jitseasy https://www.jitseasy.com The Best Jiu-Jitsu Search Engine in the World Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:00:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.jitseasy.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-jits-logo-100x100.png jitseasy https://www.jitseasy.com 32 32 143216789 How Long Should You Focus on 1 Technique or Position in BJJ? https://www.jitseasy.com/how-long-should-you-focus-on-1-technique-or-position-in-bjj/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:00:31 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/how-long-should-you-focus-on-1-technique-or-position-in-bjj/ Today we’ve got a question from Chew Crew subscriber, Andrew, who asked the question “How long should a Blue Belt work on a particular technique or position (for example Butterfly guard/armbars/etc.)? Do you work on these things until you are at a Black Belt Level?” This is a good question for BJJ Blue Belts, and […]

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Today we’ve got a question from Chew Crew subscriber, Andrew, who asked the question

“How long should a Blue Belt work on a particular technique or position (for example Butterfly guard/armbars/etc.)? Do you work on these things until you are at a Black Belt Level?”

This is a good question for BJJ Blue Belts, and I will give you a few ideas that I use to this day.

You can use them at Blue Belt, but you can definitely use these ideas from White-Black Belt too.

Hopefully, if you had a similar question, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy

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]]> 248004 Should You Give Up The Stripes On Your BJJ Belt If your New Gym Doesn’t Do Stripes? https://www.jitseasy.com/should-you-give-up-the-stripes-on-your-bjj-belt-if-your-new-gym-doesnt-do-stripes/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:59:39 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/should-you-give-up-the-stripes-on-your-bjj-belt-if-your-new-gym-doesnt-do-stripes/ In this video, I answer a question from a 1 Stripe BJJ Blue Belt. He switched gyms and his new gym doesn’t do stripes, so he is asking whether he should keep the stripe on his belt or give it up? I had a similar situation when I started at my current gym. I received […]

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In this video, I answer a question from a 1 Stripe BJJ Blue Belt. He switched gyms and his new gym doesn’t do stripes, so he is asking whether he should keep the stripe on his belt or give it up?

I had a similar situation when I started at my current gym. I received a Green Belt *typically used for teens), however, at my old gym, the Green Belt was the equivalent of a 2-Stripe White Belt.

Check out the video to see what I did and what I recommend this 1-Stripe Blue Belt does.
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]]> 246952 I Teach a Blue Belt 1 of my Secrets for Adding Heavy Top Pressure https://www.jitseasy.com/i-teach-a-blue-belt-1-of-my-secrets-for-adding-heavy-top-pressure/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:56:51 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/i-teach-a-blue-belt-1-of-my-secrets-for-adding-heavy-top-pressure/ Today I will show you a part of my technique session from one of my Jiu-Jitsu Gi classes at my gym, Derby City MMA. I reviewed with the students how I like to apply pressure and attack the arm in reverse side control. We review a few different attack options that work well in Gi […]

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Today I will show you a part of my technique session from one of my Jiu-Jitsu Gi classes at my gym, Derby City MMA.

I reviewed with the students how I like to apply pressure and attack the arm in reverse side control.

We review a few different attack options that work well in Gi Jiu-Jitsu, No Gi Jiu-Jitsu, and even MMA.

This set of attacks are some of my best and I hope you found this useful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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]]> 247072 Blue Belt Pisses Off Brown Belt with a Sloppy Submission https://www.jitseasy.com/blue-belt-pisses-off-brown-belt-with-a-sloppy-submission/ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:50:48 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/blue-belt-pisses-off-brown-belt-with-a-sloppy-submission/ Today we’ve got a question from a BJJ Blue Belt, named Tye, who recently pissed off his Brown Belt training partner. He’s a young guy & the Brown Belt was someone who essentially took him under his wing. Well, the other day they were rolling, and Tye caught the Brown belt in the Guillotine. The […]

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Today we’ve got a question from a BJJ Blue Belt, named Tye, who recently pissed off his Brown Belt training partner.

He’s a young guy & the Brown Belt was someone who essentially took him under his wing. Well, the other day they were rolling, and Tye caught the Brown belt in the Guillotine.

The Brown Belt does not tap, Tye makes multiple adjustments, and at some point, 4 or so minutes in, after the Brown Belt escaped, he bashed the Blue Belt for the rest of the round.

