My 225lbs BJJ Black Belt Moves Like a Lightweight (Chewjitsu Rolling)

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Back by popular demand is a video with some rolling. But as I mentioned in 1 of my past videos. I didn’t want to show crazy highlights of me trying beat up my students or anything like that. But I figured it would be fun to include you in on one of our classes.

So in today’s BJJ rolling video you’ll get to be a fly on the wall for 1 of my Brazilian Jiu-jitsu classes and hang out, learn a little Jiu-jitsu and even catch some of the banter and friendly trash talk in between rolls.

The class was focused on triangle defense and counters as well as breaking the guard. So after technique we did a lot of rolling focused on the guard passing battle and rolled with a special rule where a person wins if they lock guard. I explain why in the video.

Hope you enjoy the clips from class.

-Chewy

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My Friend Got in Trouble for Training with Marcelo Garcia

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In today’s video I answer a question from a young guy who’s had a run in with an insecure BJJ coach.

Here’s the deal. While on vacation with family he decided to do what many of us do. . . find a place to train. He said he had a great experience at the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu gym he visited and didn’t think anything of it.

That is, until he got a nasty message from his coach on social media who was angry he trained somewhere else.

With that, Miguel wanted to know what my advice would be on how to deal with this situation. So in the video I share some experiences I had in the past that were similar as well as a friend of mines and try to give him a few useful perspectives to chew on.

If you’re in a similar situation, then I hope it helps.

-Chewy

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Secret Training to Make Our BJJ Effective for the Streetzzz

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Every year before Halloween me and my gym do our annual Suit Rolling session. It originally started off in 2012 with a group of us wearing cheap suits from thrift stores into suits, costumes and whatever else.

The session usually starts with some rolling and then ends with a free for all of people doing Jiu-jitsu and ripping clothes.

It’s a ridiculous and an absolute blast.

Thanks for watching the video and happy halloween.

-Chewy

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I Hate It When MMA Fighters Call BJJ. . . Jitz. . .

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Today’s video is a short one about a word that people call Jiu-jitsu that makes me cringe.

The other day on social media I posted about how I hate it when people call Jiu-jitsu “jits” or “jitz” and I got several questions as to why that is. Well in the video I’ll explain why.

And I’m curious as to whether or not you dislike the word like I do or if you use it yourself. This isn’t a wrong or right thing. Just is. But I’m curious. So, watch the video and share your thoughts in the comments.

-Chewy

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Cauliflower Ear: Gross Disfigurement or Symbol of Toughness?

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Recently I was asked if I actually like having cauliflower ear. Many people know that cauliflower ear is a part of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and grappling. Many wear it as a “badge of honor” while others see it as gross.

In this video I share my ideas on it and how I feel about mine.

If you train in BJJ or grappling this isn’t to sway you one way or the other. It’s just an idea to chew on.

-Chewy

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Black Belts give New Blue Belt a Friendly Shark-Tank in Costa Rica

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Today’s video is a vlog from my most recent trip to Hero Academy in Costa Rica back in January of 2022. One of the fun highlights of the Costa Trip is a rolling session up on top of a spot that overlooks the oceans called Eagles Nest.

During this year’s sunset rolling session I decided to promote one of my White Belt students to Blue Belt.

You’ll see some rolling and fun from the trip. As well as a Black Belt shark tank on the new Blue Belt. Hope you enjoy the video.

-Chewy

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How Does Your BJJ Coach Break Class after Technique Instruction ?

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In your BJJ gym how do you break after your coach teaches a technique? Every year at our Costa Rica Brazilian Jiu-jitsu retreat Shawn and I always fight over the “proper” way to break our classes.

Any of you who have attended understand what’s going on here.

Anyways, I leave it to you internet world. How does your gym do their break after teaching a technique?

-Chewy

BJJ Black Belts & MMA Fighters Test Out Bad Self Defense Techniques

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Recently while on Youtube the algorithm targeted me for a video showing a “Jiujitsu vs Karate” takedown. The technique was close to an actual wrestling technique used but missing some key steps to make it effective. I went down the rabbit hole and saw several techniques labeled “self defense” techniques that in my opinion as a martial artist of 20 years and a former professional fighter, wouldn’t work.

In this video Ramsey and I have a little fun trying out some of the techniques. Btw, if you like these kinds of videos. Ramsey has several on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RamseyDewey

Obviously, I’m not taking myself to seriously with this whole thing but many of the techniques are awful and shouldn’t be practiced with the idea that they are going to work.

Combat style martial arts aren’t necessarily realistic for the streets. But they are realistic for an altercation with a person who is 100% resisting.

From my own experience and from those of my students in law enforcement or just those who had to defend themselves. BJJ, Boxing, Judo, Sambo, Wrestling, Kickboxing, etc are incredibly effective martial art for defending yourself in a hand to hand situation.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the video.

-Chewy

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Skinny BJJ Beanpole Struggling to Hold Top Position on Bigger Guys

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Today’s video is in response to a question I got from a small guy who’s struggling with big guys during his BJJ training. He’s a self-described bean pole who’s struggling to hold top position against his training partners.
He says he tries to hold mount a lot. And he also says that since he’s a good guard player he often feel comfortable to just sit back and allow his opponent’s to come up on top.

In today’s BJJ strategy video I’ll give you a few ideas to chew on regarding this situation in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, because it’s common. Keep in mind I’m not a small man. But I’ve still been with plenty of men much larger than I am who can throw me off if I get out of position.
I’ve also been coaching for over a decade and have seen how my smaller students gain the advantage over their larger opponents at time.
Now before I end this. Let me share this. I think any position can be used if done correctly. But I also believe that certain positions are easier than others for certain situations. In particular, I don’t think mount is the best position against people that are much larger than you. In the video I’ll explain why.
-Chewy
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Street fighter quit 15 minutes into 1st BJJ class

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Let me tell you a story about this one time a street fighter came in for one of our gi classes.

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I asked him, “Have you ever trained before?”

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The guy looked around side to side and said, “Well. . . not Jiu-jitsu.”

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I could tell he wanted to say something more. So I asked, “Have you trained something else?”

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The man in front of me looked down at his left hand then his right (which were balled up into two fists covered in poorly done tattoos). His eyes raised back up making direct contact with mine and his fists moved up to the middle of his chest and he told me,

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“I’ve trained in the street with these hands.”

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Now I’m a professional and so when he said this. I kept a big ole smile on my face and remained helpful.

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But deep down. . . I was a mixture of amused and annoyed.

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Anyways, I gave him a spare gi and paired him with one of my advanced guys to help him. I thought maybe I could convert him over to training instead of street fighting.

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During the class we worked on some grip fighting and takedowns.

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As I tell my guys. Control the grips and you control everything. So it’s a super important aspect of grappling.

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In case you’re curious the grip fighting techniques I show in my classes are the same ones I show in my Get a Grip video series. If you want to get your grappling grippers on proven ways to break and control grips then press the link below.

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​https://www.Chewjitsu.net/Grips​

Back to the story!

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My conversion hopes were dashed after about 15 minutes into class when I look over to see him sitting on the bench taking off the spare gi and putting his shoes on.

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When I asked if he was leaving he said, “Yeah, I’m not good at all this Gi fighting stuff. I need more skin on skin contact.”

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That’s literally verbatim. Skin on skin contact. I’m not sure if he was coming on to me or if it was more of a desire to roll with his shirt off like MMA fighters do in their fights.

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But either way, he left, and we all had a little chuckle from it. And hopefully the story made you crack a grin as well this morning.

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Have an awesome weekend. Talk you Monday.

-Chewy