A powerful skill every BJJ player should develop is. . . Learning when to change your game vs your opponent’s. You see, depending on the situation you might be better served to change your plan of action. I do this all the time. For instance, against a larger superior wrestler I’ll pull half […]
In today’s BJJ technique video I show some small adjustments you can make using the collar to get more chokes from Back Mount. These small adjustments in BJJ are sometimes called things like micro adjustments or micro transitions. Which to me means that you have a big move happening (macro) and then you’re making smaller […]
Has anything taken the BJJ world by storm quite like. . . Micro Adjustments? Don’t worry, I’m not here to dogpile on the young White Belt. Although the memes did make me laugh and the young fella deserved a little ball bustin’. I mean if it was one of my guys I’d […]
Let me tell you a story about this one time a street fighter came in for one of our gi classes. I asked him, “Have you ever trained before?” The guy looked around side to side and said, “Well. . . not Jiu-jitsu.” I could tell he wanted to say something more. So I […]
Today’s video is a little different. It’s literally one of the end of class Q&A’s I do with my students. At the end of every class I bring everyone in to see if they have any questions. During the video you’ll see one student ask about passing Butterfly Guard while another student asks about Half […]
One of my night time rituals is reading. I tend to turn my phone off a couple of hours before bed and start my winding down process. And reading is a big part of that. In particular I like ending my day with some thought to help me move into the next […]
Are HIIT workouts good for building cardio for BJJ? That’s the basic question from out friend from Germany (who I will call Karl for the video). Karl is a Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and wanting to build his cardio and is wanting to know if HIIT workouts are useful for doing this. In this […]
Well I’m back from sunny Costa Rica and enjoying the snowy Kentucky. Figured we’d start the week off with a little Q&A from our friend Cole. Here’s his question. ========== Hey chewy got a question for you. As a new white belt when you’re drilling would you recommend training both sides equally or do […]
Today’s question is balancing life off the mats with our BJJ training on the mats. This can be a bit of a struggle as we all have busy lives that take away from our Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training. But, warning, instead of giving tips on how to maintain “perfect balance” in life and on the mats. […]
Today’s BJJ video is a useful strategy that will put you a step ahead of your opponents. You can implement this for pretty much any position in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu because it’s not specific to a technique. Instead it’s specific to a situation. That situation is whenever a change of position happens. For example a sweep […]