Today we have a question from Derrick who feels really crummy about a recent situation at his BJJ Gym…

He is a 3-Stripe White Belt In Jiu-Jitsu, on top of being a bigger, so he tries his best to be as good of a training partner possible without hurting anyone, rolling soft in all his rounds.

Well, recently Derrick and his coach were rolling, and they ended up in the 50/50 Position and, out of nowhere, he injured his coach.

It was a complete accident and even the coach doesn’t blame Derrick.

Even though this is true Derrick still feels bad and doesn’t know what he should do to make up for the injury.

Well, I give Derrick a few pieces of advice, while also telling you a few stories about injuries I personally suffered in practices, and how I tend to deal with my own injuries when they happen in class.

Hopefully you find these ideas useful for you.

– Chewy
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In today’s BJJ technique video I answer a question from Conrad who is getting in stuck in the gift wrap position.

If you’re not familiar, the gift wrap position is tough to deal with, and if you don’t know how to deal with it, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is going to be rough for you. The position usually happens after someone gives up an angle from the mount position and opens up tons of options for them.

So in the video I’ll show a simple way to escape the position by palming your face. Now the escape isn’t easy and you will be exposed to multiple submissions, but the escape will give you a fighting chance.

Hope the escape helps!
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Today’s video comes from a BJJ coach who’s curious about how I tame my wild White Belts.

So in the video I give some ideas on how to integrate White Belts into full on Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training, and how to do so while keeping things safe and not letting their “wildness” get out of hand.

I also discuss a few other ideas that I think sometimes get in the way when people are dealing with newer BJJ students (in regards to ego).

If you’re a coach of some sort and running BJJ classes then I hope the video helps you!
-Chewy
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Today we have a question from Michael who’s having trouble maintaining Mount.

He says that when he’s rolling, he’s able to pass guard and get to mount, but when he gets to mount everyone just escapes immediately (even though he’s seen the highest level of Jiu-Jitsu Competitors do it well)…

He asks if there are any strategies or ideas that I’ve found useful in order to maintain Mount against skilled opponents in BJJ.

In this video I’ll show you a couple of things that were big game changers for me and my mount game in Jiu-Jitsu.

Hopefully you find the ideas in this video useful for yourself.

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from “Bob” who sends a message to me saying that they’ve been practicing BJJ for 2.5 years, has competed several times, and has won his first round match every single time. Buth there’s an issue…

Every time Bob has competed, they have lost their second-round match.

They feel exhausted and worn out after every first-round match at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and can’t wrap their mind around WHY this keeps happening to them.

They say that they can roll all day in the practice room, but get extremely exhausted in actual competition.

Bob asks me how he can prevent this exhaustion and burn out from happening at tournaments.

Here’s what I think.

– Chewy
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Today I got a question from someone who has been doing Japanese Jiu-Jitsu for 15 years, holds an instructor rank, and teaches that a bit. He has also been doing BJJ for well over a year.

He says he’s been in the BJJ gym for about 18 months and can hold his own against white belts, blue belts, and even stay alive against purple belts. He’s even placed at Blue Belt tournaments in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

His worry is that he has received no stripes on his white belt, even though he’s seen all the success listed above.

He wonders what I think and how he should talk to his BJJ coach about the subject of stripe and/or belt promotions.

If you’re having a similar situation, then I hope the video is helpful to you!
– Chewy
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Today’s Q&A comes from Logan who wants to know how to roll hard with Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belts without being disrespectful. He says that when he rolls he gets a catch on a submission or sweep but then feels hamstrung to finish it because he doesn’t want to go too hard to finish it.

This is a good question! I used to deal with this same thing years ago where I wanted to go hard with my BJJ coaches but didn’t want to disrespect them.

And as a BJJ Black Belt who’s got a modicum of celebrity in the Jiu-jitsu space I can tell you that there are cases where we can train super hard and it’s a great rolling session. On the flip side, I’ve trained with people where I feel irritated and don’t want to roll with a person again.

I’ll explain the difference between the 2 in the video and I hope this helps you if you’re in a similar situation.

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Recently I got a question about whether you should drill 1 technique over and over again for thousands of reps or if you should do a sequence of techniques when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

In this video I’ll share how I like to drill and I’ll also give the question asker some ideas to chew on regarding takedowns for BJJ using the cross collar grip in the gi.

