Have you ever had to compete against one of your training partners in a BJJ tournament?

This is the problem our friend TJ is faced with in an upcoming Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament.

He says he’s gearing up for one of the biggest competitions in Canada. And he says that right now potentially 3-5 other of his teammates.

In this video I discuss my experience with competing against BJJ teammates both as a competitor and from a coaching stand point.

Again, much of this is personal preference, so everyone is different. But hopefully the information shared in the video will help you if you’re ever in a situation where you have to possibly compete against your teammate in a Brazilian Jiujitsu competition.

And if you’ve ever had any experience with this sort of situation with a BJJ tournament, please leave your thoughts below.

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In this video I’m sharing one of my BJJ rolls with my Brown Belt buddy Kenny from Nashville.

He’s a super tough Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitor who’s won and placed in some really big tournaments and I always enjoy getting a roll with him.

He’s another big guy who likes to get after it, so it’s always fun.

I wanted to share this video because many of you have asked for full rolls. And I think it also illustrates a great example of someone rolling at a good pace.

But not trying to kill one another.

At the end of the video I show him some of the moves that I was using during our roll like the side control escape and underhook fighting from Half Guard.

I hope you enjoy the video of our BJJ training and rolling from this past years Shawn Hammonds Team Training.

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I received a question that really resonates with me. Which is how to balance BJJ training with a relationship.

And in particular, how do you balance a new relationship when you’re trying to train hard.

Like in the case of the person asking the question. How do you balance a new relationship with BJJ training leading into a competition.

This is something I struggled with a lot as a younger guy. In fact I believe I ruined every relationship from the start by now maintaining my schedule and boundaries.

When I would date women I would often struggle to find any balance with a new relationship with training.

This was because I would often slack on my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training during the newness phase of the relationship.

Eventually when I went back to my normal BJJ training schedule. A lot of friction was created with the woman.

And this was understandable to some degree. Because I didn’t really give them a good idea of who I was initially.

In relationships I’m not good with balance. So the way I approach things is simply to do what I want. And then try and find someone who is ok with that.

My girlfriend now, is incredibly supportive and helpful with my training. And I’ve been lucky to have her. And I believe her relationship with me has directly benefitted my life.

And one tip I leave in there is that it may be beneficial to include your significant other into activities at the gym. This way they don’t feel alienated or separated from the gym.

If you’re having trouble balancing a relationship with your BJJ training. I hope this video is helpful!

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Today’s question is about having a garbage top game in BJJ. In the question he says he is decent at guard passing but is unable to maintain top position.

So in this video I share a couple of tips on developing better top pressure and positioning from top.

The 1st tip is about changing your mindset with the BJJ techniques that you’re trying to execute.

In Brazilian Jiu-jitsu if you’re comfortable with a particular position like Guard or fighting from the back.

You may find that you will give up top position because you’re perfectly fine with dropping back to Guard to work from bottom.

If this is the cause. You will have to approach your rolls during a Brazilian Jiujitsu practice with a different mindset. A mindset of being a tough top player who doesn’t give up top position.

The second part of the video gives a couple of basic tips and principles from Side Control on putting yourself into a heavy and properly aligned angle on top.

Things like blocking the hip in side control, not crossing the centerline of the person’s body and keeping your hips tight will all help in developing a strong top position.

If you’re someone having a similar issue as stated in the video. I hope this video helps!
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I got a question from a Lanky BJJ White Belt who is looking to implement his 1st submission option into his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu game.

He says he’s 6’3 175lbs and is able to survive on the mat and now wants to start working towards being able to submit people.

In this video I share my idea on the fact that your anatomy is going to play a huge role in your BJJ game.

You see in Brazilian Jiujitsu. Our body will often dictate some of the techniques we tend to favor early on.

For me as a White Belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu. I LOVED Kimuras. I have somewhat short arms for my height and I am strong. So I can lock up the position very effectively.

In this video my partner is Chad, who has a nasty Triangle Choke game.

And he naturally favored Triangles and Armbars from the guard from the start of his BJJ training when he was just one of the beginners in our classes.

So my answer is modeled off of Chad and I try to show a different type of Triangle Choke setup that I haven’t demonstrated on the channel yet.

If you’re a lanky long White Belt, I hope this video is useful for you in finding your initial submission attack. And more than likely you’ll favor the Full Guard as your main platform for attack.

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This has always been one of the first takedowns I will show any white belt. It works incredibly well. The takedown is completely dependent upon your snapdown.

