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One of my favorite positions in BJJ is the Belly Down Back Mount.

To me, I think it’s easily one of the worst if not THE WORST position in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

From a fight that involves punches, it’s incredibly nasty as the person on bottom has no reasonable way to defend themselves.

For Brazilian Jiujitsu it can be equally soul crushing as the person on top can drive their full weight into the back and easily snag the rear naked choke.

In this video I show how to get to the Belly Down Back Mount from other forms of Back Mount when the person defends the rear naked choke.

I also throw in some simple adjustments for getting the submission with the rear naked choke.

I’ve used these adjustment countless times in BJJ rolling and competition to get the victory.

I hope it helps you!
-Chewy
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You’ll notice the tinge of anger in this video because of the nature of the subject.

The question I received was concerning parents who seems to be a bit to aggressive with their presence on the mat. In the situation our friend describes. He says that some parents are jumping on the mat to record video, cheering for their children during rolling, etc.

I’m not positive I did a good job of answering his question.

But in the video I focus on the idea that I believe parent’s of kids in the BJJ class should not be allowed to coach or really have much interaction with their kids during the action of class.

1 reason for this is that if the kids inside the Brazilian Jiujitsu class is focused on their parent’s instead of their coaches and training. It steals their attention and robs them of the potential they have.

The even more insidious issue is that it often transforms the experience for the child from a positive one to a negative one.

So my advice in the video is that parent’s should not coach their kids during Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes. And if you are a BJJ coach. That should be one of the rules I would stick to with the classes.

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for those who watch the channel, know me personally, or see that I am a 6’3 skyscraper know that the triangle is my favorite submission. I have been doing it for 12 years now and have over 100 submission victories with the triangle.

Anyways to stop your legs from gassing you should start to attack multiple submissions at once with the triangle use it to attack the arms and create diversions so you can tighten the triangle up. Sometimes you will land it picture perfect with the arm locked in across sometimes it will require some work to get the finish.

I have more success when I don’t lock it in right away by attacking both arms until I get something (armbar or the triangle)

I also stated that I don’t squeeze at all. What I meant by that is I’m not squeezing to finish the triangle I am just squeezing enough to keep my feet crossed like the guard. Again I’m still squeezing but it doesn’t have to be as tight as possible if I’m attacking the arms and posture.

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I received a question from a 14 year old who is interested in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. But he’s not sure if he should start training. He says this because when he went into a local BJJ gym. He was the only teenager training.

Jeff (his name), asked if he should keep training Brazilian Jiujitsu, even if he is the only teenager in his gym.

In the video response to this BJJ question. I tell a short story about an 11 year old kid who began training at our gym when I was a Purple Belt.

I go on to talk about how this 11 year old was originally somewhat ignored during classes. Because at the time we didn’t offer a Kids BJJ program. It just wasn’t something we offered. But as he showed his dedication and desire to train. Everyone took notice.

This same person would eventually go on to win the No Gi Pans and No Gi Worlds as a teenager.

This was of course about my good friend Chad Hardy.

-Chewy
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Can you train yourself effectively in BJJ from home or with open mats?

While I am always a proponent for training with a teacher, someone who has more knowledge than you do, it can still be beneficial to supplement your BJJ training with work from home or with a partner during an open mat.

Our friend Mike from the U.K said that he and his friend who is a fellow Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner are only able to make the gym 1-2 days a week max.

So because of this he was wondering if there would be a benefit to doing some Brazilian Jiujitsu training from home with his buddy, and if there are any tips I could give.

In this video I outline a basic 1 hour (active time) BJJ drilling and training session. Focused on specific areas with BJJ techniques that someone already knows. It starts with drilling then situational rolling.

I also add in one of the most common mistakes I see people make when they come into the gym or get together for a drilling session at home. The mistake I talk about will eat away at the potential time for good purposeful work.

So if you’re planning on drilling or training from home. I hope this video is useful to you!
-Chewy
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In preparation for this years BJJ Suit Rolling, I took my annual trip to the local goodwill to look for ridiculous get up.

If you’re not familiar with suit rolling go check out my older video which is absolutely ridiculous.

This is a ridiculous tradition myself and my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu team have. It’s fun and we have a great time. Most people probably look at it and think, “why on earth?” and honestly, it’s hard to give anyone a clear answer.

That said, we have a great time, it’s all in good humor and for us, that’s all that matters.

So I know this is not my normal Brazilian Jiujitsu style video. But I hope you have a good time watching the funny things that took place in the goodwill as well as the upcoming suit rolling video. 🙂

-Chewy
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Notice the flow rolling in the beginning? We started off with a slow roll and then picked it up and got after it.

This was from a recent BJJ training session I had with my buddy John Salter down at Guardian MMA as he was preparing for the ADCC and his upcoming fights in Bellator.

John is one of the toughest dudes I’ve ever tried to takedown, pin down or just roll with in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

He’s fast, strong and has a great blend of wrestling to compliment his BJJ and his MMA that he uses in Bellator and MMA fights.

He and I also play a lot of the same positions in BJJ. If you watch the highlight video you’ll see both of us using half guard positions and lots of head control.

