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This Happens to Every BJJ White Belt (If They Get Good)

Gary Berger — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:34:04 +0000

If you’re a BJJ White Belt, or even a young Wrestler, as you progress, you will run into THIS problem…

Today we’ve got a question from Ben.

He said:

“I’m 46 years old; my son and I are about 6 months into BJJ. My question, at the moment, is that I feel like my Jiu-Jitsu is regressing. I feel like I get compliments about my skill level and progression from upper belts, but there’s not a lot of White Belts in my gym, and lately, in my open rolls, I’ve felt very stagnant… I feel like I’m reacting to all the information… I don’t want this lack of confidence to rear its head in competition. (What do you recommend I do?)”

I’ll dive deep into overcoming stagnation in BJJ and more in this video.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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Sneaky Submission to Counter Straight Ankle Locks (White Belt Legal in BJJ)

Gary Berger — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:08 +0000

What’s up guys,

Today I’m going to show you a really simple counter to the traditional straight Ankle Lock from Single Leg X/Ashi.

Quick story,

I got this technique from a guy who was training at the gym, a Jiu-Jitsu Brown or Black Belt at the time, Clay, and while we were rolling, I attacked a Single Leg X Ankle Lock.

He then proceeded to submit me with this counter. Ever Since then, I’ve used it a ton in training BJJ.

Hopefully, if you like leg locks for Jiu-Jitsu, then you enjoyed this video and found the technique helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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BJJ Coach Struggling to Tame his Wild White Belts

Gary Berger — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:16:47 +0000

Today’s video comes from a BJJ coach who’s curious about how I tame my wild White Belts.

So in the video I give some ideas on how to integrate White Belts into full on Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training, and how to do so while keeping things safe and not letting their “wildness” get out of hand.

I also discuss a few other ideas that I think sometimes get in the way when people are dealing with newer BJJ students (in regards to ego).

If you’re a coach of some sort and running BJJ classes then I hope the video helps you!
-Chewy
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New White Belt is Scared of Rolling with Other a White Belts

Gary Berger — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:53:19 +0000

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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Why BJJ White Belts Need to be Smashed

Gary Berger — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:35:35 +0000

Why do I smash my White Belt BJJ students? I got this question recently in response to 1 of my videos where I talked about smashing people from time to time. I read the question in the video and then answer it with my perspective as to why I smash my less experienced students and why it’s very helpful to them long term.

I compare the experience with my new experiences of horse riding which share a lot of similarities to my days as a BJJ White Belt.

Hope the video gives more perspective to the ideas.
-Chewy
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Why You Should Roll with BJJ White Belts Like It’s a Fight

Gary Berger — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:00:17 +0000

Today’s video is from a BJJ White Belt who’s about 2 years into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and says that he is always getting injured. His question is whether or not BJJ is even right for him. Possibly he’s too fragile or something.

Now I cannot answer that question, because who knows? I’ve seen some seemingly frail people become expert grapplers while some stout dudes ended up quitting early on.

Instead, I went on to ask him more about his rolling and he said he tries to take things slow and easy during rolling. Now this might seem like a smart idea, and against higher BJJ belts it can be.

But as I’ll explain in the video. Rolling like this against lower belts can be downright dangerous.

Hopefully the video is useful to you with your training and hopefully helps you avoid some injuries.
-Chewy
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4 Full Guard Sweeps Every BJJ White Belt Should Learn As Early As Possible

Gary Berger — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:00:01 +0000

In today’s Bjj technique video I show you 4 fundamental full guard sweeps that every White Belt should learn as early as possible. I call them fundamental sweeps because they’re essential techniques that have useful movements which can be used in a myriad of positions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. And I say that every BJJ White Belt should learn them early because they can be used to setup combos and other attacks that will serve them well until they’re a Black Belt.

For instance the scissor sweep is a good basic sweep that is great for learning to open your guard and progress to open guards later on in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The bump sweep is great as a sweep but also is incredibly effective off-balancing technique that can lead to lots of other options in Brazilian Jiujitsu. And each closed guard sweep in this video has the same qualities to it.

Hope the video is useful to you and your training.

Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Ideas on Getting Better as a New BJJ White Belt

Gary Berger — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:00:13 +0000

“I want to get better in BJJ.” I get a messages like this from new White Belts all the time. But when I ask people what they mean by “better” they typically don’t have a rock solid answer. So in this video I wanted to give someone who’s newer to Brazilian Jiu-jitsu some ideas to focus on in order to get better.

The most important part is know what you’re focusing on. Most of the time when people say better they don’t define what they actually mean. So that’s probably the most important part. If you’re going to strive to get better you need to know what you mean.

But if you’re a newer White Belt I hope the video is useful.
-Chewy
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Will Training with Higher Belts Hurt a White Belt's BJJ Progress ?

Gary Berger — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:00:05 +0000

If you’re forced to roll with higher belts in BJJ, will it hinder your progress? This is the question today from a White Belt who’s recently been placed into a higher level Brazilian Jiu-jitsu class.

Here’s what happened. His BJJ coach divided the training groups up due to covid concerns. He had the White Belts go to 1 class time. And then the colored belts (Blue, Purple, Brown, Black) to another. Well our friend was the lone White Belt who got plugged into the higher belt class.

So his question is about whether or not this situation will hinder his Jiu-jitsu training.

In this video I share some perspectives from my own experience in the hopes that they’ll be useful to anyone in a similar situation.

I hope the video is useful to you!
Thanks for watching.
-Chewy
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Why White Belts Should Learn Strike Based JiuJitsu

Gary Berger — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:38:06 +0000

I’ve been asked my opinion on many subjects and this one comes up a ton…
What do I teach in my beginner classes?

Not only is this a technique conversation but it’s also a mentality.

1st and foremost I ask the student WHY they started jiujitsu… after that, take that information and do what you will with it. Help them!

Don’t mind the fish eye view! My arm is not that big it was the only way my son could fit the camera view on me in the car

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