What’s up guys!

So, today’s video is going to be a little different.

It’s more of a BJJ Vlog.

I’ll take you guys into one of our day-to-day Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu sessions. In this class we were focusing on smash passing in the Gi, specifically passing from top half guard.

The techniques in this video are pretty basic and build off of some Half Guard & Underhook passing techniques that we focused on in the weeks prior to this class.

You’ll get to see me teach some of my favorite Chest-to-Chest passing techniques, how to get around the Knee Shield of your opponents, some live Jiu-Jitsu rolling, and more.

The techniques in this video work well for anyone, but it’s definitely a great one if you’re a little older, a little bigger, a little less athletic, or if you just want to shut down your speedy, or leg lock heavy, opponents.

On top of all of that, the techniques in the video work well in both Gi and No-GI.

Hopefully you guys find a few ideas in the video useful and just had fun watching the vlog!

– Chewy
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Recently, I got a question from “Thatcoast” on YouTube who asks:

What did you learn as a Purple Belt in BJJ, that you still use the most as a Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

It’s a great question, as Purple Belt was an interesting Belt for me!

As a Purple Belt, there were a ton of different changes going on including my original Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym being a rather hard-nosed, grimy, Jiu-Jitsu gym.

We were a small gym, competition focused, both for BJJ and MMA. Because of this hardcore culture, we didn’t really get “good” at a ton of techniques. Rather, we were pretty good at what we did, which was very limited in one way or another, and very “tough” (in my case I was basically just a Wrestler and Top Player)

When I got my Purple Belt, because of the type of training I would do at my gym, I went through this phase where I would lose to other Purple Belts at Jiu-Jitsu competitions quiet often.

I was getting SMOKED…

If I did win, I was rarely winning because of technicality.

Eventually I changed gyms, and my new coaches told me that to get my brown belt I needed to EXPAND my game, or there was no chance of a promotion.

I was initially resistant to this, I never learned to “lose” in practice, and this made me plateau. But I eventually overcame this and was able to get promoted.

As a Purple Belt, more than just techniques, I learned how to yield to the process. Learning how to try new things, and learning to lose in practice so that I could eventually win in competitions, and even more importantly learn how to become good at Jiu-Jitsu (not just “tough”)

Hopefully you find the ideas in this video helpful to you.

– Chewy
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In today’s video I answer a question from a viewer named Senju, who recently competed at a BJJ tournament against an opponent who he had previously beaten decisively.

This time however, at this Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition, he barely beat this guy, winning on a judge’s decision.

At the end of the day Senju feels like he didn’t win the match.

He says he feels gross about the victory and ask how I would deal with these feelings that bottle up when you don’t think you deserved to win a match, that you in fact do win on the score board (in his case by advantage)

Often times in BJJ you’re going to run into the same opponents on your way up the competitive circuit, because realistically there aren’t that many people who compete.

Naturally there’s going to be progress in both competitors grappling games as time goes on and close matches will undoubtedly vary in results (unless you’re way better than your opponent).

In this video I’ll talk more about this back-and-forth that often happens in BJJ, a recent ADCC Trials winner(a buddy of mine Jacob Couch) who struggled with this against a game opponent & then won when it “mattered”, and more revolving around this unique subject in Jiu-Jitsu.

Hopefully you find these ideas helpful in some way, especially if you’ve been in a similar situation to Senju.
– Chewy
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If you play Half Guard in BJJ then 1 of the guard passes that can absolutely destroy you is the knee cut pass. Also called the cut through or knee slice. This guard pass can rip through a Half Guard position.

And this is the focus of today’s video that answers a question from a Jason who’s having trouble with this exact scenario.

As a Half Guard player myself, in the video I’ll show you 1 of my best ways for stopping standing guard passes when I’m trying to use a bottom half guard position.

Hope the leg pummeling technique helps you.
-Chewy  
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Today we’ve got a question from “Bob” who says he used to train BJJ in the United States, however he’s currently training overseas.

He says his current gym is great, the training partners are great, the coach is great, the training is great, and so on…

The only problem Bob has with his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach is that they only promote based off of competition experience.

He says he’s not used to this and isn’t sure what to do since he personally does not like to compete in Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.

He’s worried that he could be stuck at his current belt level for years just because he doesn’t compete and isn’t sure what to do.

He sends me the message and wonders what I think about the situation.

So, here’s what I have to say…

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You Have to Rethink What GOOD Training is as a Higher Belt in BJJ

Good Training Doesn’t Just Mean Getting Smashed

This Purple Belt Associates Good Training with Being smase

In today’s video I answer a question from a guys who is a purple belt and 1 of the higher belts in his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym.

His question concerns improvement and hard training. Since he’s 1 of the higher belts during the rolling, he doesn’t get smashed like he used to. But when he looks back on his training, he was getting very good, very fast, when he was a newer guy and was getting smashed.