After they got done rolling the Brown Belt was obviously pissed.

Tye sends the message asking what he should have done in this situation.

In this video, I’ll give you a specific tip to prevent this from happening again. I’ll also discuss the higher belts perspective and what he could have done.

Hopefully, you found the answer useful Tye, and for anyone else out there who has had this situation happen to them, I hope this helps you too.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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]]> 246910 When Being Called Sandbagger Goes from Cheater to Compliment in BJJ https://www.jitseasy.com/when-being-called-sandbagger-goes-from-cheater-to-compliment-in-bjj/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:00:19 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/when-being-called-sandbagger-goes-from-cheater-to-compliment-in-bjj/ Today we’ve got a question from Corey, who is being labeled as a “Sandbagger” in his gym. He says he’s been training Jiu-Jitsu, on again/off again, for 2 years, and so far, he’s just a 2-stripe white belt. Recently, lots of his training partners and coaches are telling him he’s ready for Blue Belt. At […]

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Today we’ve got a question from Corey, who is being labeled as a “Sandbagger” in his gym.

He says he’s been training Jiu-Jitsu, on again/off again, for 2 years, and so far, he’s just a 2-stripe white belt.

Recently, lots of his training partners and coaches are telling him he’s ready for Blue Belt. At the same time, his head coach has not talked about this at all.

On top of that, at the recent belt promotions he did NOT get a Blue Belt, in fact, he didn’t even get another stripe on his White Belt.

So, he’s at a loss, because he doesn’t want people to have hard feelings towards him, because being labeled a sandbagger in BJJ is not the best thing to be called.

However, he doesn’t know how to approach his coach about the subject, because he personally does not care much about his belt color or rank.

He asked what I think about the issue & what advice I could give on the subject.

Thanks for watching.

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]]> 245650 My Student Experienced the Magical Powers of Blue Belt https://www.jitseasy.com/my-student-experienced-the-magical-powers-of-blue-belt/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:55:47 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/my-student-experienced-the-magical-powers-of-blue-belt/ Today’s video is about one of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students who is feeling the “magical power” of the Blue Belt. All jokes aside, he is having something related to the Blue Belt. He’s seeing some serious jumps in his game. When I was watching him, he looked way better than he normally did. He’s noticeably […]

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Today’s video is about one of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu students who is feeling the “magical power” of the Blue Belt.

All jokes aside, he is having something related to the Blue Belt. He’s seeing some serious jumps in his game.

When I was watching him, he looked way better than he normally did. He’s noticeably becoming more fluid and purposeful.

Even rolling with him he felt super dangerous.

After our roll, I told him he felt like he really Improved. I asked him why he felt that way. He said, “Well, I don’t really feel like I have any pressure on myself lately.”

This is a super interesting thing to hear, as most people who have recently been promoted feel the opposite. They usually feel a massive amount of pressure as a newer, higher, belt rank.

I’ll talk about times I accepted certain uncomfortable situations, let the pressure off myself, and how these things made me perform much better.

Whether it’s BJJ, MMA, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, or anything else you do, today’s topic is an interesting exploration into “AH HA Moments” that tend to come from a more relaxed state (like my recent Blue Belt).

Hopefully, if you’re putting a lot of pressure on yourself, then you found this video helpful.

– Chewy
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]]> 244585 BJJ Student is Afraid of Losing in Front of His Coach https://www.jitseasy.com/bjj-student-is-afraid-of-losing-in-front-of-his-coach/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:00:35 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/bjj-student-is-afraid-of-losing-in-front-of-his-coach/ Today we’ve got a question from Joe who is wondering what BJJ Black Belts/Jiu-Jitsu Instructors watch for when looking at students rolling. He says that his gym is like most where they do a basic warm-up, drill techniques, then do live rounds. He says that there are so many times that he wants to work […]

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Today we’ve got a question from Joe who is wondering what BJJ Black Belts/Jiu-Jitsu Instructors watch for when looking at students rolling.

He says that his gym is like most where they do a basic warm-up, drill techniques, then do live rounds.

He says that there are so many times that he wants to work on something new, but he’s scared that this might make him look bad Infront of his coach: because with most new techniques you try, you suck at them initially.

