Grip strength and grip endurance is a big question for people getting into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

I’ve received questions from countless BJJ practitioners about how to build better grip strength because during their matches or rolls in the gym they feel like their grip goes out.

Today’s question comes from KevMed who says that despite weight lifting. He lacks grip strength when he is training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

In this video I briefly touch on the idea of building stronger grips and focus more on how to make your grips last longer as a White Belt.

As a White Belt I can almost guarantee that KevMed is grabbing everything with a death grip.

I say this because I know as a BJJ White Belt. . . I did. And as a coach I see this over and over again with my new White Belts.

The newer people in the gym will hold grips as tight as they can and will wear their hands out in a minute or so and then are left with nothing.

So if you’re a newer White Belt or someone who just finds themselves gripping everything as tight as possible. Then I hope this tip is helpful!

-Chewy
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When stuck inside someone’s Full Guard in BJJ. What should you be going for? Breaking grips, passing, posture, etc?

This is the question that comes to us from Jordan Patricio who is having issues working out of Full Guard during Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.

In this video I touch on the basic prioritization with grip breaking, posturing up and passing the Guard.

One of the big ideas I touch on in the video is the idea of dominating grips after their broken. This way it stops the person from reestablishing their grips again.

And the second big idea is to view the Full Guard as a bad position for the person on top. And as such. When you’re on top. Look at it as an escape situation instead of a offensive situation.

This mindset shift to breaking and passing the guard helped me to slow down in this position.

If you’re in these situations in BJJ. I hope this video is helpful.

-Chewy
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I recently got a question from a BJJ practitioner who is at a new gym and is struggling with her ranking.

She says that she’s a 3 stripe White Belt. But her BJJ training has been broken up a bit. And she also says that this particular Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym is very tough.

Her question is how to deal with the feeling of false advertising when she’s in the gym with her belt.

She has 3 stripes on her White Belt but she doesn’t feel like a 3 stripe BJJ White Belt.

In this video, I talk about a situation where I felt very similar as a Brown Belt.

I had gone down to train at a really tough gym and by the end of the 1st night I felt like I was being an imposter.

But I was able to get over the mental block and make the most of my time by taking on the mindset I did when I was a fresh new BJJ White Belt myself.

I hope this video is useful for you if you’re in a situation like this. Where you go to a Brazilian Jiujitsu gym and feel like you don’t measure up.

-Chewy
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