jitseasy https://www.jitseasy.com The Best Jiu-Jitsu Search Engine in the World Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:14:08 +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 My Rolling Partners Won’t Tap to Heel Hooks ! https://www.jitseasy.com/my-rolling-partners-wont-tap-to-heel-hooks/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:14:08 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/my-rolling-partners-wont-tap-to-heel-hooks/ What do you do when your training partner doesn’t tap out during your BJJ rolling? This is the question from 1 of the Youtube viewer. With his situation he has fully applied heel hooks but some people don’t tap. So he’s wondering, what do you do if this happens. So in this video I share […]

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What do you do when your training partner doesn’t tap out during your BJJ rolling?

This is the question from 1 of the Youtube viewer. With his situation he has fully applied heel hooks but some people don’t tap. So he’s wondering, what do you do if this happens.

So in this video I share how you can use these situations to sharpen and improve your BJJ submissions. And I’ll touch on a situation where I had an MMA who wouldn’t tap out and what I did.

After watching the video you should have several different ways of approaching the situation. Because in most cases, if you’re at a good BJJ gym, people not tapping means you need to improve your application or control of the technique.

Thanks for watching the video!
-Chewy
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]]> 256283 Is Half Guard a Bad Position You Should Avoid in BJJ? https://www.jitseasy.com/is-half-guard-a-bad-position-you-should-avoid-in-bjj/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:27:33 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/is-half-guard-a-bad-position-you-should-avoid-in-bjj/ Today, we have a question from a BJJ student of mine. He sent me a video from Henry Atkins, who said Half Guard is not a good position and spoke negatively about it overall. So in the video I talk about my ideas regarding half guard. But I also share the idea that I believe […]

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Today, we have a question from a BJJ student of mine.

He sent me a video from Henry Atkins, who said Half Guard is not a good position and spoke negatively about it overall.

So in the video I talk about my ideas regarding half guard. But I also share the idea that I believe you should always beware of people’s BJJ commandments. As I share in the video I’ve been told all sorts of things regarding BJJ that proved not be true, or at least not true for everyone.

Hope you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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]]> 254487 What’s The Difference Between Legit Submissions & Sloppy Cranks in BJJ https://www.jitseasy.com/whats-the-difference-between-legit-submissions-sloppy-cranks-in-bjj/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:35:42 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/whats-the-difference-between-legit-submissions-sloppy-cranks-in-bjj/ Today, we have a question from Patrick, who has heard me discuss sloppy submissions versus controlled submissions, legitimate versus non-legitimate submissions, in some of my other videos. He’s a White Belt in BJJ and wants to know what the actual difference is between those. This way he can focus on legit submissions and improve his […]

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Today, we have a question from Patrick, who has heard me discuss sloppy submissions versus controlled submissions, legitimate versus non-legitimate submissions, in some of my other videos.

He’s a White Belt in BJJ and wants to know what the actual difference is between those. This way he can focus on legit submissions and improve his skill and avoid hurting his training partners.

Smart fella!

So in this video I share some ideas about the subject.

Hopefully, you find this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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]]> 254421 Calling Out Fake BJJ Black Belts : Good or Bad? https://www.jitseasy.com/calling-out-fake-bjj-black-belts-good-or-bad/ Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:39:51 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/calling-out-fake-bjj-black-belts-good-or-bad/ Years ago, when I was a brand-new kids’ BJJ coach, a mother brought her son to train with us because he was getting bullied at school. She had originally enrolled him in Taekwondo, but that program was basically a glorified daycare that handed out belts without teaching real skills. Despite being there for nearly eight […]

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Years ago, when I was a brand-new kids’ BJJ coach, a mother brought her son to train with us because he was getting bullied at school.

She had originally enrolled him in Taekwondo, but that program was basically a glorified daycare that handed out belts without teaching real skills. Despite being there for nearly eight months, he still couldn’t defend himself—and the bullying hadn’t stopped.

So, she brought him to our Jiu-Jitsu gym. After about six weeks of training, he went back to school, and the bullying came to an end.

I’ll go deeper into that story—and also share another one about a fake BJJ black belt I called out.

The reason I bring this up is because I recently posed a question in response to my Derek Moneyberg video: What is a real black belt?

A lot of people responded with “Who cares?”
And honestly… I don’t think that’s the right mindset.

In this video, I talk about the importance of symbols—and how they hold meaning in many areas of life. In BJJ, the black belt is one of those symbols. But too often, its meaning gets downplayed.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy

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]]> 254106 Purple Belt Uses White Belts as Smash Test Dummies https://www.jitseasy.com/purple-belt-uses-white-belts-as-smash-test-dummies/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 18:58:15 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/purple-belt-uses-white-belts-as-smash-test-dummies/ 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 […]

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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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]]> 252756 Your Belt Rank is Dead Weight Holding You Back in BJJ https://www.jitseasy.com/your-belt-rank-is-dead-weight-holding-you-back-in-bjj/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:38:59 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/your-belt-rank-is-dead-weight-holding-you-back-in-bjj/ Today we’ve got a question from Peter, a BJJ blue belt who was promoted after about 18 months of training. He then had to take seven months off for shoulder surgery and has been back on the mats for a month now. He’s happy to be rolling again, but he’s running into a challenge. Before […]

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Today we’ve got a question from Peter, a BJJ blue belt who was promoted after about 18 months of training.

