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Recently I got a question about whether you should drill 1 technique over and over again for thousands of reps or if you should do a sequence of techniques when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu
In this video I’ll share how I like to drill and I’ll also give the question asker some ideas to chew on regarding takedowns for BJJ using the cross collar grip in the gi.
If you’d like to go deeper into the ideas of the BJJ takedowns shown, use the links below.
Knee Pick
Sacrfice Throw
Thanks for watching!
-Chewy
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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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Today’s question is about spazzy White Belts who are ripping submissions.
The question comes from Christian who is newer to BJJ, but his biggest worry is about rolling with other White Belts who finish submission too quickly.
He asked, “is this a valid concern? or is this something I need to get used to?”
Of course, White Belts are going to be a little spazzy, but this definitely IS a valid concern.
In this video I’ll explain to you how I’d approach training safely as a White Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu against other White Belts in BJJ, and how to train safely in general, regardless of belt rank.
Hopefully you find these Ideas useful for you.
– Chewy
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This morning I was talking to one of my Brown Belts, Tim, and he was telling me that this idea he adopted of “old man” Jiu-jitsu was getting in his way and creating some problems for him in training.
In my honest opinion, I believe that this idea of “Old Man” BJJ is a bit BS and even a bit restrictive.
This all comes from a recent story of this “older” Brown belt, Tim, rolling with one of our black belts, Mark, who has an insanely difficult guard to pass.
Tim felt like his “Old Man” BJJ style was not working against this specific type of guard. But, Eventually Tim breaks the rules and try’s some “Young Man” BJJ & a looser style of passing.
He stands up and he starts trying to pass side-to-side to get through the guard instead of smash passing low.
When Tim does this, he notices that he starts to get reactions out of the younger Black Belt, and although he couldn’t finish the pass, he felt like made a ton more progress in the roll.
In this video I’ll talk about the downside of putting a label on your BJJ as it relates to your age (like Tim did here), your weight, height, etc., and how far too often we rely on these labels to search for SIMPLE solutions to complex problems.
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Today’s question comes from a Brown Belt in BJJ, named Aaron, who also comes from a Wrestling background, and apparently has injury plagued hands.
With that in mind, he says his favorite way to train BJJ is No-Gi.
Recently however, he decided that he wanted to pursue more Gi training, going up to his coach, letting him know about his injuries, and was looking for some grip fighting tips from his coach.
After the talk with his coach, Aaron says that his coach threw in a little dig. Saying:
“By the way, the Gi is more technical than No-Gi…”
Apparently, this led into a whole rant, and may have triggered Aaron a bit, who believes that both No-Gi and Gi are technical, just different.
He asks if I believe his instructor actually made a good point or not? and if I think that Gi is more technical than No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?
Here’s what I think…
– Chewy
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Today we have a question from Nathan, who sends me an email, and asked:
“Chewy what is the worst screw job you’ve seen in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competition.”
Well, after training BJJ for so long and watching so many matches, you might be surprised that I have seen a ton of “screw jobs”.
BJJ competitions tend to be famous for egregious calls in tournaments, which can be pretty annoying as an athlete, coach, or even spectator who is trying to understand the sport.
In this video, I share one bad call that I have experienced both as a coach and then one particularly bad call I experienced as an athlete in a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competition as a Blue Belt.
Hope you find these ideas useful.
Also, let me know down in the comments below if you’ve gotten any horrible calls and let me know what they were.
– Chewy
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Today’s video comes from a guy, who we will call Bob, that has been training for a little over a year and says he really enjoys BJJ, even stating that it’s really helped him with some mental issues.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu also opened him up to aversity that he wasn’t used to. For example, he found out that he is a quitter. Whenever things start getting tough in the rolls, he just gives up. By the way, these are his words, not mine.
When his coaches initially noticed the issue, they kind of gave him a pep talk. However, over some time they just stopped trying.
His question to me is if I have any advice on how to overcome the mental block that he recently discovered when he trains BJJ, and how he can grow his “fighting spirit.”
So, in this video I’ll answer his questions and tell you guys about how I personally had to develop my own “fighting spirit” and grit through BJJ, and even tell exactly what I had to tell myself DAILY to do it. I’ll also share the rough inner dialogue I sometimes had going on in my head after training sessions.
I hope you guys can find these ideas useful.
– Chewy
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In today’s video I’ll be reviewing a couple options to defend the double stack pass.
One of my guys was having trouble defending it today in class, so I thought I’d share what we discussed here too.
This is a pretty common pass in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, both Gi and No-Gi. In fact, it’s also one of my personal favorite passes.
With that being said, every BJJ technique has counters and defenses & I wanted to show you a few of my favorite options here.
Getting stacked sucks. So, hopefully there’s a few ideas here that you find helpful.
– Chewy
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