Over the years as a head coach and co-owner of a BJJ/MMA gym I’ve learned that. . .

People are cray-zee.

Either that or they watch too many movies.

Like, last Friday I had this guy who wanted to live in the gym and train with me.

He’s planning on going to the UFC and being the champion. Ignoring the fact that he’s in his mid 30s and has never trained before.

Then yesterday I got an email from a person who had requested information about our gym.

After sending him the info, here’s his reply. .
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“Laugh out loud. I am trained to be a prize fighter. I do not need orders.

I need amateur fights immediately at 170lbs, and an avenue to quickly go pro at 155lbs. I am 70″ tall, 185lbs, 75″ reach. 11-0 Bjj with one blue belt state title and one blue belt NAGA title. Pure Muay Thai striking (like a actual thai fighter, not this bullshit on tv).

As Connor Mcgregor once said, “I fight at 155 because I have the greatest advantage, without an advantage on height or reach, training is useless”.

The fact that I even sent you an email this long makes me want to run through your roster to prove a point, but it is not worth the potential injuries. I have to protect my fighter lifespan, as I am 30 years old. I cannot take any injuries right now. Period.

Sit on that & respond later,
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Gosh. . . it’s so good!

My favorite part is that he spelled out LOL and ended with “sit on that and respond later”

But sadly I won’t respond later because I believe this poor chap has lost his grip on reality.

A sad state of affairs for such a prize fighter.

But this stuff just isn’t like the feel good movies where anything is possible.

And I’m just not going to blow smoke up someone’s butt and tell them they’ll be the next Connor McGregor. It’s not right.

Sit on this video, and I’ll talk to you later.

-Chewy
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In BJJ there is a move that inexperienced White Belts will do from dominant positions. I jokingly call it the “White Belt Hug.”

The White Belt Hug is where someone just grabs your upper body and squeezes. This typically makes it worse for the person on the bottom in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu because they are pulling the person’s weight even more down on top of them.

So now you have their top pressure combined with your arm strength pulling them down.

Now while the technique is absolutely terrible for escaping. It can be really irritating because it gets in the way and slows things down.

In this video I show a couple of simple options to counter this technique when someone is in Mount..

The 1st is a simple forearm in the throat to create a frame. Pay close attention to how I use my whole body to break the grip.

The second is a simple option where i go to S mount to setup an armbar.

Again, not a complicated technique, but this was the question I was asked so I hope this helps.

-Chewy
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In this BJJ rolling video from my gym you get to watch me roll with some of my Brown Belts and Purple Belts. In addition to seeing me work for Back Mount you’ll also see me get caught in some bad spots.

My Brown Belt, Joe, starts the rolling off with a guillotine choke. My Brown Belt, Jeff, later on blasts past my Half Guard pull.

As I talk about in my videos on Youtube. It’s a good idea to focus on a particular position, technique or movement for a period of time. During this Brazilian Jiujitsu rolling session I was focused on getting to Back Mount.

This was from one of our Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training session focused towards rolling. I hope that you enjoy the video and the sneak peek from inside of our gym.

-Chewy
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You can check out more of Master Ken and his ultra effective fighting style over at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/EnterTheDojoShow

This video is from our podcast episode with Master Ken from Enter The Dojo. If you’d like to check it out. Go to itunes, spotify or stitcher and look up Chewjitsu Podcast and you’ll find it along with other episodes of our podcast.

Hope you enjoyed the video and got at least a little laugh from it.
-Chewy
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Want a few tips on finishing the Triangle Choke in BJJ whether you’re a tall lanky person or a stocky thick legged person? Then this video should be helpful to you!

Recently my good friend, training partner and “little brother” Chad Hardy was in town teaching a seminar at my gym. And while he was here I wanted to do a video with him. And if you know anything about Chad, he’s got a killer triangle choke. And he’s got a ton of tricks on finishing it.

In this video we use our buddy Chris as the uke and Chad and I show different options to help you finish your Triangle Chokes. We show them from the vantage point of being a little shorter with thick legs. I’m not short by any stretch. But I’m also not blessed with long legs. I actually have a fairly long torso.

Then Chad comes in and shows how a tall lanky person in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu could finish the submission and gives a few easy to implement details.

If you’d like to see more of what Chad is up to, head on over to his channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuauqeukQLtUrucpitF4OGQ

While we don’t go over any setups, I think that anyone who gets into the Triangle position but is unable to finish will find some helpful tips in this video. They’re easy adjustments you can immediately throw into the mix.

Hope this video is helpful!
-Chewy
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In this video I give you guys a basic idea on how to get your question answered. I’ve looked in the Youtube comments several times and seen people ask, “How do I get my question answered by Chewy?”

And so I wanted to cover the best ways for you to get your question answered by me. Just a quick caveat, I get a lot of questions so I am not able to answer everyone of them. If I don’t I am sorry. I have a gym to run with students and a life outside of the gym. I do my best but I cannot get to all of them.

Here are the 3 best ways to get your question answered.
Social Media
Out of all the social media stuff like facebook, instagram, etc. I use instagram the most.

So you can send me a question via instagram at: http://www.instagram.com/Chewjitsu

If you do send a question. Make sure you’re following me. I give followers preferential treatment in regards to questions. I figure that’s only fair.

* I do check the Chewjitsu facebook questions once a week. Just not as often as IG.

Email
You can send me an email bit my email question form at: https://www.chewjitsu.net/contact-us/

If I choose your question I’ll reply back with a short answer and then save it for a video.

Youtube
And of course you can always leave it on youtube. Even though the got rid of the direct message function. You can still pop one right down in the comments. I typically scan through all the comments 2-3 times a week and reply to you guys as well as scope out questions.

BIG TIP ON GETTING YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
Please don’t send a monster wall of text with no breaks, paragraphs or a clear question at the end.

Having white space in the midst of lots of text is easy on the eyes. Big blocks of text are just hard to read.

And if I don’t have a clear question to answer I don’t feel like I can be of real help to you.

Alright, that covers the basics. 🙂
So keep on sending your questions and I’ll keep on answering them.
-Chewy
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The Loop Choke in BJJ is an incredibly versatile and sneaky submission. It can be used as a choke, setup to a sweep and is available from many different positions.

In this video our buddy Doug requested a Loop Choke. I’ll probably do another video on the loop choke in the future. But in this video I’ll show you a basic loop choke setup and how it works.

So this video isn’t really the best on setting it up but it will show you the basic mechanics of how it works so you can use it if you like.

One big key I’d like to emphasis with you if you decide to use it is to make sure to apply pressure on the carotid arteries. Oftentimes when I see people practicing this choke for the 1st time. They have a tendency to apply too much frontal pressure to the wind pipe. This is both dangerous and not as a effective.

So be sure to keep a somewhat looser grip so you can secure the pressure on the carotids and get the proper collar choke positioning we are looking for.

Hope this video helps you.
-Chewy
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