I hope you enjoy the video of us rolling!
-Chewy
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This is my favorite submission from the side control its is super easy to hit and has won me a lot of matches. The key to this technique is learning how to distribute your weight so you do not lose your position.

Another key thing here is switching your grips up on the arm after securing it if you have a scrappy opponent. It will save you a lot of time and frustration! I usually always start off with trying to finish the straight armbar just because it’s the easiest than I will switch it up if it doesn’t work.Try and manipulate the arm so that it will be hyper extended or In simple terms just push the arm the way it’s not supposed to go and you will get the tap haha .

The ending is for fans of the chewjitsu channel that have seen me on their talking about a guy who said

“you are a 140LB piece of trash. I am 6’4 and 340LBs I’ll fight you any day. no liabilities bro!”

So I wanted to poke a little fun at this since a lot of people loved it haha here is the video if you haven’t seen it:

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This is my favorite submission from the side control its is super easy to hit and has won me a lot of matches. The key to this technique is learning how to distribute your weight so you do not lose your position.

Another key thing here is switching your grips up on the arm after securing it if you have a scrappy opponent. It will save you a lot of time and frustration! I usually always start off with trying to finish the straight armbar just because it’s the easiest than I will switch it up if it doesn’t work.Try and manipulate the arm so that it will be hyper extended or In simple terms just push the arm the way it’s not supposed to go and you will get the tap haha .

The ending is for fans of the chewjitsu channel that have seen me on their talking about a guy who said

“you are a 140LB piece of trash. I am 6’4 and 340LBs I’ll fight you any day. no liabilities bro!”

So I wanted to poke a little fun at this since a lot of people loved it haha here is the video if you haven’t seen it:

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I got this question from a student and he was saying “people on the internet were judging jiujitsu and saying it was not realistic because slams are not allowed what do you think?”

First of jiujitsu is a very realistic martial art and will work in a fight if you don’t believe this go try a class out for yourself. It’s been proven many of times I don’t have to back this up. I love all martial arts I’ve done boxing, kickboxing, capoeira, tkd, weapon defense classes, and more. They all have somthing of value that I could add to my game and someone very skilled at that martial art has the potential to be very dangerous. But I would put a someone who only practices jiujitsu against any other martial art any day of the week.

For someone to say it’s unrealistic just because you can’t slam means that person has no clue what they are talking about and have never went against anyone very good at jiujitsu.

In the gym you can’t slam so you can have training partners and get better. In a lot of tournaments you can slam just not certain ones(Garry tonnen vs palhares). It should be illegal for anyone below a purple belt just for the fact they are not proficient in the martial art just yet and they can forget and be seriously injured. Once you become a purple belt you should know how to defend or to let go of an opponent picking you up.

This is just what I think on the subject. What is your opinion on the slamming rules?

Using a monster band has been one of the best tools to keep my hips healthy, mobile, as well as pain-free.
This lateral banded hip mobilization has been a very effective and useful tool to improve my jiu-jitsu. If you are grappling against an aggressive guard passer, you know that the hips are crucial for retaining your guard and also getting into positions such as butterfly guard or even rubber guard to get on the attack. This technique has been so improtant to my hip health as well as my jiu-jitsu. Not to mention, having mobile hips reduces back pain and the risk of knee injury. A go-to technique for any BJJ player.

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Alex sent in a question asking for advice about his upcoming BJJ belt test. He’s been training for over 2 years and says his coach approached him about his Blue Belt test recently.

In this video I share my thoughts on it. Which are, there is no need for advice at this point.

In BJJ there are these big climatic points. Belt promotions, tournament wins, etc. These point in our game are very exciting. But they are simply a result of all the hard work put into the gym on a consistency basis.

Consistency is the key to being good at Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. . . or anything really.

I mean everyone loves the idea of being good at something. But whether or not they show up to pursue that thing is a different story.

And in this video I kind of go off on a unrelated Chewy ramble. But for me I don’t understand how people enjoy BJJ and want to improve. Yet they don’t show up. Brazilian Jiujitsu is amazing and it just gets me fired up and I can understand how you can enjoy something and have a hard time doing.

BJJ Motivation and inspiration are helpful. But they shouldn’t be constantly necessary for continuing to train.

Hope the video is helpful!
-Chewy

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It feels good to be back! I hope everyone had as great of a week as me. I got stuck right in the middle of hurricane Nate on my cruise haha but I pretty much just got an extra two days of vacation so I can’t complain at all!

This is by far my favorite way to recover Guard. The granby roll is a super effective technique to stop guard passers. Once you have perfected this technique it will seem almost impossible to pass your guard.

I didn’t mention It in the video but an important thing I’m doing is when I go up on my side I am also keeping my hand down low to prevent my opponent from just getting their hooks in and taking my back.your opposite and can be used as a distance maker as you can see me doing in the video.

You want to really make sure you are getting up to your shoulder and neck to maximize your roll power. If you don’t go all the way up you will be shut down instantly.

Give it a try let me know what you think and again great to see everyone back see yah next time!

Also I am not calling out canelo my student just looks exactly like him lol

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