You are waiting for them to posture up and then you go. This takedown is great for the white belt level and a lot of my students have hit this takedown in competition.

If they don’t react to the snap down it is easy to just snap them into the turtle than take the back.

You don’t always have to do a double leg ether. This is the perfect setup for many other takedowns as well.

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Have you ever competed right after a new BJJ belt promotion? This is what happened to our friend C who is competing on the tail of his recent belt promotion.

He says that essentially he’s nervous and doesn’t want to look like an idiot.

He says his coach even offered to take back the promotion but he declined saying he doesn’t want to be a sand bagger.

In this video I start by explaining that every single BJJ competitors or practitioner that we respect has all lost. Everyone has lost! Period.

I go on to share about my transition from White to Blue Belt in BJJ leading up to my first BJJ tournament at that level.

I go on to share about how I use the anxiety leading up to a fight or BJJ competition to fuel my training to make me better.

Whether you were recently promoted or if you’re just looking for some tips on getting ready for a Brazilian Jiujitsu competition that has you super nervous.

I hope this video helps!
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Recently I posted a video about a guy who was injuring all the women in his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

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In the video I responded to a coach who was dealing with an overly aggressive grappler who was running off all of the women.

Many people responded negatively to the video saying I shouldn’t treat women in BJJ different than men in BJJ.

That we are equal and should be treating accordingly.

And in addition they said that for self defense purposes, I wasn’t preparing women properly.

As a coach for a decade. I can assure you that women and men are biologically not the same.

And typically speaking their societal conditioning isn’t either.

While there are men who are less physically imposing than some women.

For the most part. Men are large and more physically imposing than women.

And keeping that in mind I personally attempt to give women a chance to learn without getting the crap kicked out of them in every training session.

And just to be clear. This is the training method I use with all the people that come into the gym to take on Brazilian Jiujitsu. Men and women.

And when it comes to BJJ for self defense. The stress tolerance BJJ builds takes time!

The techniques of BJJ are useless if they are not accompanied with the ability to handle stress in physical confrontations.

You may know lots of techniques, but what can you do when faced with another person who tries to fight back?

Most people, men or women, are not equipped for that situation. Even if they think they are. And so building people up slowly allows us to build up someone properly.

I hope this video clears things up and makes sense.

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Wrestlers who get into BJJ can often be the worst nightmare of a Guard focused player if that bottom player doesn’t know how to work their game against the wrestler.

In this video I answer a BJJ related question that comes from a viewer on Instgram.

His question is about dealing with Wrestlers in a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competition that is coming up.

In this video I demonstrate my strategy to beating a Wrestler with Half Guard in Brazilian Jiujitsu.

As I show in the video, playing Half Guard can allow you the ability to get under the hips of the Wrestling based grappler to move them and throw them off their base.

That base of theirs is often the toughest part of their game and what keeps them on top of you like glue!

So if you’re having a similar issue to Gui, then I hope this video is helpful to you and helps you should you find yourself up against a Wrestler in a BJJ tournament.

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How to Butt Scoot in BJJ Effectively.

Please. . . don’t take this video seriously.

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The mount was my worst position! I hated getting to the mount because everyone would just escape right away. Here are some tips and different options you have for maintaining the mount and keeping good pressure.

A tip that I didn’t include in this video but is also crutial to holding the position is fighting grips! When you get to the position if you see them pushing on your hips do the technique in the video but also take the grips away from them. They reach for somthing your goal is to maintain position and you do that by constantly fighting grips off than re attacking.

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A common question that gets asked by newcomers to BJJ is whether or not you have to compete to be good at Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

This was the exact question I received from one of the viewers. He’s curious whether or not he has to compete to become good at Brazilian Jiujitsu.

In the video I share my thoughts on whether or not BJJ competitions are a must for progression in the Martial Art / Sport.

I also touch on the ideas of how I think tournaments and competitions can be beneficial to someone’s progression if not entirely a necessity.

I know that wrongly when I was a White Belt in BJJ. I thought that you had to do BJJ competitions.

As I’ve gotten older with years of experience under my belt I’ve realized the error of this thinking.

If you’re someone who is interested in BJJ competitions or curious about their necessity , I hope this video is helpful to you!

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Recently, my buddy Adam who was promoted to BJJ Black Belt.

At out gym walks the gauntlet for Belt Promotions.

This Belt Promotion was absolutely nuts!

It left me speechless.

I’ve never seen someone walk the gauntlet in that manner.

Adam is crazy.

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