So his question is whether to move to a gym or change his training habits.

So in this video I talk about some ideas that could be useful for anyone in BJJ, but especially for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioners with a fair amount of experience under their belt.

Hope the video helps you.
-Chewy
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Recently I got a question from a White Belt who has recently looked to add more Back-Takes to his game.

So, I figured it I would show you guys one of the best ways to get to back mount that works well for White Belts and will continue to work well for you untill you’re a Black Belt.

This one is a Jiu-Jitsu back take that is super fundamental, and works at any level, while also being simple enough to not overwhelm the average BJJ practitioner.

The reason why I’m showing this as a “White Belt” video is becuase this is 1 of the techniques I show early on to my newer BJJ students that works really well for them when it comes to getting to back mount.

Hopefully you find these ideas helpful if you were struggling to take the back.

– Chewy
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Today’s video is about passing a really good Half-Guard players Guard in Jiu-Jitsu.

I got asked a question from a BJJ Practitioner who says his buddy has a really good half guard and is able to secure an underhook extremely easy when training, which can be extremely frustrating.

He wants to know what I would do to stop this and how I would approach passing half guard.

In this video I will show you guys a really good pass that will help you deal with the half guard and put you into mount, ready to go for the submission.

Hopefully you found the ideas in this video helpful for you if you’re struggling to pass half guard.

– Chewy

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Today we get a question coming from a BJJ White Belt named Scott.

He says that he rolled with his coach a few months ago, just flowing and feeling good about the roll, but a few months later they rolled again…

This time his coach put it on him. Smashed him: submitting him constantly in the round without giving an inch to Scott.

He says that he felt really discouraged after the round, but his coach gave him some serious words of encouragement after the smashing. Still, it stings.

He asked why his coach would beat him up so bad on the practice mats and wonders what he gains from being smashed so badly by his coach?

In this video I’ll give you my perspective about what’s going on, especially if I were the coach in this situation working with Scott (but of course I could be wrong)

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from Victor, who has an issue that all of us are going to, or already have, experienced at some point in our BJJ Journeys.

He is 56 years old, a blue belt, started training Jiu-Jitsu when he was 48 years old, and is a relatively small grappler.

Victor says he has no athletic background and has struggled with certain handicaps in the past. He also says when he’s training, he feels a bit clumsy, and he really struggles to find any success during his rolls.

He says that he was recently rolling with one of the younger upper belts and became very discouraged. When his coach saw this, he said to Victory that he should “Just have fun”.

This apparently triggered something in Victor, and he send this question:

What do you do when Jiu-Jitsu is no longer fun for you, and you know you’re not going to get better?

Well, in this video I try to dive deep into that question and chew on a few ideas surround this issue that many people in the Grappling community run into at some point or another.

Hopefully if you’ve found yourself in a rut like Victor, then the ideas in this video are helpful to you.

– Chewy
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Today’s video is aimed towards White Belts in BJJ.

We’re going to focus both finishing this basic Arm Bar & finding our way back on top when we are stacked from our basic Arm bar.

I was working this Arm Bar technique with one of my White Belts, in a fundamentals class, and he was getting stacked up and wanted to know what to do when this happens.

This is a pretty common problem, so I’m going to show you guys how to solve it, and how I helped my student solve this stack with a simple Sweep.

Hopefully if you’re a Jiu-Jitsu White Belt, then you find these techniques as helpful to use as they were for my students.

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from Joe, a new Black Belt, who has owned a gym and been coaching BJJ for 2 years.

He says that in the years he’s owned the gym, his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu students have improved by leaps and bounds, which he’s super happy about, business is going good too…

But…

He says that he feels like his own technical progress has slowed down because he’s putting such an emphasis on his students, the school, and the business side of things.

He wants to know how he can continue to make progress in his own BJJ while simultaneously providing high quality instruction.

This is a pretty common and tough issue that BJJ Black Belts, or Gym Owners in Jiu-Jitsu, face.

In this video I’ll tell you guys about how I balance the work/coach side of things at the gym a while simultaneously focusing own progress in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

If you’re running into a similar issue, I hope that you found these ideas useful for you.

– Chewy
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Today’s video is going to be a super basic White Belt video for those of you who are newer to Jiu-Jitsu.

I am going to go over the differences between the key lock and the basic kimura. On top of that I’ll show some basic set ups for both.

These are two basic submission attacks in BJJ that most people will learn within their first year, if not earlier, of BJJ.

Although these 2 are pretty basic submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, they are often confused for one another even though they’re quite different.

Hopefully if you’re a white belt in Grappling, training No-Gi or Gi Jiu-Jitsu (or both), you found these ideas useful for you.

– Chewy
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