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Purple Belt Uses White Belts as Smash Test Dummies

Gary Berger — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:58:15 +0000

Today we’ve got a question from a BJJ purple belt viewer named Jeremy.

He asked how to get over the negative feeling of using white belts as “test dummies” for trying out new moves in Jiu-Jitsu.

If you’re newer to BJJ and don’t know how this works, when you’re more experienced than your partner, you have a lot of options for how to approach a roll. You can just smash them, or, preferably, you can use that time to try new techniques in a live setting.

Hopefully, you find this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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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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BJJ Mindset Tips: #2 Make Your Opponent carry Your Weight #bjj

Gary Berger — Tue, 06 May 2025 16:28:48 +0000

BJJ Mindset Tips
#2 Make Your Opponent Carry Your Weight

I asked a question about the best advice BJJ practitioners received when they were beginners. I categorized these tips into Mindset, Technique, and Training Habits.

In this video, I share popular Mindset-focused tips and whether this is useful advice or not.

Have other pieces of advice that you think is helpful? Share them in the comments below!

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First 5 Submissions To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: #2 Americana

Gary Berger — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:23:32 +0000

First 5 Submissions To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: #2 Americana

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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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First 5 Submissions To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: #3 Triangle Choke

Gary Berger — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:04:31 +0000

First 5 Submissions To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: #3 Triangle Choke

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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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Why Training with Purpose is Essential for BJJ

Gary Berger — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:54:55 +0000

In this video (clip from an episode of @ChewjitsuPodcast) I chat about the benefits of training with purpose to improve your grappling.

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10 Tips to Improve Faster as a White Belt in BJJ in 2025

Gary Berger — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:00:18 +0000

In today’s video, I’m going to give you guy 10 Ideas on how to improve in Jiu-Jitsu.

Today’s video is a little longer than normal, but if you really want to improve your BJJ game, then I think you might want to finish the whole thing.

These are 10 things I have personally done to improve my Jiu-Jitsu and ideas I’ve seen my own students implement to improve their game too.

Hopefully, you found the ideas in today’s video helpful.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy

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5 Essential Solo Drills To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: (4) Butterfly To Combat Base #bjj #shorts

Gary Berger — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:38:51 +0000

5 Essential Solo Drills To Learn As A BJJ White Belt: (4) Butterfly To Combat Base

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