This video is right on time for me. I am a new blue belt who did an open mat at a new gym today. Mostly white belts. I am so passive, each one got an opportunity to smash me for 5mins. I would lock up half guard and just deny submissions/passed. If they got a pass, I would go back to deep half. I eventually got tapped, no big deal. I left there thinking I needed to impose my will more. The white belts were young, a bit heavier than me and not unskilled, but I could take them. I am just so passive lol. So this video is right on time for me. Paused at 27 seconds. I have been back for 5months lol. EDIT: Just came back from an open mat and I absolutely crushed it. I got 2 kimuras, 2 keylocks, 1 armbar and a toe hold. Basically, me asserting my will led to me pressuring people into side control.
This is what I’ve been doing and have found a lot of success with it. I lock onto a sub and all aspects of it and I steadily work towards getting into the position needed to accomplish that particular technique. Good advice Chewy, thank you for the video
This will definitely help out my game I’m always a little overwhelmed by all the submission possibilities and try to throw one together when the opportunity shows up and it never goes well
I just came across this video and it correlated well with what my instructor said tonight at class. I’m super defensive and am slow to initiate submissions and am not as confident as I know I can be. Thank you for this perspective- it was very helpful!
Yes! I train at a very competitive gym , we do camps for IBJJF and ADCC and show up in force. We have a renown front headlock series from one of our black belts, and an arm drag system as well. The entire idea is, beat them with violence of action! Just go for it. Hunt it down! Think about your escape if you get caught, outside of that you need to impose your will! And we get laser focused on the two systems, and whether you know what we’re going for or not, it really doesn’t matter (for our upper belts anyways 😂😅) we’re still going to do it!
Thx allot. Subbed today. Been doing bjj for a little over 2 years including the pauses from the lockdowns. 1 stripe white belt and have a strong feeling of stagnating. I mainly have time to train once a week. So progress is going slowly. It can be frustrating as newer guys own me regularly because they train more. Hopefully this helps!
@@blockchainbaboon7617 my trainer told me just keep coming to training. You’ll get better. And a blue belt told me he felt like he was the worst white belt ever lol. Guess we’re all going through this progress.
what i have been finding to be really awesome and helpful is trying to develop that 3rd eye sense for what is open and where the pressure is. i love to try and open up my opponent and splay them flat and getting high up into their armpits whether that is from side control, north south, mount, reverse mount, guard(prefer high guard) and then seeing what present itself to me. it involves reading the opponent energy and pressure he is giving me. the biggest issue i have though is trying to setup and INCITE the kinds of reactions i want. i still get bit too narrowminded in my attack sequences. but i find much better roi being more open minded and even doing catch and release with lower belt and newer folks- like if i catch an americana and release it sometimes i can wristlock or armbar when they defend
Would a good strategy be to pick one sub from each position (or maybe 2) and just hunt for those for say a month? And then change up the following month....I'm feeling this video to be honest. I'm a 4 stripe white and even though i feel my defence, escapes and sweeps are pretty solid, my attack is lacking and I don't get as many subs as I'd like on people of a similar rank or blue. Good advice though, my mind goes blank when thinking of subs to go for, by the time I've flicked through the rolodex the opportunity has gone haha
Instead of being overwhelmed by all the different submissions im more overwhelmed on not knowing enough or confidence. I like the kimura, getting comfortable with arm bars. But as for Triangles, Gi chokes. Im pretty Lost. I need to develop confidence in other submissions. Get to noticing when to make those moves. I learned today i had good positions and advantages but I lost it. 😂😂😂. Bjj is definitely a tough sport but I'm enjoying my journey.
Beautifully explained - thanks 🙏 - how do you balance the concept of narrowing your focus relative to submissions with the concept of taking whatever they give you (whatever submission presents itself)?
