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So, today we’ve got a question from a Newly promoted Brown Belt, Evan, who is a hobbyist that finds himself having a case of the “Brown Belt Blues.”

Usually, you hear about the Blue Belt Blues, but today’s situation in a little different, or at least the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Belt color is.

He says that at his gym he’s at the appropriate belt level. But, when he goes online and starts looking at the people who are competing at the Blue/Purple/Brown Belt competitions, he just doesn’t think he’s at that level.

He obviously finds this disheartening.

Sometimes he finds that he has no idea what these lower belts are even doing when they compete and now, he’s suffering with a bit of imposter syndrome as a result of that.

He asks what I’d do to deal with the doubt of his rank in BJJ.

In this video I’ll give Evan, and you guys, 2 ideas to chew on. 1 idea you guys might not like much, but I’m sure the other will be reassuring for some of you.

Hopefully, if you’re struggling with a similar issue, then you found today’s video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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Today’s video is going to be a breakdown of the Arm Triangle Submission in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & MMA and how I would make these 7 adjustments to improve your finishing rate with this submission.

The Arm Triangle is one of my favorite submissions in BJJ, but like most submissions it can be really tough to finish on a competent opponent when even 1 of these 7 details is slightly off.

These 7 adjustments made my Arm Triangle game way better, and I hope they do the same for you!

A lot of these adjustments have come from experience and time. On top of being a coach for a while, there are a few common problem areas where I see my students often struggle.

Many of these details come as answers to those specific common struggles.

If you were having trouble finishing the Arm Triangle, then I hope these tips were helpful.

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Today our question comes in from a White Belt on Instagram who wants to be more offensive.

He says that he gets stuck on the bottom playing defense, like most White Belts in BJJ do, and just wants to be more offensive.

He asks how I think he can work on his ability to submit from the back and create some reliable offensive.

I send him back a message and ask him what his go-to defensive strategy is, his go to techniques off of his back.

He replies that he doesn’t really have any go-to’s and doesn’t want to focus on his “go-to” control and defensive techniques, he just wants to score more submissions.

In this video I’ll tell you why it’s more important to focus on developing solid control, guard retention, and defense on bottom, before you can develop a reliable offense, both on bottom and on top.

You have to be able to defend yourself. You have to be able to survive first. You have to be able to play off of your back in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

One of the things that made my top game better (subs and guard passing) was my ability to play off my back, defend guard passes, sweeps, etc.

And this is coming from a guy with a background in Wrestling (so it was uncomfortable for me too, at first!).

Hopefully some of you guys found this video helpful, especially if you were struggling with a similar issue as today’s messenger.

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Today I’m answering a recent question from a BJJ Blue Belt named Matt, who says he’s having trouble on top of the Mount Position.

Specifically, he’s struggling when his partners are keeping tight “T-rex” arms to their chest, not allowing him to open up any submissions.

With that being said, I’m going to show Matt, and you guys, 2 different ways to deal with really tight arms in Mount.

One of these techniques will be preemptive and the other will be an option for when they’ve already secured their “dino arms” already.

This is a pretty common position in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and since there’s no strikes, like there is in MMA, these are two good options to help you develop some offense.

Hopefully you guys found this video helpful.

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What’s up guys!

Today we’ve got a question that came in from a viewer named Nolan who saw some sort of blog post/video where some coach was saying that the toughest belt to get in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the While Belt, because in his words, the hardest thing to do in Jiu-Jitsu is to get started.

He asks, “Chewster, what do you think the most difficult belt to get in BJJ is? is it the White Belt or is it a different one?”

So, what is the toughest belt to get in Jiu-Jitsu?

This is the question I’m going to try and tackle in this video. But to start, for me at least, it is definitely not the White Belt.

In fact, you just have to show up and go to 1 class and you get it.

Of course, there’s a ton of nuance here, especially when you consider how difficult it can actually be for people to “just start”. I understand that there are countless reasons why someone might not start BJJ, but once they do, I’ll explain why the White Belt is not the most difficult to actually obtain.

Hopefully you guys found some useful insight from this video.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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