Want a little secret to winning more BJJ competitions, hitting more techniques and being smoother on the mats during your Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training? It might even help you the next time you’re on a date. . . The tip? Don’t be needy. This comes from a conversation I had with a Purple Belt competitor at […]
With the endless number of BJJ technique videos out there. How useful are they for your live training when you get to the gym? This is the question from Amir who wants to know how valuable videos are for his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training. In this video I give some ideas to consider both from my […]
One of my favorite chapters inside a book is chapter 2 of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. In this chapter he outlines the basic idea (that flows throughout the whole book) that one of the most powerful things human beings can do is. . . Tell fictional stories that create an imagined reality […]
In today’s BJJ technique video I share an idea on passing flexible people with the double under pass. The question comes from Rob who is struggling to finish the pass during his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training. I give two different options for using the double under pass (sometimes called the double stack pass) on flexible guard […]
Want to know what makes me the happiest as a BJJ coach? Watching a student hit a new technique that I KNOW I taught him. It’s the best! And that happened yesterday, let me tell ya the story. I have this young kid we’ll call Reginald. Reginald started training with me […]
BJJ Question from Adolfo. Here’s what he asks. . . ========== Chewy, sometimes online I hear Black Belts suggest, “Train with intention” what exactly does that mean to you? I’m never really clear what that means. ========== When you hear a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belt say train with intention it’s very simple. It just means […]
In today’s technique video my Black Belt buddy James Clingerman shows a sneaky Peruvian Neck Tie setup and finish from the front headlock position when defending a takedown. I’m not much of a Peruvian Neck Tie person, but James has a lot of success with them so I wanted to snag a video with him […]
Was dabbling around on Instagram yesterday responded to a young guy. He said, ==== “Why do people get caught up on if they get tapped in practice lol that’s the point” ==== Now it’s easy to wag the finger at someone who’s struggling with failure. But we all go through it at some […]