What’s up guys, today we’ve got a question from a guy named Brian who has this idea that I think a lot of us in the martial arts world tend to hold.

Brian is getting ready to compete as a Blue Belt and he’s nervous.

He said he competed a little bit as a BJJ White Belt but didn’t feel great doing it.

He says he feels pretty dang good when he’s practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the gym, but when he gets out on the competition mats, the nerves take over.

Because of this, he feels like he always underperforms.

He says he’d like to get rid of the fear and asked if I had any tips to help out with that.

In this video I’ll try to share something with Brian that most fighters/grapplers come to terms with as far as competition goes, that actually SKYROCKETS your ability to compete, and it might surprise you.

Hopefully if you’re struggling with competition anxiety, then you found the ideas in this video helpful.

– Chewy
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Today our question comes in from a White Belt on Instagram who wants to be more offensive.

He says that he gets stuck on the bottom playing defense, like most White Belts in BJJ do, and just wants to be more offensive.

He asks how I think he can work on his ability to submit from the back and create some reliable offensive.

I send him back a message and ask him what his go-to defensive strategy is, his go to techniques off of his back.

He replies that he doesn’t really have any go-to’s and doesn’t want to focus on his “go-to” control and defensive techniques, he just wants to score more submissions.

In this video I’ll tell you why it’s more important to focus on developing solid control, guard retention, and defense on bottom, before you can develop a reliable offense, both on bottom and on top.

You have to be able to defend yourself. You have to be able to survive first. You have to be able to play off of your back in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

One of the things that made my top game better (subs and guard passing) was my ability to play off my back, defend guard passes, sweeps, etc.

And this is coming from a guy with a background in Wrestling (so it was uncomfortable for me too, at first!).

Hopefully some of you guys found this video helpful, especially if you were struggling with a similar issue as today’s messenger.

– Chewy
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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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Today we’ve got a question from a bigger White Belt named Lee.

He’s been training for about a year and is finally climbing up the “pecking order”, especially for the less experienced guys in the room.

At this point he is finally getting the better of the newer white belts, but he has a question about rolling with them.

He wonders if he should allow them to work a little bit, which is what he says he does now, or if he should I just roll like “normal” and go after them.

He doesn’t want to seem overconfident or arrogant though, and so he’s not sure if “letting them work” is a good look.

Lee is also wondering what my philosophy is when I roll with less experienced grapplers or brand-new white belts.

In this video I’ll answer Lee’s initial question & share with you guys how I go about training with less experienced people in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and how I get the most out of the roll: both helping that person grown & making myself better at the same time.

Hopefully this video answers your question Lee, and if any of you had a similar question then I hope you found it helpful too!

– Chewy
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Today’s video comes from a Blue Belt who has recently had a weird situation at him BJJ gym.

Recently a brand new White Belt started training. And it just so happens that this white belt has history with Jason. . . not good history either! Apparently, the guy bullied Jason around and ended up stealing money from him.

Now, Jason said he tried to leave those feelings outside of the gym since Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is something he does to get away from the craziness of the outside world. Well, the white belt started talking negatively about Jason. Not in the fun we’re-friends-trash-talking, but in a bullying way.

So he sends in a message to see if I could give him a useful perspective that could help with the situation.

Hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching!
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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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In this video, I answer a question on how to remember techniques as a BJJ white belt.

I provide 3 ideas and 2 bonus tips on how to grown your techniques and become a better grappler as a white belt.

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Recently I got a question from a White Belt who has recently looked to add more Back-Takes to his game.

So, I figured it I would show you guys one of the best ways to get to back mount that works well for White Belts and will continue to work well for you untill you’re a Black Belt.

This one is a Jiu-Jitsu back take that is super fundamental, and works at any level, while also being simple enough to not overwhelm the average BJJ practitioner.

The reason why I’m showing this as a “White Belt” video is becuase this is 1 of the techniques I show early on to my newer BJJ students that works really well for them when it comes to getting to back mount.

Hopefully you find these ideas helpful if you were struggling to take the back.

– Chewy
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Today we get a question coming from a BJJ White Belt named Scott.

He says that he rolled with his coach a few months ago, just flowing and feeling good about the roll, but a few months later they rolled again…

This time his coach put it on him. Smashed him: submitting him constantly in the round without giving an inch to Scott.

He says that he felt really discouraged after the round, but his coach gave him some serious words of encouragement after the smashing. Still, it stings.

He asked why his coach would beat him up so bad on the practice mats and wonders what he gains from being smashed so badly by his coach?

In this video I’ll give you my perspective about what’s going on, especially if I were the coach in this situation working with Scott (but of course I could be wrong)

– Chewy
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Today we have a question from “Bob” who sends a message to me saying that they’ve been practicing BJJ for 2.5 years, has competed several times, and has won his first round match every single time. Buth there’s an issue…

Every time Bob has competed, they have lost their second-round match.

They feel exhausted and worn out after every first-round match at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments and can’t wrap their mind around WHY this keeps happening to them.

They say that they can roll all day in the practice room, but get extremely exhausted in actual competition.

Bob asks me how he can prevent this exhaustion and burn out from happening at tournaments.

Here’s what I think.

– Chewy
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Today I got a question from someone who has been doing Japanese Jiu-Jitsu for 15 years, holds an instructor rank, and teaches that a bit. He has also been doing BJJ for well over a year.

He says he’s been in the BJJ gym for about 18 months and can hold his own against white belts, blue belts, and even stay alive against purple belts. He’s even placed at Blue Belt tournaments in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

His worry is that he has received no stripes on his white belt, even though he’s seen all the success listed above.

He wonders what I think and how he should talk to his BJJ coach about the subject of stripe and/or belt promotions.

If you’re having a similar situation, then I hope the video is helpful to you!
– Chewy
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Often times people feel extremely overwhelmed when they train BJJ.

This is usually a result of the abundance of techniques in the martial art.

With that said, when you start training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu it’s sometimes difficult to understand exactly what you should be focused on. I mean, there’s such a wide variety of skills in the art.

In this video I give Daniella, a 1-stripe white belt who’s feeling overwhelmed with BJJ techniques, a few strategies I use to prevent those overwhelming feelings.

Thanks for watching!
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