Today our question comes in from a White Belt on Instagram who wants to be more offensive.

He says that he gets stuck on the bottom playing defense, like most White Belts in BJJ do, and just wants to be more offensive.

He asks how I think he can work on his ability to submit from the back and create some reliable offensive.

I send him back a message and ask him what his go-to defensive strategy is, his go to techniques off of his back.

He replies that he doesn’t really have any go-to’s and doesn’t want to focus on his “go-to” control and defensive techniques, he just wants to score more submissions.

In this video I’ll tell you why it’s more important to focus on developing solid control, guard retention, and defense on bottom, before you can develop a reliable offense, both on bottom and on top.

You have to be able to defend yourself. You have to be able to survive first. You have to be able to play off of your back in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

One of the things that made my top game better (subs and guard passing) was my ability to play off my back, defend guard passes, sweeps, etc.

And this is coming from a guy with a background in Wrestling (so it was uncomfortable for me too, at first!).

Hopefully some of you guys found this video helpful, especially if you were struggling with a similar issue as today’s messenger.

– Chewy
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Today we’ve got a question from Luke, a White Belt, who is having a problem that many White Belts in Jiu-Jitsu are going to have.

I had this problem as a White Belt, and per many of your messages, many of you also have.

So, he sends me a message and says he’s done 8 months of BJJ, 4 days a week, and he’s a younger grappler. He states that when he rolls, the higher belts will make remarks after the roll, scolding him, saying something to the effect of “stop being a spazzy White Belt/you’re rolling too hard/chill out, etc.”

He even says that he takes the comments to heart and tries his best to ease up and be more relaxed when he rolls.

But, even when he does this, the comments continue to come.

He’s frustrated with the situation and ask if I have any ideas on how to fix this issue.

In the video I’ll try to give a couple of solutions that can help out Luke and any other white belts who are running into this problem.

Thanks for watching, hopefully you found this video helpful!

– Chewy
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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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In this video, I demonstrate 3 Step Over Pass variations using an exercise ball.

This is geared towards improving mobility, timing, balance, and technique to help incorporate into live rolling.

1. Step Over
2. Step Over With Hip Pressure
3. Step Over With Hip Pressure and Hip Switch

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Learning and implementing new BJJ techniques or improving upon current techniques requires time, reps, and the right situation to promote learning.

Check out this tip on improving your BJJ techniques.

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In this video, I answer a question from Shawn about when you should do your first BJJ competition.

There are multiple factors to think about, and the decision can be different depending on your circumstances. I try to provide some tips and ideas that I feel would have helped me with preparing and going into my first competition.

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One tip for BJJ white belts (or any belt level) to accelerate your BJJ progress.

In this clip, I provide some tips on rehab ideas for an injured MCL (Medial Collateral Ligament) as well as how to train safely if you have sustained a similar injury.

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An important idea is to take pain levels into account, however, don’t let pain be the determining factor in your recovery.

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In this video, I discuss the idea of “deliberate practice” and how this idea can be vital in improving your techniques, achieving goals, and improving you Jiu-Jitsu.

The idea for this video was from the book “Grit” by Angela Duckworth.

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Top 10 Jiu-Jitsu Tips For Beginners & White Belts

Here is a small list of tips and recommendations for the beginner student, aimed to help them make the most out of classes, stay injury free, and stick with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the long run, based on my 22 years of experience with this beautiful art.

1. Be a good drilling partner
2. Tap on your partner, NOT on the mat
3. Don’t wait until it hurts
4. Master the bridge and the hip escapes
5. There is no magic pill
6. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast
7. Master how to do break falls and forward/backwards rolls
8. Be open-minded
9. Don’t compare your progress to others
10. Don’t let your emotions take over, especially when you are in a bad position
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One of the more frustrating positions for me at times has been breaking the Full Guard. You could make it case to call it Escaping the Full Guard.

Either way, it’s a position that I find more frustrating than most and always have. The person on the bottom of Guard is in the dominant position and has such a strong ability to control movement. And I like to move a lot so this bothers me.

Recently I got a question from John who was asking about tips on breaking and passing the Full Guard during his BJJ training and he made reference to a video I posted.

The previous video was one of my Chewjitsu White Belt tips. Which is here: https://youtu.be/y_XH2Qknulo

In that previous video I show a couple tips and mistakes when it comes to breaking the Full Guard open.

In John’s question he asked for technical advice for his Brazilian Jiu-jitsu related problem. What I share in this video is more of a mindset change.

The reason for this is that my frustration and issues breaking the guard open were reduced dramatically once I changed the way I went about breaking the Guard and the way I thought about the position.

In the past while doing Brazilian Jiujitsu. I sort of saw myself in a good spot when I was on top in the Guard. But a quick look at the positioning of the hips will reveal that in BJJ, it’s actually not a good position.

If you were to flip the position over. You’d be in the bottom of Mount.

So if you’re someone that is experiencing issues and frustration working on the top of someones Full Guard. Hopefully the tips in this video will help!

Thanks!
-Chewy

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