If you’d like to go deeper into the ideas of the BJJ takedowns shown, use the links below.
Knee Pick

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Thanks for watching!
-Chewy
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Today’s BJJ rolling video is from a recent class I taught at the gym. We’re going through some fundamental stuff related to takedowns in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and then had open rolling.

During the rolls I was looking for some very specific things with my guard passes, my side control defense and my Shotgun Armbar submission.

If you’d like to learn more about the shotgun armbar I have a free series here on youtube:

or you can check out the course I have that deep into the whole idea of side control submissions with a main focus of attacking the arms.
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Having focus during your BJJ rolls is important, so I encourage you to give yourself a technical aim the next time you step on the mats.

Thanks for watching the video.
-Chewy
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Today I decided to journal a bit during a training break, and wanted to discuss a conversation I had this weekend at the 1st Annual Chewjitsu Open.

So, the interesting conversation that popped up is one that I think could serve many of you guys in the BJJ community (or in life)

The idea is focused on my lack of expectations for this weekend’s tournament.

I got asked from a competitor out of Chicago “How did you NOT expect this thing to be huge? you have all these followers?!”

I told him something that may suprise you…

I didn’t set any expectations.

In this video I ‘ll dive deeper into how this form of thinking started and how it has helped me in BJJ, Business, and Life. And, hopefully how it can possibly help you out to.

– Chewy

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Today’s question is about spazzy White Belts who are ripping submissions.

The question comes from Christian who is newer to BJJ, but his biggest worry is about rolling with other White Belts who finish submission too quickly.

He asked, “is this a valid concern? or is this something I need to get used to?”

Of course, White Belts are going to be a little spazzy, but this definitely IS a valid concern.

In this video I’ll explain to you how I’d approach training safely as a White Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu against other White Belts in BJJ, and how to train safely in general, regardless of belt rank.

Hopefully you find these Ideas useful for you.

– Chewy

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Today’s question comes from Marshall, and MMA fighter, who sends me a message saying that his MMA coaches, BJJ coaches, etc., are talking him up and telling him that he has a toughness about him that most people don’t have naturally, that he’s very skilled, etc.

He says that he knows his coaches believe what they’re saying. The issue is this…

He doesn’t see it.

He asked me “How do you discover something about yourself that other see, but that you don’t necessarily see in yourself?”

In this video I go into a few stories about times in my life I felt like an imposter, and no matter what anyone told me I didn’t believe I had “IT”, just like Marshall.

If you’re feeling like Marshall, I’ll also give you a really simple way to “update” your identity a little faster, so that you can see what your coaches are seeing & so that you can develop a real superpower, SELF TRUST, that is often developed by going through certain tough situations whether that’s through training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Wrestling, MMA Fighting, etc.

Hopefully you find the ideas in this video useful for you.

– Chewy
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This morning I was talking to one of my Brown Belts, Tim, and he was telling me that this idea he adopted of “old man” Jiu-jitsu was getting in his way and creating some problems for him in training.

In my honest opinion, I believe that this idea of “Old Man” BJJ is a bit BS and even a bit restrictive.

This all comes from a recent story of this “older” Brown belt, Tim, rolling with one of our black belts, Mark, who has an insanely difficult guard to pass.

Tim felt like his “Old Man” BJJ style was not working against this specific type of guard. But, Eventually Tim breaks the rules and try’s some “Young Man” BJJ & a looser style of passing.

He stands up and he starts trying to pass side-to-side to get through the guard instead of smash passing low.

When Tim does this, he notices that he starts to get reactions out of the younger Black Belt, and although he couldn’t finish the pass, he felt like made a ton more progress in the roll.

In this video I’ll talk about the downside of putting a label on your BJJ as it relates to your age (like Tim did here), your weight, height, etc., and how far too often we rely on these labels to search for SIMPLE solutions to complex problems.

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Today’s question comes from a Brown Belt in BJJ, named Aaron, who also comes from a Wrestling background, and apparently has injury plagued hands.

With that in mind, he says his favorite way to train BJJ is No-Gi.

Recently however, he decided that he wanted to pursue more Gi training, going up to his coach, letting him know about his injuries, and was looking for some grip fighting tips from his coach.

After the talk with his coach, Aaron says that his coach threw in a little dig. Saying:

“By the way, the Gi is more technical than No-Gi…”

Apparently, this led into a whole rant, and may have triggered Aaron a bit, who believes that both No-Gi and Gi are technical, just different.

He asks if I believe his instructor actually made a good point or not? and if I think that Gi is more technical than No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Here’s what I think…

– Chewy
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