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If you have a brand new White Belt in your gym, should smash them or let them work a bit? What if the new person got up after you were done rolling and began to brag about beating you or your inability to beat them? This is the question from one of our friends who ran into this situation recently with his BJJ training at his gym.
He says that a new White Belt came into his gym and during his roll he took it easy on the guy. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a tough sport and so he wanted to help the guy out. Well after the roll the new White Belt gets up and sort of brags about him not being able to beat him.
Frustrated, our friend is wondering. . . do you just smash every single new person that comes into do Brazilian Jiujitsu or do you do something else?
In this video I explain what myself and some of my coaches refer to the “Rich-Rule” and how it’s effective for curtailing that kind of negative behavior on the mat. I also discuss how I was very similar to the beginner who bragged. Well I would have never bragged about it. But I would have definitely thought I was better than I really was. Because I didn’t understand the reality of training till my coaches showed me that they could submit me every second, but could also take it easy on me and play.
Hopefully the video is useful to you. Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Rory Van Vliet demonstrates how to do the leg drag pass giving you both the theory behind the pass and the actual steps to do it the most efficient way. This is from https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention, the newest instructional from Grapplearts in which Rory and Stephan Kesting show you how to systematically shut down and counter all the most powerful and most popular guard passes your opponents will use to try and pass your guard.
In today’s video we talk about using “illegal submissions” inside your BJJ gym. Now when we say illegal what we mean is illegal in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitions. Our friend asks this because recently he’s found that he’s been successful using a few moves that aren’t allowed in Jiu-jitsu competitions and he’s wondering if he should continue to use them or not.
In the video I stress that I personally don’t want to be dependent on any type of technique. Whether it’s illegal, a gi specific move, no gi specific move, etc. I want my BJJ to be transferable to a fight, competition or rolling situation. Not just one or the other.
Also, competitions vary in what is legal and illegal so it’s hard to say 1 technique or another is illegal.
If you’re in a similar situation with using techniques that are illegal or just frowned upon then hopefully this video makes sense.
Thanks for watching!
-Chewy
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Here is a short highlight video from the recent IBJJF Nashville Open where I won my Super Heavy Division and the Open Weight at Master 1 Black Belt. During these BJJ matches you’ll see me battling mostly with guard passing. I did have one takedown battle but the rest were fights in the passing positions.
If you watch my videos or have purchased my grip fighting series you’ll notice a lot of the stuff I teach and preach being used in the competition.
During the tournament I was only able to snag 1 submission. The rest of the competitors stopped my attempts so I won on points.
Each one of my opponents was tough in his own way and I’m happy I was able to come out on top and snag the wins for myself, my Derby City MMA team and the Team Shawn Hammonds Association.
I want to end this message with this. Much respect to all of the other Black Belts I competed against as they’re gym owners or instructors at gyms. It takes a lot of guts to get out and compete when you have eyes on you like that. So I have mad respect for all of them.
Hope you guys enjoy the video! Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Today’s video is another one of our random question videos. In today’s video I answer the following random questions that you guys posted in the community section of the channel.
If you’d like to win a journal please comment on the video down below:
– What do you think is better, wrestling or BJJ?
– I pee hard.
– How do I do a takedown in a self-defense without risking injury to the other person.
– My favorite ninja turtle.
– What is the most common mistake White Belt belts make?
– What is the best ratio of skill based vs concept training for BJJ White Belts?
– Would you ever consider doing another martial art besides BJJ?
– Do I use CBD
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– Do you play any video games, pc games or console?
– When do people quit training the most?
Hope you enjoyed the video!
-Chewy
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Getting smashed in half guard when your opponent has the cross face and underhook sucks! Here are 3 of my favorite responses to this situation, including 1) the Kamikaze Sweep, 2) the Butterfly Lift, and 3) the Twist Sweep.
Each of these techniques has an aggressive option ending in a sweep where you get to the top, and a less aggressive option where you use the threat of the sweep to re-establish a good guard position. You can also chain these threats together making it extremely difficult for your opponent to hold you down.
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The culture in BJJ has a lot of people who use marijuana/cannabis/weed regularly as something that helps open up their creativity during training or relax them at night. In today’s video I got a question from our friend who has friends who say that smoking marijuana before training opens up their game and always them to be more creative. And he’s curious what my experiences with it and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu are.
I preface this whole video with the fact that I don’t smoke regularly. I’ve done it a few times and don’t dislike or like it a ton. I’m just neutral with it. And if you’re an adult, you can do whatever you want to do, and you should have the right to. That’s why this is an opinion and not some hard stance.
But in the video I do share some possible apprehensions I would have if you decide to smoke for creativity purposes. I have these same apprehensions towards alcohol, caffeine and other psychoactive drugs that we consume on a regular basis.
I know that many people have strong feelings for or against weed. That’s fine, I don’t. Just sharing my opinion on the idea as asked by a viewer.
Thanks for watching!
-Chewy
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Rory Van Vliet shows how to shut down chokes and back takes when you’re in the turtle position. From The Guard Retention Formula – https://www.grapplearts.com/guardretention, the incredibly comprehensive and ground breaking instructional coming soon from Grapplearts.com