Sorry to storm on your comments I'll give you my opinion because it might help you out, I don't care about what they give me I always go to a specific submission and try to work my way and will to get it, I even let go guullotines to attack arms and do kimuras. For me it just made me a very good person at kimuras and people are always afraid of it when they roll with me. What's even better is that when you switch for a different focus, let's say guillotine for example (that's what I'm doing now) people are afraid of your kimuras and they'll will get caught I. Guillotines and fear them because you'll get very good at them too. Think of it as a toolbox, I need to learn to work with one tool and than I'll pass to another. BTW this comes from a white belt 😉
@@virtual_self Thanks 🙏 - yeah, I think we work on different things at each stage of development, though we’re always working on fundamentals. I’m at purple right now and brown or black belts will often tell a guy like me to take what your training partner gives you as opposed to trying to force something. So my question revolves around the balance between focusing on one thing e.g. Kimuras or Guillotines, which I agree is great to focus on one thing and delve deep into it to become an expert at it and have a handful of reliable weapons, with taking what an opponent gives you/leaves open which leaves you well rounded.
@@FR-ty5vn oh yeah I think at a purple or brown belt you pretty much have paved your way almost reaching the enlightment stage and you pretty much should be going with the flow and take whatever your opponent gives you. Let's not forget that by that time you have almost all tools in your toolbox and you should know what to use and how it can be more effective. 😉
@@virtual_self yeah, it’s an interesting time and fun - I’ve read a lot about delving deeper into each technique that is part of your game to develop a real expertise, to sharpen those knives in your tool box by focusing on something in particular e.g. limit yourself to only Armbars for the day/week/month, yet to only take what presents itself so I suppose there’s just a balance between the two that I need to understand a little better (maybe it means you have to wait patiently until that Armbar presents itself and be creative using modified versions) - thanks for your thoughts 💭, brother…keep rolling…
When hunting for limbs, perhaps less so for chokes/strangles, it helps to try not to do that animalistic laser focus by *staring* at what you’ll be going for. Opponent will/should think, “uh oh he’s staring at my arm better initiate evasive action!”
Hey Chew, I'd like to get some thoughts on doing both BJJ and MMA at the same time. Been doing MMA for a little over a year and I'm curious if it'd be a good idea to start doing BJJ at the same time. It would've been: MMA: Monday, Wednesday and sunday. BJJ: tuesday, thursday. - What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance and have a great day.
Asking any experienced BJJ experts!! I just started my second class of Gi Bjj and rolled with someone who was a purple belt he had about 100lbs over on me. As an inexperienced player I don't know to many submissions so at this point I just try and survive. This purple belt was submitting me like nothing it got to a point where the he cranked my knee so bad I felt a popping sensation. Is this normal or was he an ass and going to hard on a new member. Thoughts?
Probably a dick move to crank on a knee-bar (I'm assuming that's what it is) to the point of popping on anyone, let alone a new white belt. It's normal to get submitted a lot when you're new and it's the best way to learn defense but you should never feel like you're going to get injured when you're going in to train. Trust your instincts. If you feel unsafe, don't roll with the purple belt or switch gyms.
I'm a white belt that started bjj 7 years ago but for this and that reason I always ended up quitting for a few months and get back at it. That ended this year. I finally found an amazing school and teacher that give me opportunity and actual motivation to go to classes and roll with respect for others but not losing the "aggressive mindset" just more flow than smash. Long story short I'm 40 yo now and I see BJJ on a very different level I used to. I no longer have that obsession that I need to be big and aggressive (as for hunting for any submission I can) and I no longer gasp after a few minutes. I started seeing BJJ as a meditation thing, because I actually enter in the zone when I'm rolling, and I'm always thinking that as a white belt I need to be as much defensive as I can because I need 1st to survive and than to "hunt". I also started to hunt specific things, like for example "kimuras" and for like 1 month I actually ended up letting guillotines and attack Kimura and it went amazingly well, now I'm focusing on guillotine and I'm doing it for the next month like 70% guillotine and 30% Kimura. Best year of training I had since the beginning of this amazing journey and I advise any white belt and blue belt to take a step back and look at things differently.
How to be offensive? I got a horrible and bad idea. Say some slurs or horrible things while rolling. Like "yer a guard puller", or "yer triangle is so bad, it almost look like a rectangle", or "I hope ya get yer blue belt soon so you quit and I don't have to see ya anymore".
