In this video my buddy Joe and I got a lift in on a Monday morning.

Here’s Joe’s Youtube if you want to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/user/Unriavledfitness

Before the lift started I threw up a story on Instagram and asked for questions regarding weight training for BJJ.

If you have no muscle, is it better to do low reps high weight or high weight low reps in the beginning?

Do you do any grip strength training for no gi?

How should you split of weight training , BJJ and possibly muay thai training?

You’ll also notice that I am not going incredibly heavy. And honestly this is mostly the case with my lifting. I rarely go SUPER heavy in the gym.

As I’ve figured out over the years. Only so much of that is going to find it’s way to the way to the mats when I’m doing Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Along with all of this you’ll hear us talk about whatever we are planning to talk about. As well as a few nuggets of information about strength training in relation to BJJ.

Talk to you guys next time!
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BJJ, Boxing, Judo, Sambo, Wrestling and all of the Combat Sports commonly used in MMA are incredible for creating inner discipline.

But not in a direct way. Rather, it’s often in an indirect way.

During the stress of hard training you’re often faced with the darker sides of your personality. The sides of your personality that often don’t show up in a day to day basis.

For instance if you get angry. You will learn in hard training session that you cannot train with anger. And so when the angry side of your self pops up you have to control it.

In the video I talk about how when I started Boxing. My EGO was a big problem for me. And through the hard sparring sessions I had to learn to be in better mental control.

This video is a response to the question asked by our friend who was in a Street Fight situation. During which he grappler the person but did not throw any punches.

After the fight he said he felt kind of “soft” because he didn’t throw any punches.

In this video I talk about the control we learn from combat sports and how it’s useful for making stronger both physically as well as mentally. After all the aim is self-defense. To defend yourself, not to harm people for no reason.

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This video is not meant to show you every technique to use against a wrestler. There are too many to count. I wanted to give you an idea of some things you could do. I use to suck at shooting in so instead I would counter wrestle. I was able to do this by doing wrestling classes.

I believe it is very important for every jiujitsu practitioner to take some wrestling classes. If you want to beat a wrestler you have to go train against wrestlers and learn their movements. I could show you a million techniques but it will not matter until you practice live wrestling over and over.

I will put some more videos of how to negate wrestlers up soon this is just the first of the series and the reversal that I started out with and had a lot of success with. Note on this technique “the switch” it’s okay to fall to your but you can still hit it from a seated position.

Once you get the switch down you will see it come into play a lot actually. Like I said it has been one of my favorites forever because my arms are so long it makes it easy to get the grip I need.

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In 2007 I came to Derby City MMA. I left my previous BJJ gym and began training here.

When I started training here I met this young kid named Chad. I didn’t know it at the time but he would radically change my life.

Initially he was a young kid growing up in a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym. Training and competing constantly.

But he quickly grew into a young man that was possessed with gifts that many of us wish we had. Both as a competitor and practitioner and as a teacher.

During our time training together we sharpened each other’s abilities. And on top of that. I learned a lot about myself.

While doing my best to try and help Chad along his own path I learned so much about myself.

This isn’t goodbye as we will see him often enough. But it is definitely a new period. For myself as a coach and for Chad as a man carving his own path in the world.

I love my “little brother” that I promoted 2 years ago. But I’m happy he’s growing. On and off the mats.

He’s taking his own call to adventure. Finding his own path in his life.

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The shotgun armbar is very sneaky. It will blow you away because it a shotgun…. haha lame joke. But anyways! I’ve been working on this armbar for a few years now and I’m starting to love it more than the traditional armbar.

You can catch people off guard very easily and it allows you to make different transitions even if you don’t get the armbar. You still end up with a tap or a sweep. So it is a win win for you.

It’s a fairly simple technique as well so it can be added to your arsenal in no time. you just have to get the initial opening your guard and stretching them out part down than you’re good to go.

Here is a video of me using the same grip for another armbar in a tournament

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One of my favorite positions in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is X Guard and Single X Guard.

It ties right along with my Half Guard too which I consider my best position.

In this video I answer a question from out friend who is wanting to look at some entries into X Guard.

And before I get into the X Guard position itself. I want to stress the importance of Entries for our BJJ games.

Oftentimes people look for the cool sweeps, guard passes, submissions, etc but then they forget about the entries to get there.

Consider entries the starting point for any position or set of techniques in Brazilian Jiujitsu.

Now in this video I show a simple way to get to X Guard from a Half Butterfly Guard.

I use this a lot if I’m struggling to get the Half Guard working for me on bottom.

Give the entry a try and see how it works for you!
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A lot of newcomers to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu get really worried about weight classes in BJJ tournaments.

In this video I answer a question from a viewer who is looking to gain a little muscle and weight.

He says that years ago he felt great being bigger and stronger. And his girlfriend even enjoys him being a bit bigger.

But his worry is about going into a heavier weight class when he enters Brazilian Jiujitsu competitions.

And he is wondering if his added strength will offset the size difference when he finds himself in BJJ competitions.

During the video I try to share the idea that you don’t always roll with people of the same weight class in the gym.

And if you feel healthier and more vibrant from the weight training. Then it’s only going to be a positive thing in your life.

If you’re in a similar situation or if you’re thinking about gaining weight for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu then I hope this video is helpful.
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In this episode of the Chewjitsu Podcast we talk to Jon “Thor” Blank fresh off of his win at the EBI Combat Jiu-jitsu.

During the episode we talk about how Wrestling affected his BJJ and his ability to compete at an incredibly high level in such a short amount of time in grappling.

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In today’s video we’re talking about how to roll with smaller people in BJJ.

Our question comes from Tommy who is a strong Wrestler who has a distinct advantage on the feet because of his wrestling skill.

He says that when he rolls with people he feels a certain level of guilt with his rolling partners.

The guilt associated with it is because if they’re smaller, he feels like maybe he should take it easy on them.

But he feels guilty to himself for not taking advantage of the situation to attack and work on his techniques.

In this video I discuss the approach I use with my Brazilian Jiujitsu training partners and what has been helpful to me on the mats and has made my game so much better than it used to be.

As I’ll talk about in the video. When I first began BJJ training. I used my A Game every roll.

I would go hard and just use the same techniques over and over again. But it wasn’t until I put a lot of effort into opening up and rolling with people differently that my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu abilities improved at a rapid rate.

I hope you enjoy the video. And if you’re in the same situation. I hope the video is useful!

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This is the worst position in jiujitsu/mma in my opinion. You can’t move you’re pretty much defenseless and just waiting to be choked.

That’s why this is the position I try to get to. I can do this by using one hand to roll the wrist and post, both ands rolling the wrists, or locking my hands under the arms and flattening them out.

Once I get to this position my hips are going to drive into their back my legs are going to lift up towards the sky to prevent them from removing your hooks and your hands are free to attack the neck.

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