Today’s BJJ technique is one of my absolute favorite takedowns for Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. I demonstrate the technique in both gi and no gi. One of the big reasons I love it so much is because many BJJ practitioners have a very passive and defensive stance with takedowns. Usually this is where their butt is waaaay […]
Today’s video question comes from a Blue Belt who recently moved to a new BJJ gym and doesn’t feel up to the standard of the new gym. His question to me was how to deal with the situation he’s facing. In this video I give 3 different ideas as to what could be going on […]
Today’s BJJ question comes from a young jacked guy who said he’s doing really well but experiencing a problem. That problem being that some of the guys he’s beating make excuses about his strength. This is a common problem in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu where people have been conditioned to believe that technique is all that matters. […]
Today’s video is a question about strongman competitors rolling with BJJ Black Belts and UFC fighters. The question comes from a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner who said he watched the videos and noticed everyone in the comments saying that BJJ doesn’t really work. And during the videos the BJJ Black Belts struggled with the strongmen. So […]
I recently did a video title: 4 Full Guard Sweeps Every BJJ White Belt Should Learn As Early As Possible. It was fairly popular and several people asked for some open guard sweeps as well. So in today’s video I’m going to show you 5 different BJJ sweeps from 5 different open guards that even […]
In this no gi BJJ rolling session you’ll see some fun action. It starts off with me rolling with one of my White Belts. I was working for my back take series from the Double Under guard pass (he knew it) and it led to one of the funkiest submissions I’ve hit in a while. […]
If you’re forced to roll with higher belts in BJJ, will it hinder your progress? This is the question today from a White Belt who’s recently been placed into a higher level Brazilian Jiu-jitsu class. Here’s what happened. His BJJ coach divided the training groups up due to covid concerns. He had the White […]
Question today from a young lad who’s wanting to pursue a martial arts based career. . . Here’s the question. =================== Hey Chewy, I’m a fan from the UK, BJJ blue belt and amateur MMA fighter looking to turn pro in the future. I was wondering if you had any advice for the best jobs […]
The other day I was messing around with an old Pendulum Sweep setup that I don’t really use much anymore, but that used to be one of my favorite options from Full Guard as a BJJ White Belt. Now I don’t use it much anymore because I branched off into other Jiu-jitsu positions like Half […]
In today’s Q&A video I got a question from a new Blue Belt who asked me what I would do differently when I was a BJJ Blue Belt. He asks because he wants to make the most of his time in Jiu-Jitsu and wanted to get some ideas from me. So in this video […]