It feels really weird to be here. On this channel. Beacuse I quit jujitsu a few months ago and I still watch his videos. I don't really know how to feel about it and I shouldn't mourn over the fact I still watch these jujitsu videos. Edit: literally after making this comment I found another video by chewy from 4years ago in my suggestions ua-cam.com/video/5mj_nrmuKRA/v-deo.html and I related so much to this. I lost interest in jujitsu and felt like I should go back but didn't. (Still now I feel like I should go back but I know I wont enjoy my time there) And when I told my stepdad I wanted to quit jujitsu. I didn't know how to respond to why. I just was not interested. After about 2 years of training. I keep thinking about reasons to go back and why jujitsu was good for me. But it doesnt feel right to go back and I still feel like there should have been a better reason than "I lost interest" to quit.
I relate to that a lot, I took a couple months off and was kinda torn on whether I should go back or not. I just decided one day I would show up and see where it led and have been going everyday they have practice for a little over a month
Jiujitsu is my deepest passion, and I will do it until my body simply cannot tolerate the pain anymore. But that is not the case for everyone. Some people try something and enjoy it for a little while, and then they move on. This could just be one of those things for you. The only thing that I would suggest is to try to deeply examine the reasons why jiujitsu used to be fun and what happened to make it stop being fun. I’m guessing you still actually like it, but there was some kind of change that took place which decreased your interest. If you could figure out what that is and try to mitigate it, you might start training again.
@@jiujitsustudent604 I’m not sure I buy the I lost interest - there are many reasons to quit, but that is not normally on the list - it’s hard, I almost quit many times - in fact, I did back in the 90’s; but the last 6 + years have been consistent except for some injuries and COVID - I am enjoying it now more than ever-just gotta put in the mat time-that I continue to do.
If you want to laser focus in grappling, learn wresting instead. In wrestling, coaches tell you to learn just 3 moves from every position. You do this and done, you're good. Simple.
I see your point, but I’m thinking he’s meaning when you first get to a dominant position to focus on working for one initial submission, given that they aren’t just giving you another submission, then attack another one that might become open based on their response to the first one.
I'm no Chewie. Not even remotely close. However, I'm going give my 2 cents that aren't parroting Chewie's advice. Maybe this guy is focusing too much on defense and not putting himself in a position where he can focus on offense. If his focus is on gaining guard and retaining it then maybe it is at the detriment to the rest of his game. Maybe he needs to switch focus to getting sweeps, working from the top, and getting past his opponents' guard. A lot of guys who focus on defense lack strength in this part of their game.
i’m gonna start pouncing on people from the shadows around town and putting them in arm triangles as an advertisement for why they should be training
This video is right on time for me. I am a new blue belt who did an open mat at a new gym today. Mostly white belts. I am so passive, each one got an opportunity to smash me for 5mins. I would lock up half guard and just deny submissions/passed. If they got a pass, I would go back to deep half. I eventually got tapped, no big deal. I left there thinking I needed to impose my will more. The white belts were young, a bit heavier than me and not unskilled, but I could take them. I am just so passive lol. So this video is right on time for me.
Paused at 27 seconds. I have been back for 5months lol.
EDIT: Just came back from an open mat and I absolutely crushed it. I got 2 kimuras, 2 keylocks, 1 armbar and a toe hold. Basically, me asserting my will led to me pressuring people into side control.
Great tip! Flow Rolling also really helps me to see the options I have in different positions!
This is what I’ve been doing and have found a lot of success with it. I lock onto a sub and all aspects of it and I steadily work towards getting into the position needed to accomplish that particular technique. Good advice Chewy, thank you for the video
Have not even watched yet... but Chewy you read my mind.
This will definitely help out my game I’m always a little overwhelmed by all the submission possibilities and try to throw one together when the opportunity shows up and it never goes well
I just came across this video and it correlated well with what my instructor said tonight at class. I’m super defensive and am slow to initiate submissions and am not as confident as I know I can be. Thank you for this perspective- it was very helpful!