He then had to take seven months off for shoulder surgery and has been back on the mats for a month now. He’s happy to be rolling again, but he’s running into a challenge.

Before his injury, Peter was focused on developing his open guard and guard retention, but now he feels like people are blasting past his guard, and there’s nothing he can do to stop it.

He asked whether he should focus on rebuilding his previous skills or approach his training like a white belt and start learning new skills from scratch.

Thanks for the question, Peter.

Here’s what I think…

– Chewy
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]]> 252540 White Belt Lesson I Didn’t Understand Until Brown Belt in BJJ https://www.jitseasy.com/white-belt-lesson-i-didnt-understand-until-brown-belt-in-bjj/ Sat, 28 Jun 2025 18:51:26 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/white-belt-lesson-i-didnt-understand-until-brown-belt-in-bjj/ 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 […]

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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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]]> 252656 BJJ Black Belt is Burnt Out with Training & Coaching https://www.jitseasy.com/bjj-black-belt-is-burnt-out-with-training-coaching/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:08:21 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/bjj-black-belt-is-burnt-out-with-training-coaching/ Today we’ve got a question from a fellow Black Belt and Gym Owner and it’s about Burnout. We’ll call him Coach Bob. Coach Bob has been doing BJJ for 20 years and is starting to feel pretty burnt out. He is running a good business, but the training, the rolling, the physical side of it, […]

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Today we’ve got a question from a fellow Black Belt and Gym Owner and it’s about Burnout.

We’ll call him Coach Bob.

Coach Bob has been doing BJJ for 20 years and is starting to feel pretty burnt out.

He is running a good business, but the training, the rolling, the physical side of it, is burning him out. He feels like he just doesn’t have the passion for it.

He says I look like I’m still passionate about it, even after 20 years of training and teaching, and wonders how I do it.

Hopefully, this video will help Coach Bob and anyone else who is running into a similar problem.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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]]> 252836 Stop Being So Nice with Your BJJ (It’s Making You Worse) https://www.jitseasy.com/stop-being-so-nice-with-your-bjj-its-making-you-worse/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:47:44 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/stop-being-so-nice-with-your-bjj-its-making-you-worse/ A lot of people struggle with aggression on the Jiu-Jitsu mats. I’m not talking about wild, uncontrolled aggression, but rather technical, efficient, BJJ-specific aggressiveness. Recently, I had a student dealing with this exact issue. She’s a recreational competitor who was frustrated because she didn’t want to come across as a jerk to her training partners […]

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A lot of people struggle with aggression on the Jiu-Jitsu mats.

I’m not talking about wild, uncontrolled aggression, but rather technical, efficient, BJJ-specific aggressiveness.

Recently, I had a student dealing with this exact issue. She’s a recreational competitor who was frustrated because she didn’t want to come across as a jerk to her training partners — but she also didn’t want to be too passive.

In this video, I’ll share what I told her to help develop healthy, controlled aggression in a safe and technical way, and how you can apply the same ideas to your own training or competition.

Hope you enjoy the video.

Thanks for watching!

– Chewy
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]]> 252915 3 Guard Passing & Top Pressure Tactics for Older Grapplers in BJJ https://www.jitseasy.com/3-guard-passing-top-pressure-tactics-for-older-grapplers-in-bjj/ Sat, 03 May 2025 14:30:01 +0000 https://www.jitseasy.com/3-guard-passing-top-pressure-tactics-for-older-grapplers-in-bjj/ Today, I’m going to share 3 guard passing and top pressure ideas for BJJ that work well for us middle-aged and older (master’s and up) grapplers. I highly recommend this for those of us in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who are no longer in our 20s but still love to roll around and do Jiu-Jitsu. 1 caveat […]

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Today, I’m going to share 3 guard passing and top pressure ideas for BJJ that work well for us middle-aged and older (master’s and up) grapplers.

I highly recommend this for those of us in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who are no longer in our 20s but still love to roll around and do Jiu-Jitsu.

1 caveat is that everything in this video is fundamentally sound and works just fine for younger grapplers as well. But for us older grapplers, we don’t have a choice, we have to find ways to slow things down.

In fact, I’d probably even recommend adding this guard passing style to your game, regardless of your age.

Hopefully, you guys find the tips in this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy

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0:00 Intro
1:56 Apply Uneven Pressure
6:37 How to Find Your “Old Man” Game
10:00 Use Submissions to “Cook” People
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