Do you ever lack motivation for BJJ training? If so, how do you overcome it? What keeps you motivated.

I recently received a couple of BJJ questions related to motivation for training.

1 from Zach, a BJJ Blue Belt who is having some of the Blue Belt blues and is lacking motivation for training.

The other from Perk Kar on the Chewjitsu Instagram, who said, “lack of motivation how do we overcome it?”

In this video I do my best to share the idea that motivation is not what you need to keep training consistently.

Most people think of motivation as some sort of divine spark that is supposed to hit you and propel you forward to do the thing that you know you need to do or that you want to do.

I personally hate that spark and find a different type motivation far more useful for long term consistency.

In this Chewy ramble video I share the idea of creating your own motivation for BJJ training. You can become a powerhouse of motivation.

But it’s not something that magically comes to you. Instead you create it by taking action and moving forward towards whatever it is you want.

If you’re talking about Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

Make a ritual and schedule. And stick to that damn thing. If there is a secret to getting better and staying motivated. It’s keeping your disciplined habits and schedules together.

Having the structure to fuel your Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is far more helpful than any spark for training motivation. Because you wield it. . . it’s yours.

And instead of being so dead set on some long term goal. Your goal should be your rituals and schedule. Keep them alive and enjoy the little victories and the big ones will come.

Hope this video helps you get into the gym and train your face off!
-Chewy
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If you’re a bigger person in BJJ. 1. How can you make your flexibility better for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. 2. How do you roll with smaller people when you’re self c

Being a big person in BJJ isn’t a bad thing.

As long as you’re being safe on the mat. You’re actually providing an awesome service for your training partners.

You help your training partners get used to the pressure associated with bigger training partners, opponents or attackers.

In this video I talk about why having a bigger training is actually very useful and is actually a good thing for your BJJ training.

This video came about because of a question I received from a BJJ White Belt who is a bigger guy and is struggling with figuring out what he should be doing for his BJJ training with his lighter training partners.

So if you’re a bigger man or woman in your BJJ gym. I hope this video is helpful.

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In this video I answer a question from Rob, a 55 year-old surfer who tore his ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) when he was 17, and never got it repaired. He wanted to learn self-defense and wanted to know if he would be able to do BJJ at his age and with his injury.

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The Half Guard in BJJ is by far one of my favorite positions in Gi or No Gi. There’s so many options, grips and adjustments to mix it up with.

In this video I show a really STRONG grip to use in the Gi.

I put an emphasis on strong because it really locks the person down and creates crazy pressure from the bottom of Half Guard.

I’ve found from years of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu that once someone knows that I’m a Half Guard player.

They tend to try and get away from me.

This Back Strap grip doesn’t allow them to do that.

I’ve used this grip in rolling and competitions with plenty of success.

The gi loops around their back and puts an immense amount of pressure which completely locks the person up. If they try to push back or get away.

It’s usually not an option.

In the video I show one simple option that allows you to get to Back Mount and create a strong angle.

But there are so many sweeps and options you can add into your Brazilian Jiujitsu game with the grip.

So if you’re a BJJ Half Guard player and you’re looking for another option to throw in to your game.

Try the Back Strap grip.

Hope the technique helps!
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Thanks to everyone for the great questions. I had fun with them.

Here are the questions. . .

1. The tooth, what happened?
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2. What position did I struggle with the most as a White Belt?

3. Do you use any beard products?

4. What do you do if you’re doing MMA and want to do more BJJ?

5. When you did powerlifting and BJJ, did you feel that one hindered the other?

6. What’s the best way to get a BJJ Black Belt in a year or less?

7. What’s the best way to train leg locks?

8. What’s your favorite thing? A sneaky submission, unexpected sweep or finally executing a new setup?

9. Do you even lift?

10. Why do you have liabilities?

11. When are you guys going to make no liabilities shirt?

12. Can you make a wookie noise?

13. What is your favorite craft beer, craft brewery?

14. All time favorite submission?

15. Who’s number 1?

16. At what point do you give up trying to explain Jiu-jitsu to your friends? When you’re friends ask “How’s the karate going?”

17. If you could fight 100 duck sized Chad Hardy’s or 1 Chad Hardy sized duck. Which would you fight?

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Trigger points, knots, and painful muscles are an annoying and consistent part of BJJ. Using the theracane has helped me substantially to not only reduce painful trigger points in my muscles, but help with muscle recovery, decrease tension, and improve motion in the joints that are effected by the muscles.
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I received a message from our friend who is experiencing a lot of pressure and negativity related with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

He says that there was a lot of pressure put on him because he was promoted very quickly. And it bothered him. So much so, that many times his training has now become a negative thing.

When he moved away to a school away from his home BJJ gym. He thought that the negative feeling he had experienced would be left behind.

As I’ll discuss in the video. That just like him I was promoted very quickly to my Blue Belt and Purple Belt. And like our friend’s expectations and negative feelings. I felt a huge pressure to uphold my spot as one of the best guys in the gym during Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

And like our friend, these expectations were from within me. Even when I moved to a new gym. The pressure, nerves and expectations just to take part in a training session were still there.

