In today’s Q&A video I answer a question from a BJJ White Belt who is struggling with a common problem in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training, especially early on. Right now he says that he knows the names of the techniques and mentally can wrap his head around everything. But the problem is during rolling or when it’s time to actually practice the techniques his body can’t seem to do the technique.

So in this video I share why this is such a common problem and how as you get more experience it will flip. Eventually the mind will be catching up to the body.

I also share an analogy where I find the situation similar to driving a car where most of the things you do are automatic because you’ve done it so much.

I also share a common strategy used by high level practitioners that BJJ White Belts and beginners in grappling can use to sharpen their abilities.

If you’re a White Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu or just struggling with using techniques during training then I hope the ideas in the video are useful.

-Chewy
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Today’s rolling video comes from a trip to Indiana BJJ Academy in Indianapolis. While I was there rolling we got some great rolls in and managed to get some clips from the action.

During the rolls you’ll see me trying a number of different techniques over and over again testing them out with different styles and body types.

Hope you enjoy the rolling and maybe get something from it for your own training.
-Chewy
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Today’s video is the highlights from the 2020 IBJJF No Gi Pans. During the video you’ll see me use the same BJJ techniques I teach on my youtube channel as well as my online courses. If you’re one of my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu students, it’s also the same techniques I use in class during rolling on a regular basis.

One of the techniques I hit was the rolling back take in the 2nd match. I used the simple double under pass and then initiated a roll through to the Truck position (common in 10th Planet). In fact, some of the details in that technique I learned from my buddy Brandon who is a 10th Planet Black Belt. I was already using the Truck, but he gave me some super useful adjustments.

If you’re a student of BJJ and want another instructive lesson. Go back and watch some of my Chewjitsu Rolling videos on the channel. When you see them you’ll notice, again, I use a lot of the same stuff in those videos as I do in BJJ competitions.

You can also go back and watch some of my older matches and tournaments, and again you’ll see the same or similar BJJ techniques and positions being used.

Use this as a reminder that it takes time to perfect and sharpen techniques in your Jiujitsu game.

Anyways, hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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After my video Monday talking about my 1st place performance at the 2020 IBJJF No Gi Pans in Atlanta. I started getting a lot of questions about my BJJ matches, breakdowns of those matches, etc.

So I figured I’d share a set of matches with you guys. As you’ll see these 2 matches have the same opponent but very different outcomes. Primarily because of a bit of a technical blunder on my part which you’ll see in the match.

In the video I’ll both lightly breakdown the rolling and also share some insights into what I was feeling, before, during and after the matches.

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And hopefully this was entertaining and informative for your own Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training, competition or rolling.

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Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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I’m back from the IBJJF No Gi Pans (2020). Another gold medal to add to the collection and another bundle of experience and stories. I’m now a No Gi Pans champion in 3 different weight classes (Heavy, Super Heavy, Ultra Heavy) which is kind of cool.

Let’s get rolling with a Jiu-jitsu story that was both good and sort of bad.

On Saturday the IBJJF had the Atlanta Open and one of my White Belts competed in the division. In his first match he went against a guy named Jonathan who ended up beating him 2-0. Well this Jonathan fella went on to win the whole division. And after the matches were all over Jon comes up to me and tells me how much the videos have helped him.

BUT, he also did something even better, he flashed me a printed copy of his own BJJ gameplan.

I’ll talk more about it in the video but I guess this is what happens when you give away so much free information like I do, right?

Now, even if you’re not planning on competing. Understanding your game by drawing it out as a flow chart (like I show in my guide) is helpful for knowing how to be assertive with your game.

If you’d to get your hands on the Free BJJ game plan guide then roll on over to the link below:
https://www.chewjitsu.net/basic-bjj-game-plan

Hope you’re healthy, strong and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
-Chewy
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Today I got a question from Adrian who is a White Belt getting smashed in BJJ by higher ranked people and is wishing that someone would “teach” him what he was doing. In this video I explain why these people are teaching him in a way that is maybe a little more intuitive. I explain this by sharing a couple of stories from my own Brazilian Jiu-jitsu including my early training when I 1st started.

I did this video because it’s important to understand what’s going on in this situation because if you don’t you’ll definitely get discouraged and lose motivation quick.

If you’re in a similar situation then I hope this helps you.

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Maintenance and injury-mitigation is an extremely important aspect of training.
This routine includes shoulder mobility, strengthening, and scapular stability exercises that have been vital in the health of my shoulders and mitigating injury risk.

Doing this sequence or a combination of these exercises with promote shoulder stability, strength, and improve overall shoulder function.

