Today we’ve got a question from “Magic Moses” who sends in a question, which is:

“Chewy should you have to pay for a belt promotion? My gym charges $150 per promotion, and I think that’s ridiculous. In that case, I don’t want to be promoted.”

In the video I will share my philosophy and my idea on how belt promotion should work, but of course this is my way of doing things and not necessarily the right or wrong way.

I also explain why I think there may be some justifiable reasons that students are charged for it, and other reasons why I think students in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are just hosed for it.

I’ve seen BJJ belt promotions range widely in prices, from coaches charging $50 for a stripe & up to $500 for a brown/black belt (which is just ridiculous).

Now, the way I look at the philosophy of owning a gym business, is that I’m trying to offer my students something, and trying to balance that with what I am asking for in return.

So, if I’m throwing some big event for a belt promotion, or offering X amount of service for less pay, than it’s valued for, then it starts making sense to charge.

I’ll also talk a bit more about the business side of owning a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym, and how underpricing in general can actually kill your business.

There’s a lot of nuances to the whole paid promotion thing, so in this video I’ll try to break it down as precisely as possible for you guys.

Hopefully you found the ideas in this video helpful.

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from Dan, a former high school and college Wrestler, who has recently got into Jiu-Jitsu, and so naturally he asks:

What advice would you give a Wrestler getting into Jiu-Jitsu?

The most important piece of advice I could give a Wrestler in Jiu-Jitsu is this:

Go to the place no Wrestler wants to be when they start Jiu-Jitsu…

Play off your BACK and learn how to play guard!

In the video, I’ll give you a few reasons WHY you need to this in order to progress as far as possible in Jiu-Jitsu.

I’ll also talk about abandoning the idea of being a “Wrestler” and how holding on to this will actually hurt you and not help you as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.

You’re not a Wrestler anymore. You have to be open minded and this self-identification as a “Wrestler” can be a very limiting factor for our Jiu-Jitsu.

You are now a Submission Grappler, a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, who needs to understand the ground game, submissions, etc.

Also, you’ll need to consider the fact that there are many great Wrestlers in Jiu-Jitsu, who you will probably never out wrestle. Therefore, you’re going to need to develop a game that allows you to beat those guys, even if there are only a few of them, when you meet in competition.

You want to have a well-rounded versatile game, so that no matter where you get put, whether you’re taken down or swept, you are as comfortable as you can possibly be.

Quiete often people come into the game with a Wrestling pedigree, and once put on bottom, they completely fold because of their once sided training methodology.

If you’re a Wrestler getting into Jiu-Jitsu, I hope you found the ideas in this video helpful. You’ll get far taking the initiative to get out of your comfort zone!

– Chewy
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What’s up guys,

So, today our question comes from “Army Mike” who is having trouble finishing a Collar Choke from the back.

This is a pretty common problem for those of us who are a bit less experienced with the position, so if you’re struggling with the finish here are 4 powerful adjustments to help you finish more Collar Chokes from the back in Gi Jiu-Jitsu.

The 4 tips I show are the ones that I have found the most useful for me, and although they’re simple, they are also very effective.

Hopefully if you’re having a similar issue while training BJJ, then this video was useful to you.

– Chewy
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Today’s video is a question that every bigger, stronger person will “grapple” with in BJJ.

How to not use so much strength in BJJ!

So 1st off I don’t think the goal is to not use strength. . . or that it’s even possible. We are all going to use a little strength. The key is to use it at the right time, in the right way, and be efficient with.

In today’s video I share a simple process I implemented during my BJJ training, as a bigger guy, to be more efficient with my use of strength. And while this idea applies to bigger stronger people you could easily apply it to almost any area of focus in BJJ.

Hope the video helps if you had a similar question.

Thanks for watching!
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Today’s question comes from John, who says he’s having trouble doing the traditional Wrestling shot when he’s training at his BJJ gym.

He says what happens when he attempts a shot is that he essentially cannot get through the full range of motion without slamming his knee on the mats.

Obviously, this is a super painful thing, but he wants to get better at Wrestling, and he’s wondering if I’ve got any ideas on how to develop some more flexibility in order to start shooting takedowns in BJJ without so much pain.

With that being said, in this video I’ll answer John’s questions by giving you guys 2 stretches that will hopefully help you get a little more range of motion when shooting in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. These stretches have helped improve my range of motion with lifting and training so I hope they work for you.

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from Jordan who asked:

“Chewy, what is the best way to learn from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Instructionals?”

This is a great question, as there are tons of BJJ instructionals out there in the Jiu-Jitsu world, and they can be useful if you know how to use them. They can also be overwhelming if you’re not sure how to use them.

As a person who’s used instructionals since 2003 to bolster his training, and who makes instructionals at https://www.chewjitsutraining.com/ , I think BJJ instructional vidoes can be useful.

So, in this video I’ll talk about my process of using instructionals and how I get the most out of them.

Obviously, I can’t give you the best way for everyone, but if you implement the strategies I talk about, then instructionals can be very useful for sure.

Hopefully, if you struggle learning with Instructionals or just want a strategy to use them, then you found this video helpful.

– Chewy
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Today’s video came about while look at my questions from Instagram.

The question comes from a young guy, and the subject is training with his coach, and it was obvious that he had this outdated mindset, which I had when I was younger, which will inevitably hinder you Jiu-Jitsu.

In the video I’ll give a couple of analogies to help everyone understand how ridiculous this mindset can be, and how BJJ is one of the few sports where this is even a thought.

