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How to Get More Technical Skill from your BJJ Rolling Sessions

Gary Berger — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:29:13 +0000

Today’s BJJ rolling video is from a recent class I taught at the gym. We’re going through some fundamental stuff related to takedowns in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and then had open rolling.

During the rolls I was looking for some very specific things with my guard passes, my side control defense and my Shotgun Armbar submission.

If you’d like to learn more about the shotgun armbar I have a free series here on youtube:

or you can check out the course I have that deep into the whole idea of side control submissions with a main focus of attacking the arms.
https://www.chewjitsutraining.com/armsrace

Having focus during your BJJ rolls is important, so I encourage you to give yourself a technical aim the next time you step on the mats.

Thanks for watching the video.
-Chewy
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Getting Submitted by my Younger BJJ Students & Knee on Belly Drills

Gary Berger — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:30:00 +0000

The other day I posted a BJJ video about being an older BJJ Black Belt. I know some of you said it’s only because of a belt. And that’s an easy scapegoat, but that’s not it.

Old champions and masters in other combat sports feel the similar things. I’ve spoken to champions in wrestling and kickboxing who got older and struggled with the realization that they weren’t what they used to be.

That said, I talked about it. And in today’s BJJ drilling and rolling video here’s a great example of me going through it. The video is from a training session from a few weeks ago when I was coming back from Costa Rica. You’ll see some knee on belly drills first followed by rolling. During the rolling I got subbed by a couple of my students and became the “nail” instead of the hammer. This is something I talk about in videos, but maybe it’ll be useful for you to see it too.

So enjoy the drills and enjoy watching the Chewster be the nail instead of the hammer.
-Chewy

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BJJ Rolling in Short Shorts (Working Escapes, Defense & Counters)

Gary Berger — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:51:22 +0000

Today’s BJJ rolling video is from a rolling session where I was purposely trying to put myself in less than ideal situations so I could work on escaping and getting out of them. This is a really good practice for any BJJ coach or Black Belt who can in most cases avoid getting stuck in a back spot.

Oh and in case you’re curious about the shorts. These were my old fight shorts I wore as a pro back in the day.

The video starts with my rolling against one of my tough White Belts being stuck in side control and working back to guard.

The next one is against a tough Black Belt training partner. I was trying a move and he quickly passed my guard and eventually got mount (which I had to work out of). The last roll was with my Brown Belt who is super scrappy. Again, I was trying to work a particular sweep and guard retention to fend off his movements.

Hopefully you enjoy the video and got something from it.
-Chewy
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3 Rounds of Rolling (1 is a Playful Leg Lock Round with a White Belt)

Gary Berger — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 19:00:02 +0000

In today’s rolling video you’ll see 3 rounds from a BJJ rolling session.

00:00 Roll with Purple Belt (sweeps & kimura defense)
01:22 Play Leg Lock Round with White Belt
03:54 Roll with Black Belt (back and forth sweeps)

The 1st one is with one of my Purple Belts. When you watch the roll you’ll see a mixture of Butterfly and Half Guard being used. The next round is a playful leg lock round with one of my young White Belts. We had some fun scrambles and eventually I got the submission. The final round was with one of our Black Belts at the gym who has a crazy tough guard to pass. You’ll see him score a nice sweep on me and forced me to work my way back on top.

As always I hope you enjoy the video and get some ideas for your own Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training.
-Chewy
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Hand Fighting Rounds & Rolling With a Tough Young Fighter / BJJ Competitor

Gary Berger — Wed, 05 May 2021 19:00:23 +0000

Today’s BJJ rolling video starts off with some hand fighting rounds to give everyone a chance to work on an Arm Drag series we had been doing. Grip fighting in the gi and hand fighting in no gi Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is super important in my bearded opinion. So basically during these rounds we locked up, moved around and went for arm drags but never finished any takedowns.

Afterwards we had full rolling. One of the rounds I had was with a tough young guy who was visiting our gym (he’s a friend of 1 of our Blue Belts). He’s a solid young BJJ competitor and MMA fighter.

Later on in the rolling you’ll see me hit an arm drag technique I was working.

