Hey all you cool grapplers and rollers it’s Chewy. With all of this down time because of the quarantine I’ve found myself watching netflix with Jess a bit more than usual. And the other day we watched that recent shit show of a documentary called Tiger King. And after watching it I can tell you […]
Because I’m not training like normal I wanted to give you a heads up on the video schedule for the next week and until we’re back to training like normal. While I’m not training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu like normal I’ll be posting videos Monday – Friday at 5pm EST. Hopefully this will help give you some […]
Back when I was a White Belt 17 years ago. . . A time when we watched vhs tapes and walked 23 miles in the snow barefoot uphill just to get to BJJ practice. I read an interview that deeply affected the way I practiced. . . It was with Dean Lister who at the […]
I got a question about how to take techniques you’re learning and transfer them to rolling faster. And in this message I also got a second question about experiencing what I call “A-HA” moment during BJJ training. Because Anthony says he was rolling in his Brazilian Jiujitsu class and was so effective and he’s never […]
Finishing a Straight Ankle Lock in the Gi can be tricky. The handles created by the lapels and grips can make it very hard to fully extend and finish the leg lock once you have a snag on the ankle itself. This is the BJJ technique question I got from our buddy Brian G. I […]
Are wrist locks a dirty submissions? Are they cheating? If you use them are you doing something wrong within the typical rules or culture of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu? This is the question I received from Kevin recently. Kevin comes from a traditional martial arts background where he learned a lot of wrist locks and he wants […]
Today’s No Gi rolling video has a ton of great exchanges. Everything from Back Mount counters to leg locks to defending my guard against some big dudes! My favorite roll from this week’s rolling video is against my Brown Belt Rob who is 240lbs and moves like he is small guy at times and was […]
Today’s Q&A question comes from our friend who is a Gracie Jiu-jitsu Brown Belt who recently had to move to a new area which doesn’t have a Gracie Jiu-jitsu gym. He said he started training at one of the local Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gyms and training is fine. That said, he says he wants to receive […]
Today is Friday, March 13th . . . you know what that means, right? No it has nothing to do with a hockey masked serial killer who can magically slow-walk faster than anyone can possibly run. Nope! It’s much cooler than that. It’s my burfday! That’s right. Today marks the 35th anniversary of the day […]
Today’s BJJ technique video is a Oma Plata setup and finish in No Gi. With this technique I use Diamond Guard (you might have another name for it) to setup the submission. You can watch this previous video I did to get more attacks from the position. 4 Effective Submissions for White Belts with a […]