Today’s question comes from a blue belt by the name of Tom who is curious about my advice on training BJJ while married.

Good question, since as us guys always joke “happy wife, happy life.”

Anyways, he’s wondering how to find the balance between taking care of his wife and training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enough to do it at a competitive level.

Now, I don’t consider myself a marriage “Guru” or Counselor, but in this video, I’ll share how I found an important balance between my training and marriage. I’ll also share a simple exercise that I did with my wife that made my BJJ and my marriage better. So hopefully it will help you too if you’re in a similar situation.

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-Chewy
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Today’s question comes from Jose who is wondering if he should keep training BJJ while going through a divorce.

He worries that he may bring some baggage from his personal life into his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym, that could lead to some not-so-fun interactions in training and doesn’t want to ruin his relationships at the gym as a result.

In the video I give Jose, and you guys, a story about similar situation that I went through in hopes to start a conversation & to help Jose out, even if it’s just a little helpful.

This is clearly a hard time for Jose, and I hope that he finds what he needs, gets through this whole situation, and is able to get back to his normal life as soon as possible. And if you’re experiencing a similar issue then I hope the video helps.

-Chewy
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Love or hate the IBJJF, there are definitely a few pros and cons.

Recently a very well-known female black belt, Elisabeth Clay, was victim to a pretty insane call at an IBJJF competition. She had won the match, only to be called back a few minutes later and told the refs made a mistake and gave her too many advantages and awarded a refs decision to her opponent.

This isn’t the first time an athlete has gotten the shaft in competitions. And deep down whether you do BJJ or play basketball you expect a few bad calls to come your way at some point. But some are definitely worse than others. And this one was a bad one.

So I wanted to share my thoughts on it and also ask you for your competition horror stories.

-Chewy
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Got a question about how to play Reverse Half Guard (top), so today’s video will show you how and why I use the position in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

These ideas are fairly basic and fundamental BJJ. So, if you’re a white belt, no worries, this should be pretty easy to understand. That said, I’ve used these techniques against some super tough Black Belts in competition and training.

When showing the Reverse Half Guard position I’ll show the arm in & arm out variations since they’re similar but slightly different.

Also on a side note, this is a position that high school & college wrestlers coming into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu seem to adept to very quickly. So, if you wrestled, maybe this is good position for you to try.

I hope a couple of these ideas are useful ones that you can chew on!
-Chewy
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Often times people feel extremely overwhelmed when they train BJJ.

This is usually a result of the abundance of techniques in the martial art.

With that said, when you start training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu it’s sometimes difficult to understand exactly what you should be focused on. I mean, there’s such a wide variety of skills in the art.

In this video I give Daniella, a 1-stripe white belt who’s feeling overwhelmed with BJJ techniques, a few strategies I use to prevent those overwhelming feelings.

Thanks for watching!
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Recently I was asked which TWO Submission were my favorite for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu…

You might be surprised at how simple my answers are.

These two subs are ones I have successfully used in Adult Black Belt Level Competition and for years training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

Sometimes, at least for me, SIMPLE is BETTER…

Hope these help…

What 2 Submissions do you prefer? and WHY?
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Today’s question comes from a Blue Belt who quit BJJ training some months back. His reasons for quitting, as you’ll hear in the video, are mindset issues.

So, as I get into the video, I share some ideas from my own Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training as I went through a similar issue in the past. I never quit, but I did experience some frustration and overcame it.

If you struggle with anything similar, then I hope this video helps you out.
Thanks for watching.

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Today’s video is a question from a guys who is technically a “White Belt” but has around 15 years of MMA and grappling experience.

His issue is he feels a certain level of discomfort rolling with guys who are the same rank as him but he has 15x more experience then. Also, when he rolls with many of the higher belts he feels uneasy beating them even though he’s the new guy in the gym.

So, in the video I share a story of situation that happened in my gym that was very similar. It was with a guy who is now a Brown Belt but who started training with us as a White Belt after he stopped fighting professional MMA.

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Today’s video is a quick one showing a few of the stretches I like using when my hands and forearms feel like rocks. This used to be really bad when I first started BJJ. It’s not as bad anymore, but after a hard competition match or during days where we focus on a lot of situational rolling from Back Mount I’ll get the locked-up hands a bit.

So, in today’s video I share 4 stretches with you that you could use in between matches or after a tough training session.

This list is not exhaustive obviously. But these 4 have been super helpful to me.

So again, I hope they help and thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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I recently got a good question about how to develop the “If this, then that’ mentality and approach that many high level BJJ practitioners have with their styles. So, in the video I’ll give you some ideas to chew on about how to develop your own style and reach a relative level of competence or mastery with the positions or techniques in that style.

The ideas are very simple. But simple doesn’t mean they don’t work. After 23 years of grappling, it’s usually the simplest stuff that makes the biggest difference.

So hopefully if you have this kind of question for your Brazilian Jiu-jitsu then I hope this video is useful to you!

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy

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“BJJ shouldn’t be used in a street fight”, “BJJ Doesn’t work in street fights.” I see this kind of stuff in comments and online all the time. I’m sure if you’re a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner you see it all the time too.

In the video I just wanted to share a few ideas to Chew on when talking about BJJ, grappling and street fights.

I also respond to a comment I got recently where someone said, “you never want to go to the ground in a street fight.”

And after watching the video, feel free to share your own opinion, experience or ideas about BJJ in a fight situation.

-Chewy
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In today’s BJJ video I’m going to show 1 of my favorite sweeping combinations that starts in a Half Guard or Half Butterfly Guard and then finishes in a Butterfly Guard Sweep. This was requested after 1 of my rolling videos was shown on the channel and my instagram.

It starts with 1 of my best Half Guard sweeps which you can look over in more detail here:

This combo shows why I love the giggler sweep so much. It allows you to off-balance someone and transition smoothly to other attacks.

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When I talk to a lot of you through videos I’m told that you don’t do much situational rolling or sparring and that you don’t get much drilling time.

Situational work is some of the most important in my book! It’s very difficult to develop the intuition and adjustments necessary if you’re not getting time in position.
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