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Today’s Sunday video is about confidence from a young guy who sent in a message asking for some tips. He says that he is super confident when training but off the mats he lacks the same sort of self-confidence. He says he’s watched the videos and knows my stories and says that I look like I’m a confident guy and wants to know what I did.

I picked this video because I wasn’t always a confident person and I was very much the same way as Matt is. I was confident when I was doing BJJ but as soon as I stepped off the mat it was gone. And in the video I talk about how I changed this.

I also picked this video because recently one of my mentors and I were doing a rolling session and he was having some fun jokes at my expense talking about how I used to be super unconfident. So it’s a super fitting video for the week.

Hope the video is useful to you and thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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In today’s BJJ technique video I show an effective fundamental sweep from Full Guard can work from White Belt to Black Belt. It’s also a sweep that has a ton of carry-over value to things like armbars, oma-platas and other techniques from closed guard. Lastly, it’s also a sweep for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, that if you get good at using it, can lead to lots of other sweeps and submissions.

That sweep is non other than the Pendulum Sweep and is right in line with things like Scissor Sweeps as Fundamentals all White Belts must have some understanding of. Now in this video I show the distinction I make between the Pendulum and the Flower sweep because they get mixed up. Now I’m not saying everyone in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu goes by the same names as I share in the video, but this is what I call them.

Anyways, I share some details on how to set it up, how to execute it and how to finish it that I hope are useful to you and your Jiu-jitsu.

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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In today’s video I talk about getting ready for a BJJ competition. In particular getting ready for a Jiu-jitsu competition with a different ruleset. The question comes from Phillip who is getting ready for a competition with a rule set he’s not used to. He’s wondering should he roll under the same rules as the competition leading up to the tournament or should he just roll like normal and make adjustments on the day of the matches?

I’ll explain how I do it and how I prepare for a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competition regardless of the rules.

And if you’re getting ready for a BJJ match, tournament or competition then I hope it’s useful.
-Chewy
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In today’s Q&A video I share 4 reasons why I’ve learned more at Black Belt than any other belt rank in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Some of the reasons will seem counterintuitive but hopefully it’ll make sense. And everyone of course has their own philosophy for BJJ, but these are the ideas that I think have made the biggest difference.

Oh and even if you’re not a Black Belt I think you can make use of the information in the video.

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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In this BJJ technique video I share a simple idea on escaping side control when someone is super tight. I’m using the lapel to help (since it’s there) but you can use this same setup in no gi jiu-jitsu as well. Just make sure the bicep is across the face.

The big thing I really wanted to stress in this side control escape video is to be mindful of where you are pushing with your frames. Many beginners use their basic frames and push right into the power of the person on top. Meaning they push towards their legs and feet which means they get absolutely no where. But if we simply change the angle we’re pushing we can get a lot more mileage from our frames and bridges.

So if you’re getting stuck in side control when your doing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu then I hope this video is helpful!

-Chewy
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Today’s BJJ Q&A video is from Josh who’s a big guy who wants to move more like a “little” guy. I put that in air quotes because I know plenty of smaller BJJ practitioners who have great smash games. But getting back to his question he says that during his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practices, his coach encourages him towards a more pressure and smash style game whereas he seems interested in a lot of open guards and other positions more commonly associated with smaller Brazilian Jiu jitsu players.

In this video I’ll explain why you want to have a big guy game and a little guy game (and how you can make that happen). I’ll also talk about why you should always keep in mind that your BJJ game is your own and you can create it however you’d like.

If you’re a big guy with a similar question I hope you enjoy the video.
-Chewy
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In today’s video I share a quick story from a BJJ training session with a Crossfit athlete who was also a college wrestler, and has also did some Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Because of his wrestling base he definitely gave me a unique look and shut down my Half Guard game. Every time I’d come up for a sweep I just couldn’t quite finish it. Instead I had to switch up to Butterfly Guard to get a sweep.

I share this with you because the problem solving mindset I have when I train with people like that is not the one I’ve always had. And if you’re a BJJ practitioner yourself you definitely need to maintain that mindset, especially against people with certain attributes that give you trouble.

Here’s his instagram page in case you want to check him out: https://www.instagram.com/blacksmifff/

I say this because all to often I hear BJJ players make excuses as to why something doesn’t work like, “Oh they’re just strong.” You don’t want to be one of these people.

I also give you an update on how my weight loss is going. Currently I’m down to about 200-202 in the morning and have lost around 10lbs and it’s steadily declining. More on that to come.

Hope you enjoyed the video.

-Chewy
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