-jitsu she struggles to just “go for it.”

Her mindset is that she is going to lose, so why even go for it.

In this video I try to share the idea of “Im going to lose, so lets go after it!”

I also share some stories from my students and my own experience about this mindset.

One story actually came from one of my BJJ competitions where I beat a Purple Belt as a White Belt.

Hopefully if you have trouble rolling with Higher belts in Brazilian Jiujitsu this video and mindset will be helpful to you!

-Chewy
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