So in the video I share with him of the idea of simply letting go of that. Obviously, you have to push yourself and do your best. But you can’t be eaten up with pressure all the time when you’re training.

It destroys your ability to learn and enjoy the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

So I gave him the best tip I was given back as a Purple Belt which was to simply let go of all of that.

It’s not easy, and will take time, but that simple conversation I had with my coaches was as strong as any BJJ basics or technique I ever learned.

Hope the video helps if you’re in a similar spot!
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Have you ever attempted to pass someones Guard, only to get bogged down in the grips of Spider Guard?

This is the problem one of the viewers is running into during his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

So in this video I go over some of the easiest grip breaks for spider guard.

The 1st two grip breaks are stupid simple and the last Spider Guard counter is a fun version. It’s one of my favorites to hit.

The video is not focused on a particular counter or guard pass. But rather on the grips themselves.

If you fight the grips effectively. The Spider Guard is much

So if you’re having trouble getting past Spider Guard in Brazilian Jiujitsu. I hope the techniques in the video helps.

I hope the video helps!
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Have you ever dealt with someone who was overly aggressive towards women in BJJ? If so, how did you deal with it?

Recently I received a question from a BJJ assistant coach who is dealing with someone who is hyper aggressive with the female training partners in their Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym.

He says that the pattern has been created where he will get submitted by a woman and then becomes hyper aggressive and has injured or negatively affected all of the female training partners in the gym.

He says his instinct is to motion to the head coach to kick the guy out. But sends me the question to get my thoughts on the matter.

In this video I discuss how I would certainly not give the guy the boot, at least not yet.

Unfortunately, I’ve dealt with this sort of situation and have been a bit of a hyper aggressive person in BJJ myself.

And in some cases people are completely ignorant to their misgivings and rough, unnecessary and reckless aggression.

I also share how I personally dealt with a similar situation that happened in my gym years ago.

Thanks for watching!
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Here are some of my go-to techniques and stretches after training to relax and get a great stretch. This will help with soreness and improve recovery so that you can keep training hard!
If you hate waking up the morning after training with sore and stiff muscles, then try these techniques after class to help.

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This Half Guard technique is by far one of my favorites. And honestly, I think it’s an absolutely beautiful technique for understanding how the Hip Shovel works in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

The Hip Shovel is a movement which in involves getting your hips under someone else’s. This is required to efficiently execute many Half Guard sweeps and transition to positions like X Guard, Deep Half Guard, etc.

In this video you’ll see Steve as my partner. Steve joined us on the Pura Vida BJJ and Surfing retreat this past year.

During our week of training. He was interested in the sweep and learning how to use Half Guard for his Brazilian Jiujitsu game.

So I wanted to make this video with him to help.

The Giggler as we call it within our association, many people call this the “John Wayne” sweep, is so useful. We call it the Giggler because it works off a proper response from the person on top.

It just requires careful timing and being smart not to give away the grips early.

If you’re trying to make your BJJ Half Guard better, I hope this Sweep is useful for you both as a stand alone technique but also understanding the technical aspects of the Half Guard position.

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This Half Guard technique is by far one of my favorites. And honestly, I think it’s an absolutely beautiful technique for understanding how the Hip Shovel works in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

The Hip Shovel is a movement which in involves getting your hips under someone else’s. This is required to efficiently execute many Half Guard sweeps and transition to positions like X Guard, Deep Half Guard, etc.

In this video you’ll see Steve as my partner. Steve joined us on the Pura Vida BJJ and Surfing retreat this past year.

During our week of training. He was interested in the sweep and learning how to use Half Guard for his Brazilian Jiujitsu game.

So I wanted to make this video with him to help.

The Giggler as we call it within our association, many people call this the “John Wayne” sweep, is so useful. We call it the Giggler because it works off a proper response from the person on top.

It just requires careful timing and being smart not to give away the grips early.

If you’re trying to make your BJJ Half Guard better, I hope this Sweep is useful for you both as a stand alone technique but also understanding the technical aspects of the Half Guard position.

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This technique was extremely useful to me coming up through the ranks. I actually remember hitting this at blue belt worlds to win one of my matches.

Once you get the mechanics down it is fairly easy to Hit on people.

I used it about five times last night rolling just to refresh myself on the technique. If you have a nasty knee shield or half Guard game this position more than likely has happened to you.

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The Double Under Pass in BJJ (sometimes called a Double Stack Pass) is an awesome option that has a ton of variations.

1 common counter to the Double Under Pass, as well as many others in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, is going to the Turtle position.

By moving to the Turtle position the person is able to avoid points in a points based Brazilian Jiujitsu match. And in a overall dominance situation. Being on top in Turtle is far less dominant than Top of Side Control or Mount.

In this video I answer the question about what to do when someone Turtles after hitting them with the Double Under Pass.

I demonstrate one of my favorite Double Under Pass variations that I use in No Gi when someone is a very “Leggy” guard player Meaning they’re legs are very hard to control.

After the pass I show a way to setup the Back Take following the person going to turtle.

It’s a great way to get to Back Mount and immediately works right into a rear naked choke or similar submission.

If people are going to Turtle on you during training / rolling, competitions or otherwise. Then I hope this Bjj Back Take from the Double Under Pass works for you!

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