I have this thing where I feel guilty of going for a submission, maybe not Worthy of submitting someone, is a real mindfuck
I defer to Chewy, but maybe if you can get the submission against full resistance that means you’re worthy of it, if you can’t then you’re not…yet…
Yes! I train at a very competitive gym , we do camps for IBJJF and ADCC and show up in force. We have a renown front headlock series from one of our black belts, and an arm drag system as well. The entire idea is, beat them with violence of action! Just go for it. Hunt it down! Think about your escape if you get caught, outside of that you need to impose your will!
And we get laser focused on the two systems, and whether you know what we’re going for or not, it really doesn’t matter (for our upper belts anyways 😂😅) we’re still going to do it!
Thx allot. Subbed today. Been doing bjj for a little over 2 years including the pauses from the lockdowns. 1 stripe white belt and have a strong feeling of stagnating. I mainly have time to train once a week. So progress is going slowly. It can be frustrating as newer guys own me regularly because they train more. Hopefully this helps!
I am in this position too, luckily I still feel like I can progress but it is definitely slower than I would like lol
@@blockchainbaboon7617 my trainer told me just keep coming to training. You’ll get better. And a blue belt told me he felt like he was the worst white belt ever lol. Guess we’re all going through this progress.
thanks for the comment brudda
This video really made something click in my head.
Looking forward to this, I'm a very defensive player who enjoys defense, I know I need to improve here (2 Stripe BB)
what i have been finding to be really awesome and helpful is trying to develop that 3rd eye sense for what is open and where the pressure is.
i love to try and open up my opponent and splay them flat and getting high up into their armpits whether that is from side control, north south, mount, reverse mount, guard(prefer high guard) and then seeing what present itself to me. it involves reading the opponent energy and pressure he is giving me. the biggest issue i have though is trying to setup and INCITE the kinds of reactions i want.
i still get bit too narrowminded in my attack sequences. but i find much better roi being more open minded and even doing catch and release with lower belt and newer folks- like if i catch an americana and release it sometimes i can wristlock or armbar when they defend
i do like the idea of being laser focused though- makes you aware of what you have to shoot for to accomplish the sub.
I REALLY wanted to hear chewy say “duck season, no it’s wabbit season!”
Oh man I love this. I am a hunter, ooooh my prey (opponents)is in trouble. Thank you for the vid
Happy hunting. My go-to choke is the Ezekiel choke, opens up a lot of option if they're so aware of it.
Chewy, thanks for the post 👁👅👁 I'm excited to get back into BJJ myself!
Kinda miss the blue mats background 😁😁
I definitely get paralysis by analysis when rolling.
Would a good strategy be to pick one sub from each position (or maybe 2) and just hunt for those for say a month? And then change up the following month....I'm feeling this video to be honest. I'm a 4 stripe white and even though i feel my defence, escapes and sweeps are pretty solid, my attack is lacking and I don't get as many subs as I'd like on people of a similar rank or blue. Good advice though, my mind goes blank when thinking of subs to go for, by the time I've flicked through the rolodex the opportunity has gone haha
Instead of being overwhelmed by all the different submissions im more overwhelmed on not knowing enough or confidence. I like the kimura, getting comfortable with arm bars. But as for Triangles, Gi chokes. Im pretty Lost. I need to develop confidence in other submissions. Get to noticing when to make those moves. I learned today i had good positions and advantages but I lost it. 😂😂😂. Bjj is definitely a tough sport but I'm enjoying my journey.
Beautifully explained - thanks 🙏 - how do you balance the concept of narrowing your focus relative to submissions with the concept of taking whatever they give you (whatever submission presents itself)?
Sorry to storm on your comments I'll give you my opinion because it might help you out, I don't care about what they give me I always go to a specific submission and try to work my way and will to get it, I even let go guullotines to attack arms and do kimuras. For me it just made me a very good person at kimuras and people are always afraid of it when they roll with me. What's even better is that when you switch for a different focus, let's say guillotine for example (that's what I'm doing now) people are afraid of your kimuras and they'll will get caught I. Guillotines and fear them because you'll get very good at them too.
