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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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Best Guard Positions for Big Inflexible White Belts in BJJ

Gary Berger — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:48:02 +0000

Recently I did a video where I talked about the curse of the lazy guard player, basically when someone only plays guard and they’re one dimensional.

I got a message from a Big Fella who says he has the opposite issue.

He says he’s a 6ft 2, 255lbs, heavyweight, with a good top game, emphasizing side control. The issue is he sucks on his back.

He wonders what the best types of guards are for bigger, less athletic heavyweights.

In this video I’ll give him 3 suggestions for guards I would recommend for my bigger, less flexible, students in BJJ.

Hopefully, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.
– Chewy

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BJJ White Belt Advice: Make it Uncomfortable!

Gary Berger — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:00:53 +0000

Here’s an important White Belt BJJ advice: prioritize controlling dominant positions and gradually wear down opponents instead of rushing for submissions, which often results in losing position altogether. #bjjwhitebelt #bjjtips

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How MMA Fighting Ruined my Purple Belt BJJ Competition

Gary Berger — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:35:56 +0000

What’s up guys, today we’ve got a question from a guy named Brian who has this idea that I think a lot of us in the martial arts world tend to hold.

Brian is getting ready to compete as a Blue Belt and he’s nervous.

He said he competed a little bit as a BJJ White Belt but didn’t feel great doing it.

He says he feels pretty dang good when he’s practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the gym, but when he gets out on the competition mats, the nerves take over.

Because of this, he feels like he always underperforms.

He says he’d like to get rid of the fear and asked if I had any tips to help out with that.

In this video I’ll try to share something with Brian that most fighters/grapplers come to terms with as far as competition goes, that actually SKYROCKETS your ability to compete, and it might surprise you.

Hopefully if you’re struggling with competition anxiety, then you found the ideas in this video helpful.

– Chewy
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What Should A BJJ White Belt Focus On In The First 12 Months In Jiu Jitsu?

Gary Berger — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:15:56 +0000

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Should You Mercilessly Smash New White Belts or Let Them Work in BJJ?

Gary Berger — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:51:50 +0000

Today we’ve got a question from a bigger White Belt named Lee.

He’s been training for about a year and is finally climbing up the “pecking order”, especially for the less experienced guys in the room.

At this point he is finally getting the better of the newer white belts, but he has a question about rolling with them.

He wonders if he should allow them to work a little bit, which is what he says he does now, or if he should I just roll like “normal” and go after them.

He doesn’t want to seem overconfident or arrogant though, and so he’s not sure if “letting them work” is a good look.

Lee is also wondering what my philosophy is when I roll with less experienced grapplers or brand-new white belts.

In this video I’ll answer Lee’s initial question & share with you guys how I go about training with less experienced people in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and how I get the most out of the roll: both helping that person grown & making myself better at the same time.

Hopefully this video answers your question Lee, and if any of you had a similar question then I hope you found it helpful too!

– Chewy
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Closed Guard Attack Sequence for White Belts (& Everyone Else) | Jiu-Jitsu Fundamentals

Gary Berger — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:15:29 +0000

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White belts are people, too. These options in this video are timeless, they work at every level, and I think they are great to learn early as possible, so that is why I geared this toward white belts / newer people. The main differences in basic and advanced moves are these:
1. The timing it takes to pull it off
2. The degree of simultaneously moving parts required
3. The sensitivity required to see the opportunity

There are other factors for sure, but those are some of the most crucial. Having said that, the techniques in this video are great for all levels, and I hope the details I point out are helpful. Please like, subscribe and share!

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:09 – Hip Bump Sweep
3:02 – Guillotine Choke Option Details
4:50 – Kimura Option Details
7:22 – Guard Snapdown
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The Best Way to Get Back Mount for White Belts (I still use at Black Belt)

Gary Berger — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 20:40:15 +0000

Recently I got a question from a White Belt who has recently looked to add more Back-Takes to his game.

So, I figured it I would show you guys one of the best ways to get to back mount that works well for White Belts and will continue to work well for you untill you’re a Black Belt.

This one is a Jiu-Jitsu back take that is super fundamental, and works at any level, while also being simple enough to not overwhelm the average BJJ practitioner.

The reason why I’m showing this as a “White Belt” video is becuase this is 1 of the techniques I show early on to my newer BJJ students that works really well for them when it comes to getting to back mount.

Hopefully you find these ideas helpful if you were struggling to take the back.

– Chewy
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Armbar Sweep for BJJ White Belts (Avoid This Painful Armbar Mistake)

Gary Berger — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:19:04 +0000

Today’s video is aimed towards White Belts in BJJ.

We’re going to focus both finishing this basic Arm Bar & finding our way back on top when we are stacked from our basic Arm bar.

I was working this Arm Bar technique with one of my White Belts, in a fundamentals class, and he was getting stacked up and wanted to know what to do when this happens.

This is a pretty common problem, so I’m going to show you guys how to solve it, and how I helped my student solve this stack with a simple Sweep.

Hopefully if you’re a Jiu-Jitsu White Belt, then you find these techniques as helpful to use as they were for my students.

– Chewy
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What’s The Difference Between Keylock & Kimura Armlocks in BJJ ?

Gary Berger — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:00:17 +0000

Today’s video is going to be a super basic White Belt video for those of you who are newer to Jiu-Jitsu.

I am going to go over the differences between the key lock and the basic kimura. On top of that I’ll show some basic set ups for both.

These are two basic submission attacks in BJJ that most people will learn within their first year, if not earlier, of BJJ.

Although these 2 are pretty basic submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, they are often confused for one another even though they’re quite different.

Hopefully if you’re a white belt in Grappling, training No-Gi or Gi Jiu-Jitsu (or both), you found these ideas useful for you.

– Chewy
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