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White Belt Lesson I Didn’t Understand Until Brown Belt in BJJ

Gary Berger — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:51:26 +0000

Today’s video is for those of you in your first couple of years of training, who struggles with defense, escaping side control, bottom of mount, anything like that.

It’s a White Belt lesson that we all get, that I didn’t grasp until I was a Brown Belt in BJJ.

Hopefully, if you’re new to training in jiu-jitsu, you will find this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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This Happens to Every BJJ White Belt (If They Get Good)

Gary Berger — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:34:04 +0000

If you’re a BJJ White Belt, or even a young Wrestler, as you progress, you will run into THIS problem…

Today we’ve got a question from Ben.

He said:

“I’m 46 years old; my son and I are about 6 months into BJJ. My question, at the moment, is that I feel like my Jiu-Jitsu is regressing. I feel like I get compliments about my skill level and progression from upper belts, but there’s not a lot of White Belts in my gym, and lately, in my open rolls, I’ve felt very stagnant… I feel like I’m reacting to all the information… I don’t want this lack of confidence to rear its head in competition. (What do you recommend I do?)”

I’ll dive deep into overcoming stagnation in BJJ and more in this video.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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New BJJ White Belt asks, “Am I being a P@$$Y?”

Gary Berger — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:51:07 +0000

Today, we’ve got a question from a brand NEW BJJ White Belt.

He’s 36 years old, 5 feet 11, and 270 lbs. He’s a big fella.

During his first week of rolling, someone put a shin staple on him during one training session. The shin was just cutting into his arm, making it really painful. His training partner was super shocked by this.

He says he realizes he is just being a p***** & wonders how to make it hurt a lot less.

Most people come into Jiu-Jitsu with some level of naivety, and I’ll try to address the reality of it, especially for new people.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu hurts!

I’ll discuss this fact of BJJ life and more in this video.

If you’re having a similar problem as a newer grappler in BJJ then hopefully you found this video helpful. Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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When Being Called Sandbagger Goes from Cheater to Compliment in BJJ

Gary Berger — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:00:19 +0000

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.

– Chewy
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What Should A BJJ White Belt Focus On In The First 12 Months In Jiu Jitsu?

Gary Berger — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:15:56 +0000

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Fundamental Armbar from Full Guard for Beginners in BJJ

Gary Berger — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:01:42 +0000

Today’s video comes as a request from a viewer named Jake.

Jake is a white belt and ask for some Arm Bar techniques that work well and are easy to learn for beginners in Jiu-Jitsu.

In this video I’ll give you guys 2 different Arm Bar techniques that can definitely help you out if you’re a white belt in BJJ (or any belt level for that matter!)

For both techniques I’ll point out some minor gripping details that I would use in both the Gi and No-Gi BJJ situations. On top of that, I will teach you some basic concepts to help you hold the position tighter and keep your partners posture broken.

I’ll also introduce some different guard variations, starting from closed guard, like the Diamond Guard, which help me secure my Arm Bars when I can’t catch them quickly & how to take advantage of common mistakes White Belts make when they’re stuck in someone’s Closed Guard.

Hopefully if you’re a White Belt, or really anyone who wants to improve your Arm Bars for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or MMA, then you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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Don’t Be Emotionally Soft with BJJ White Belts (Give Them Guidance!)

Gary Berger — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:34:59 +0000

Today we’ve got a question from Luke, a White Belt, who is having a problem that many White Belts in Jiu-Jitsu are going to have.

I had this problem as a White Belt, and per many of your messages, many of you also have.

So, he sends me a message and says he’s done 8 months of BJJ, 4 days a week, and he’s a younger grappler. He states that when he rolls, the higher belts will make remarks after the roll, scolding him, saying something to the effect of “stop being a spazzy White Belt/you’re rolling too hard/chill out, etc.”

He even says that he takes the comments to heart and tries his best to ease up and be more relaxed when he rolls.

But, even when he does this, the comments continue to come.

He’s frustrated with the situation and ask if I have any ideas on how to fix this issue.

In the video I’ll try to give a couple of solutions that can help out Luke and any other white belts who are running into this problem.

Thanks for watching, hopefully you found this video helpful!

– Chewy
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Best Advice for Big Guy White Belts in BJJ

Gary Berger — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:16:36 +0000

Today we have question from a fellow big fella named Sam.

He asks,

“Chewy what would you say to a White Belt in BJJ, who is bigger than the rest of the class, other than to simply play defense?”

I’m not sure where Sam heard this advice, but if he were my student this is NOT what I advise you to do, or at least not what I would say anyone’s main focus in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu should be.

Instead, I tell Sam the one thing I think he SHOULD focus on in training, especially as a big boy.

This idea is something that I base off the competitive big guys in my room, past and present, who were/are really tough to deal with during live rolls.

Even in competition, when I have the most trouble with bigger grapplers it’s usually the ones who have clearly made THIS the focus of their game, or at least a big part of it.

If you’re a big man, or woman, and want to develop a well-rounded & complex Jiu-Jitsu game, then I think applying some of the ideas from this video will help you do just that.

Playing Jiu-Jitsu like this will also make you a much more inviting roll for smaller grapplers during training, and just be helpful for you overall growth in the martial art.

Hopefully if you’ve found yourself in a situation like Sam’s, then you found the ideas in this video helpful.

-Chewy
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Gary Berger — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:10:00 +0000

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Important Advice For The Injured BJJ White Belt

Gary Berger — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:03:35 +0000

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