Think of it as a toolbox, I need to learn to work with one tool and than I'll pass to another. BTW this comes from a white belt 😉
@@virtual_self Thanks 🙏 - yeah, I think we work on different things at each stage of development, though we’re always working on fundamentals. I’m at purple right now and brown or black belts will often tell a guy like me to take what your training partner gives you as opposed to trying to force something. So my question revolves around the balance between focusing on one thing e.g. Kimuras or Guillotines, which I agree is great to focus on one thing and delve deep into it to become an expert at it and have a handful of reliable weapons, with taking what an opponent gives you/leaves open which leaves you well rounded.
@@FR-ty5vn oh yeah I think at a purple or brown belt you pretty much have paved your way almost reaching the enlightment stage and you pretty much should be going with the flow and take whatever your opponent gives you. Let's not forget that by that time you have almost all tools in your toolbox and you should know what to use and how it can be more effective. 😉
@@virtual_self yeah, it’s an interesting time and fun - I’ve read a lot about delving deeper into each technique that is part of your game to develop a real expertise, to sharpen those knives in your tool box by focusing on something in particular e.g. limit yourself to only Armbars for the day/week/month, yet to only take what presents itself so I suppose there’s just a balance between the two that I need to understand a little better (maybe it means you have to wait patiently until that Armbar presents itself and be creative using modified versions) - thanks for your thoughts 💭, brother…keep rolling…
Thanks so much for this.
Thanks for this advice bro,,
When hunting for limbs, perhaps less so for chokes/strangles, it helps to try not to do that animalistic laser focus by *staring* at what you’ll be going for. Opponent will/should think, “uh oh he’s staring at my arm better initiate evasive action!”
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times” - Bruce Lee
"This shit gonna hurt"
-helio gracie
Never heard that one before. Like ever. Thank you for posting. Never heard this before bro. Like ever. First time ever. Thanks bro. Thanks!
@@jackmarriott4935 we all will…
I beg to differ… if someone knows 10,000 or even just 1,000 kicks that’s mind boggling and terrifying
@@conorfiggs234 the saying suggests one knows 10,000 kicks, but not well enough to execute them when it matters…
Hey Chew,
I'd like to get some thoughts on doing both BJJ and MMA at the same time. Been doing MMA for a little over a year and I'm curious if it'd be a good idea to start doing BJJ at the same time. It would've been: MMA: Monday, Wednesday and sunday. BJJ: tuesday, thursday. - What are your thoughts?
Thanks in advance and have a great day.
@Greg Lurik Thank you, hope everything is working out for you.
What's the intro song name? I can't find it on bandcamp
im confuse Cheewy
I always go for side control to get that darce
pp knows whatr im gonna do , they knew it ..
i get the crank ...
Asking any experienced BJJ experts!! I just started my second class of Gi Bjj and rolled with someone who was a purple belt he had about 100lbs over on me. As an inexperienced player I don't know to many submissions so at this point I just try and survive. This purple belt was submitting me like nothing it got to a point where the he cranked my knee so bad I felt a popping sensation. Is this normal or was he an ass and going to hard on a new member. Thoughts?
Probably a dick move to crank on a knee-bar (I'm assuming that's what it is) to the point of popping on anyone, let alone a new white belt. It's normal to get submitted a lot when you're new and it's the best way to learn defense but you should never feel like you're going to get injured when you're going in to train.
Trust your instincts. If you feel unsafe, don't roll with the purple belt or switch gyms.
I'm a white belt that started bjj 7 years ago but for this and that reason I always ended up quitting for a few months and get back at it. That ended this year.
I finally found an amazing school and teacher that give me opportunity and actual motivation to go to classes and roll with respect for others but not losing the "aggressive mindset" just more flow than smash.
Long story short I'm 40 yo now and I see BJJ on a very different level I used to.
I no longer have that obsession that I need to be big and aggressive (as for hunting for any submission I can) and I no longer gasp after a few minutes.