He doesn’t want his coach to think “Damn, he’s not improving and he’s not ready for advancement”

Joe, it would be helpful if you talked to your coach for clarification, but here’s how I view my students’ rolls…

Hopefully, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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]]> 244527 Effective Strategy for Skill Growth as a BJJ Blue Belt & Beyond https://www.jitseasy.com/effective-strategy-for-skill-growth-as-a-bjj-blue-belt-beyond/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 18:30:11 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/effective-strategy-for-skill-growth-as-a-bjj-blue-belt-beyond/ What’s up guys, So today we’ve got a question from an Ultra Heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu competitor by the name of Dan. He’s also a Blue Belt who feels very stuck in his Jiu-Jitsu training. He rarely feels threatened by the White Belts but finds himself getting Wrecked by the other Blue Belts & Purple Belts. This […]

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What’s up guys,

So today we’ve got a question from an Ultra Heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu competitor by the name of Dan.

He’s also a Blue Belt who feels very stuck in his Jiu-Jitsu training.

He rarely feels threatened by the White Belts but finds himself getting Wrecked by the other Blue Belts & Purple Belts. This is clearly very frustrating for him.

He’s wondering how he can start to close the gap with some of the mid to higher belts.’

In the video, I’ll talk about how this is the perfect thing to happen now. Blue Belt is one of the belt levels where you’ll have a chance to learn the fastest for many reasons that I’ll go through in this video.

Hopefully, you found this helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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]]> 243441 Promoted to BJJ Blue Belt in Less Than 1 Year (And He Hates It!) https://www.jitseasy.com/promoted-to-bjj-blue-belt-in-less-than-1-year-and-he-hates-it/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:08:46 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/promoted-to-bjj-blue-belt-in-less-than-1-year-and-he-hates-it/ Today our question comes from a viewer who got their BJJ Blue Belt in 8 months… Now, for most of you, 8 months is pretty cool… for him, it’s not so cool. He sees on the internet that, for most people, a Blue Belt is 1.5-2 years on average, and he feels uneasy about it. […]

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Today our question comes from a viewer who got their BJJ Blue Belt in 8 months…

Now, for most of you, 8 months is pretty cool…

for him, it’s not so cool. He sees on the internet that, for most people, a Blue Belt is 1.5-2 years on average, and he feels uneasy about it.

He feels like he may not of had enough time to develop and is getting a bit of imposter syndrome.

He then competed at Blue Belt, lost his first match quick, got embarrassed, and left the competition feeling deflated.

That lingering “boogyman” in his head telling him he’s not ready was validated by that competition telling him that he does not belong.

He’s had a couple weeks off, but coming back he has this overwhelming feeling of anxiety and does not trust his Blue Belt.

He’s asking for some advice on the whole situation.

I got my Blue Belt really quick too (although I was a wrestler) and I’ll kinda tell you how I dealt with this “imposter syndrome” or lack of readiness.

Hopefully you found this video helpful. Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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]]> 243295 The Worst Type of BJJ Videos to Study (If You Want to Improve) https://www.jitseasy.com/the-worst-type-of-bjj-videos-to-study-if-you-want-to-improve/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:54:16 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/the-worst-type-of-bjj-videos-to-study-if-you-want-to-improve/ Today we have a question from Brennan, a self-proclaimed over-scroller on social media. He said that he continues to come across techniques online (specifically short-form content) and sees stuff that he would like to use for his Jiu-Jitsu training. However, even though he saves a bunch of these videos, he said he never uses them. […]

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Today we have a question from Brennan, a self-proclaimed over-scroller on social media.

He said that he continues to come across techniques online (specifically short-form content) and sees stuff that he would like to use for his Jiu-Jitsu training.

However, even though he saves a bunch of these videos, he said he never uses them.

Now he’s a Blue Belt and is trying new stuff out on White Belts & wonders if there are any tips I have for him to use all the short-form techniques he finds scrolling through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu pages.

P.S. This is totally my opinion.

But there tends to be a lack of nuance in many of those short-form videos (not that they’re completely bad), and in today’s video, I’ll explain to Brennan, and the rest of you watching, why I look at short-form techniques as potato chips vs. long form/instructionals/classes as steak.

Hopefully, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy

P.S If you’d like a great book on controlling your technology habits, check out Cal Newport’s book Digital Minimalism.
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