You can check his stuff out at:
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As always I hope you enjoyed the rolling videos.
-Chewy
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Chewjitsu Rolling – Chasing Back Takes & Armbars

Gary Berger — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:00:11 +0000

Today’s rolling video is a primarily focused on me using a mixture of back takes and armbars.

In particular you’ll see the shotgun armbar used as well as some of the rolling back takes I’ve used in competition recently. If you watch you’ll also see me fail with the shotgun armbar and have to switch to other options.

Hope you enjoy the video and that it sparks some ideas for you and your training.
-Chewy
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Brandon vs Chewy – Super Fun Roll in the Gym (No Gi Jiu Jitsu Training)

Gary Berger — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 22:45:04 +0000

This is an older piece of footage of me and my buddy Nick Albin aka Chewjitsu or Chewy. He has hands down the best Jiu Jitsu channel on YouTube.

This was filmed well over a year ago now at his Jiu Jitsu academy in Louisville called Derby City Martial Arts.

Obviously Chewy is a much bigger and stronger and younger guy than me (not to mention that he still actively competes), so he’s not trying to murder me here which I really do appreciate!

I know a lot of you ask for rounds of me rolling with black belts all the time, but it’s actually kinda hard to find black belts that don’t mind having rolling footage available. So here’s an opportunity to do that, with Chewy’s permission of course. 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Black Belt vs Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt

I’m really lucky to have built some great friendships over the years through Jiu Jitsu and travelling and I really do think Chewy is just the cream of the crop. He’s a great guy, with very good technique and he’s a winner in all aspects of his life; business, Jiu Jitsu, and personal.

Hope you guys enjoy, and be sure to check out my free course on how to stop getting smashed on bottom position here: https://bmac.mykajabi.com/stopgettingcrushed

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My Students Are Catching Onto My Back Take Tricks (No Gi BJJ Rolling)

Gary Berger — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:00:04 +0000

During this no gi rolling session the big thing that came out at me was that my students are getting wise to the techniques I’ve been working on to take the back and get to back mount. In several of the rolls during that day my students stopped my back take and armbars I’ve been working on which forced me to do other stuff.

During the video you’ll see me go for my rolling back takes and other Chewy favorites only to be blocked. I’m both happy about this and now having to go back to the drawing board to figure out new ways to setup the techniques or whether or not I should give them up for a bit.

Either way, I hope you enjoyed the video and found something useful for your own training.
-Chewy
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My BJJ Bro Stops in for No Gi Training (Black Belt Rolling @5:17)

Gary Berger — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:15:00 +0000

Today’s no gi BJJ rolling video comes from when Chad came to the gym the last time. During the rolls you’ll see my Black Belt Chad hit a nice mixture of leg locks, guard passing and back attacks. A lot of the guys were excited to roll with him since it’s been a while since he was at the gym last.

Something I always find interesting is how long Chad and I trained together (since he was a kid) and how different out Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu styles are. Maybe this is because of body type or maybe mindset. Either way we have 2 very different Jiu-jitsu styles.

At the end Chad and I roll (5:17 in the video). Spartan (the guy who edits the videos) decided to change the music and it made it seem like the boss fight at the end of a video game. Either way we basically roll to a stale mate until the very end. I couldn’t pass, he couldn’t catch me from the bottom and we both had a couple of “almost-but-not-quites.” If you were watching the video and wondered why it stopped after he was securing the Back Mount it’s because time ran out.

Hope the BJJ rolling video was entertaining and maybe gave you a few things to think about for your own training.

See you on the channel next time.
-Chewy

P.S I’ll be doing breakdowns of these rolls inside my Chewjitsu Vault: http://chewjitsu.net/vault and I may include one in the Youtube membership that you can check out for .99.
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Testing My Back Takes and Butterfly Guard Sweeps (Chewjitsu Rolling)

Gary Berger — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:00:07 +0000

Today’s rolling video comes from a trip to Indiana BJJ Academy in Indianapolis. While I was there rolling we got some great rolls in and managed to get some clips from the action.

During the rolls you’ll see me trying a number of different techniques over and over again testing them out with different styles and body types.

Hope you enjoy the rolling and maybe get something from it for your own training.
-Chewy
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