I started seeing BJJ as a meditation thing, because I actually enter in the zone when I'm rolling, and I'm always thinking that as a white belt I need to be as much defensive as I can because I need 1st to survive and than to "hunt".
I also started to hunt specific things, like for example "kimuras" and for like 1 month I actually ended up letting guillotines and attack Kimura and it went amazingly well, now I'm focusing on guillotine and I'm doing it for the next month like 70% guillotine and 30% Kimura.
Best year of training I had since the beginning of this amazing journey and I advise any white belt and blue belt to take a step back and look at things differently.
This is quite literally useless. "You need to focus on improving your offense to improve your offense" cheers for the 5 minute explanation of that.
How to be offensive? I got a horrible and bad idea. Say some slurs or horrible things while rolling. Like "yer a guard puller", or "yer triangle is so bad, it almost look like a rectangle", or "I hope ya get yer blue belt soon so you quit and I don't have to see ya anymore".
You need to get your old location back
It feels really weird to be here.
On this channel. Beacuse I quit jujitsu a few months ago and I still watch his videos. I don't really know how to feel about it and I shouldn't mourn over the fact I still watch these jujitsu videos.
Edit: literally after making this comment I found another video by chewy from 4years ago in my suggestions ua-cam.com/video/5mj_nrmuKRA/v-deo.html and I related so much to this. I lost interest in jujitsu and felt like I should go back but didn't. (Still now I feel like I should go back but I know I wont enjoy my time there) And when I told my stepdad I wanted to quit jujitsu. I didn't know how to respond to why. I just was not interested. After about 2 years of training.
I keep thinking about reasons to go back and why jujitsu was good for me. But it doesnt feel right to go back and I still feel like there should have been a better reason than "I lost interest" to quit.
I relate to that a lot, I took a couple months off and was kinda torn on whether I should go back or not. I just decided one day I would show up and see where it led and have been going everyday they have practice for a little over a month
It’s hard for me to understand how one could lose interest - it’s simply way too fascinating 🧐 - is that the real reason?
Jiujitsu is my deepest passion, and I will do it until my body simply cannot tolerate the pain anymore.
But that is not the case for everyone. Some people try something and enjoy it for a little while, and then they move on. This could just be one of those things for you.
The only thing that I would suggest is to try to deeply examine the reasons why jiujitsu used to be fun and what happened to make it stop being fun. I’m guessing you still actually like it, but there was some kind of change that took place which decreased your interest. If you could figure out what that is and try to mitigate it, you might start training again.
@@jiujitsustudent604 I’m not sure I buy the I lost interest - there are many reasons to quit, but that is not normally on the list - it’s hard, I almost quit many times - in fact, I did back in the 90’s; but the last 6 + years have been consistent except for some injuries and COVID - I am enjoying it now more than ever-just gotta put in the mat time-that I continue to do.
Sorry but I’m not one to pass up a grouse or a rabbit on a elk hunt. We keep multiple tags in our pocket for a reason. You take what you’re given.
If you want to laser focus in grappling, learn wresting instead. In wrestling, coaches tell you to learn just 3 moves from every position. You do this and done, you're good. Simple.
I see your point, but I’m thinking he’s meaning when you first get to a dominant position to focus on working for one initial submission, given that they aren’t just giving you another submission, then attack another one that might become open based on their response to the first one.
There's only duck season and wabbit season
Wabbit season
WABBIT SEASON!
I'm no Chewie. Not even remotely close. However, I'm going give my 2 cents that aren't parroting Chewie's advice. Maybe this guy is focusing too much on defense and not putting himself in a position where he can focus on offense. If his focus is on gaining guard and retaining it then maybe it is at the detriment to the rest of his game. Maybe he needs to switch focus to getting sweeps, working from the top, and getting past his opponents' guard. A lot of guys who focus on defense lack strength in this part of their game.
wabbit season
How to be more offensive in BJJ? Do catch wrestling... nah I'm just jokinging... sorta.
May i suggest making fun of Biden supporters
Swear a lot. Ask what’s their political orientation. Then roll, yes I’m joking