Today’s video is a quick video about how BJJ Black Belts get their stripes and promotions. So in the video I share the basics of how I’ve been promoted and how the common stripe/belt promotion practice takes place for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belts. Now, I’m sure some systems could be different than the one […]
Should White Belts and newer BJJ practitioners practice and drill techniques to both sides? That’s the comment I’m replying to that came from one of the viewers the other day. Here’s the original video: https://youtu.be/HDowUHDOdmE In the video I talk about how I’ve been encouraging my BJJ students practice their rear chokes and submissions […]
In Brazilian Jiu-jitsu we are often in close proximity of our training partners in a way that simply doesn’t happen often in our regular day to day lives. And this is even more true when we talk about a woman rolling with a man. In this video I answer a question from Rod who […]
Adding focus to your BJJ training is one of the more important lessons I could teach you for rolling. Just as you focus on a technique during drilling and technique repetition you then need to focus on it if you want to drive the movement home in regards to learning it. In this video […]
Yesterday I spent most of the day looking at homes with my lady then I had to meal prep. Which is all fine and good but it didn’t leave any time working out! And while this may not be a problem for you, the Chewster doesn’t sleep too hot without some activity. […]
Want me to give you a powerful and advanced lesson for your BJJ game that is also ultra simple? In the video I do just that. Now it’s a lesson that can be used at anytime in your grappling training but it’s often overlooked. It’s also a training technique that most people will […]
Today’s No Gi rolling video comes from a BJJ team training session we had in Nashville back in 2019. During the rolls you’ll see me roll with Chad (the young Black Belt I promoted), Kenny (another Black Belt) and a bunch of others on my team. The rolling video covers a lot of different […]
In today’s BJJ Q&A video I answer a question from a competitive BJJ Blue Belt who says that he is enjoying the variety that Brazilian Jiu-jitsu offers, but he says that with all this variety he is struggling to determine his best techniques and finding the balance between experimenting with new techniques and sharpening the […]
I want you to think of a tree. Imagine it’s root system dug deep into the earth, the trunk climbing to the sky, branches reaching out further and leaves to rest on the ends. Got the image in your head? Ok good, save it because we’re going to use it in just a […]
So Today is the big day. I’ll be releasing The NEW Chewjitsu Vault with you around 6pm EST. You’ll have a chance to dig into the lessons content I’ve picked out for January which includes some escape lessons and ideas shared through video and a written newsletter, narrated rolling, a written blurb about the […]