Specifically, I’ll talk about the student/athlete & coach relationship at the highest level in sports like Basketball and Football, where you’ll never run into the conflict that my messenger has.

When it comes to BJJ, a lot of times, there are these unrealistic expectations of what a coach should be, especially in relation to that coach training with his/her younger student/athletes.

This is just unrealistic.

To dive deeper into this, many of us, especially when we are younger, have this mindset that, if while rolling “I can beat up on my older coach”, then “I have nothing to learn” from them in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

This outdated mode of thinking doesn’t account for a lot of nuanced things, especially in relation to the coaches age, health, goals, etc.

Hopefully, if you are young and have fallen into this “coach must be a savage” trap, then you have a bit more perspective.

Remember, winning a roll isn’t everything. There’s so much more knowledge to be gained when you realize that. Keep learning and take what you can from your coaches as long as you can.

– Chewy
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What’s up guys,

Today I’ve got a question from Max, who says he keeps getting caught in the Anaconda Choke in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The Anaconda choke is a choke that starts from the front headlock, usually after some sort of snap down or fail shot attempt by the bottom man (the person defending the attack).

In this video I’ll talk about some pretty basic defense to this choke & even show a counter that comes from Wrestling that can work pretty well in BJJ too.

This counter, if done properly, will put you into a good/dominant position in the roll/match after you successfully perform the technique.

Hopefully this answers your question Max, and if any of you guys were struggling in this area, then I hope it helped you out too.

– Chewy
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Today’s video we’ve got a question from “hitanddip”, from a recent YouTube Videos comment section, asking:

“I want to ask; how do you get better at going on Attack Mode as a Beginner (in Jiu-Jitsu)”

This is a great question!

This is often a question many beginners will have. Especially since all of us will come into the gym, and at first, spend most of the time balling up, trying not to get submitted.

At some point in your BJJ training journey, you will get pretty good at not getting submitted.

Once you get to that point, you’ll start asking yourself how you can start adding some offense on your own, instead of just surviving in the rounds against the upper belts.

So, once you get to this point, how do you start adding offense into your game?

In this video I’ll give my perspective and give you guys a couple of ideal solutions to this common beginner issue – including developing you BJJ “GPS”.

If you were going through something similar, hopefully you find the ideas in the video helpful for you.

– Chewy

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Today’s question comes from Levi Schwartz:

He asks for me to show a back take that he saw me hit while watching a recent BJJ rolling video of mine here on the YouTube.

The Back Take came from a scramble with one of my Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belts, Charlie, and in this video, I’ll show you how I set it up & how you can look for it, should you have the chance to do it while rolling.

The position we work from to get into this back take has a lot of names in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

But it essentially started from my partners hip switch, from side control to reverse side control, which exposed his back and gave me the space I needed to execute the technique.

I did this technique in the Gi, while rolling, but you can modify it for No-GI Jiu-Jitsu as well, which is what I do in this video.

Hopefully you guys enjoyed the technique!

– Chewy
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Today we’re going to talk about a DISGUSTING MYTH that’s poplar in a lot of martial arts, including BJJ.

This topic came up because my Wife, Jess, is in a cleaning group on Facebook and read a post in the group from a woman asking whether or not she should wash her son’s belt, because the stripes will fall off if she does.

This led to some pretty disgusting and controversial replies, including one man, who claims to be a lifelong martial artist, saying that he NEVER washed his Belt in all his years of training.

This disgusting myth is one that will undoubtedly lead to disease, skin infections, and horrible break outs at your gyms and I’ll explain WHY you should definitely wash your belt if you train.

On top of that we dig a bit into the history of the belt system and how this myth may have come into fruition in most martial arts like Judo, Karate, and of course Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu & how it all started as a copycat idea stolen from colligate swim culture.

Hopefully you found the video useful, if you weren’t sure if you should clean your belt or not & hopefully you enjoyed learning a bit of the history of many martial art belt systems.

– Chewy
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What’s up guys.

So, in today’s video I’m going to show you guys another “Day in the Class” of the Chewsters Gym, aka, Derby City MMA in Louisville, Kentucky.

You’ll be walked through our most recent Jiu-Jitsu training module, Chest-to-Chest Half Guard Passing, and even learn the submission focus for that day.

In the video you’ll see me talking crap with a bunch of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students.

It’s all fun and games and we try our best never to cross the lines (although I can only speak for myself haha)!

A Little bit of sh** talking never hurt no one!

Also, you’ll see my students go through the drills, some live rolling, and a few other behind the scenes moments that you won’t normally find in one of my BJJ Q&A style talking videos.

Hopefully you guys are enjoying these vlog style videos!

Let me know what you think, and what you’d like to see more of in these types of videos in the comments below.

– Chewy
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What’s up guys,

Today we have a question from a fan, who ask “is Gi or No-Gi Better for Old Guy Beginners?”

Now, in this video I rephrase the question a bit, to this:

Is Gi or No-Gi Easier for Older Beginners in Jiu-Jitsu?

The reason I do this is because “better” is a bit subjective, whereas the difficultly between the two, especially as one tends to get older, definitely changes for most normal people. This is due to the physicality, speed, and slipperiness of one vs. the other.

With that being said there are clear benefits of doing both. Doing No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu will help with your Gi BJJ, and vice versa.

In the video I’ll explain which of the 2 I think is easier, why, and how training both can be beneficial to your overall Jiu-Jitsu game, regardless of which one you prefer.

Of course, this is all just my opinion.

If you’re an older grappler who was wondering which style of BJJ you should do, then hopefully you found this video helpful for you.

– Chewy
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