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Stop Trying to Remember Techniques as a BJJ White Belt

July 27, 2022/in BJJ, Training /by Jack C

Ever struggle with remembering Brazilian Jiu-jitsu techniques? If you’re like most of us, then I’m sure you have. Especially early on. And this is the main topic for today’s question that comes from Sarah who’s a White Belt and can’t seem to remember all the techniques from her BJJ Classes.

So, in the video I share some ideas on why not being able to retain each technique you learn is normal and why it’s not even necessary for being good at BJJ. Sure, overtime you’ll remember more and more of them. But it’s not like forgetting a couple of techniques you don’t use will break your ability to be a good BJJ practitioner. In particular I share a story from my high school wrestling days that illustrates why, and why I never got too worried when I didn’t remember each technique when I was coming up.

Hope the video is useful to you!

-Chewy

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Is This Blue Belt Hobbyist a “Rest Roll” for a Purple Belt Competitor?

July 25, 2022/in Beginners, BJJ, Training /by Jack C

In today’s video I answer a question from a BJJ Blue Belt named Clint about whether or not he’s become the rest roll in his gym for some of the other students who are more focused on competitors. He says that 1 tough purple belt in particular seems to want to roll with him regularly and kind of comes after him.

So in this video I share some ideas on the “rest rolls” but I also chat about something that I see happen in my gym when a student improves. Often as a student’s BJJ gets better the higher belts will roll a little harder with them out of respect for their game.

Now, keep in mind all of these perspectives come from my experience and everyone is different. Either way, I hope this helps Clint.

And if you had a similar question, I hope it helps you as well.

-Chewy

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White Belt Wrestler is Breaking The Spirits of Blue Belts in his BJJ Gym

July 19, 2022/in Beginners, BJJ, Competition, Training /by Jack C

In today’s Q&A I answer a question from a White Belt with a strong wrestling base who is breaking the spirits of some of the higher belts in his gym.

He says he’s been training for over a year (mostly no gi) and came into BJJ with a strong wrestling background. During rolling he says he’s able to give many of the higher belts fits and, in some cases, beat some of them.

Well, he noticed that after beating some of the higher belts they seemed discouraged.

So his question is, should he keep doing what he’s doing or take it easy on them?

In the video I’ll address this question and lay out why taking it easy on them would not be a good idea.

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Hunt Submission in BJJ Like a Big Cat in The Wild

July 8, 2022/in BJJ, Competition, Submissions /by Jack C

In BJJ everyone wants to be more offensive and hit more submissions. It’s fun! In Brazilian Jiu-jitsu nothing feels quite as good as a well-timed submission. And so today’s question comes from a White Belt who said he’s defense is good but wants to turn up the offense now.

So in this video I’ll share 2 things. #1 I’ll share something that will destroy your ability to be offensive on the mats against similarly skilled opponents. #2 is a simple idea to eliminate this problem and how to become laser focused on your offensive techniques and submissions.

Now, I won’t lie to you. The idea is super simple. But it’s effective. It’s something I still do to this day. And when I think of all my best students and friends in grappling, they do the same thing.

So anyways. . . Hope the video gives you some useful ideas to assist you with your training.

-Chewy

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Finish More Subs in Front Headlock with This 3 Choke Attack Sequence

July 4, 2022/in BJJ, Submissions /by Jack C

In today’s technique video I’ll teach you 3 brutal chokes from the front headlock position in BJJ. I say brutal because they’re tough chokes. For instance, a rear naked choke in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a pretty smooth choke when done with good depth, all things considered.

But in the case of a Darce, Anaconda and the Arm-in Guillotine. . . there’s are a lot of “suck” to them. The Darce in particular hurts even when it’s done perfectly.

What’s cool about this video is the tecnique is shown as a sequence where if 1 fails you just move to another. This is a quality you’d like to have for pretty much any position you try to get especially skilled with in BJJ. So hopefully the video will give you some useful ideas on how to make this happen.

Anyways, hope the technique video gives you some useful ideas for your training. Happy submission hunting my friends.

-Chewy

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EBI Overtime Rounds and Takedowns w/ a Pro MMA Fighter

June 29, 2022/in BJJ, Competition, Training /by Jack C

Today’s video is a mixture of rolls from one of our training sessions really. We didn’t edit the video much. It’s more of a fly on the wall situation to watch rolling.

The rolling begins with some EBI style rounds where we start in back mount and try to escape and then begin in an armbar position or what they call the spider web.

Afterwards we mix in some full rolling, and you’ll see me doing some wall work takedowns with one of our pro MMA fighters. This is a useful style of grappling to mimic being pinned against a cage wall and trying to fight.

Hope you enjoy the video!

-Chewy

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Why You Should Roll with BJJ White Belts Like It’s a Fight

June 23, 2022/in Beginners, BJJ, Training /by Jack C

Today’s video is from a BJJ White Belt who’s about 2 years into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and says that he is always getting injured. His question is whether or not BJJ is even right for him. Possibly he’s too fragile or something.

Now I cannot answer that question, because who knows? I’ve seen some seemingly frail people become expert grapplers while some stout dudes ended up quitting early on.

Instead, I went on to ask him more about his rolling and he said he tries to take things slow and easy during rolling. Now this might seem like a smart idea, and against higher BJJ belts it can be.

But as I’ll explain in the video. Rolling like this against lower belts can be downright dangerous.

Hopefully the video is useful to you with your training and hopefully helps you avoid some injuries.

-Chewy

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Easily Stop Darce & Guillotine Chokes from Half Guard Bottom in BJJ

June 20, 2022/in BJJ, Defenses Escapes Counters, Submissions, Sweeps /by Jack C

Do you get submitted with Darce or Guillotine chokes when you try to use Half Guard Sweeps in BJJ?If that’s the case then this video could be helpful to you.

As a half guard player in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu I used to struggle with getting choked from the position. People would dive on my neck and catch the submission. But over the years I’ve found some simple ways to counter their attempts and still maintain good position to get my sweeps.

With that said, the idea in the video is simple. I’ll show you how to prioritize your submission defense and your sweep attempts. I’ll also show you some simple hand fighting ideas that will make it way harder to submit you with a darce or a guillotine choke.

Hope the ideas prove useful to you as a half guard player in Brazilian Jiujitsu.

Also, if you’d like to give your half guard sweeps a boost. I go into more detail specifically for half guard sweeps in my half guard sweeper series. Click the link below to learn more. https://www.chewjitsu.net/sweeper

Talk to you next time.

-Chewy

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