BJJ is Not Designed for Small People... No Martial Art is. | Icy Mike vs. Chewjitsu
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😂This was good. Well done sir. . . oh and nice shirt in the video.
Knew you'd be a good sport about it, man
Love you chewy
They are very nice shirts. Very flattering cut to them. Everyone should go over to Chewjitsu and order them.
Didn’t know who he was playing until I saw the teeth😂
@@hard2hurt aye aye captain
This statement backs up my theory that the best martial art instructors tend to be the smaller ones, because they were forced to become as technical as possible to to counter their lack of size and/or strength.
Deadass my coach basically my size and I’m not even done growing yet and I’m pretty short no lie but when he’s sparring against anyone dude can be twice his size man he’s working them like it’s nothing complete control no worries amazes me how skilled he is
I think claiming that thought to be "your theory" is like saying "eating vegetables should be part of a healthy diet" is your theory. Pretty sure we're all on the same page for that one
@@robinjowitt1234 Meh, if he came up with it all on their own there is credence to the claim of "their theory" just cause it already exists in a more perfected form doesn't mean that you can't have a more primitive theory formed in your head. Besides letting people have "their theories" is how innovation happens, I think denying simple claims under the assumption everyone has that inborn knowledge is cause for stagnation. Besides there really isn't any reason to assume that claim is as natural as a "healthy diet".
For instance I completely agree that a smaller person is forced to become as technical as possible and that because of this smaller people that stick with it are required to be technical masters or close to it. But is it really that uncommon to have someone 20 pounds heavier do the same? If that's the case where do you draw the line? In fact that brings up an interesting point. Where do you even start defining small people and where do you end is someone 100 pounds considered small? probably to small right? I don't even know it's not as cut and dry as you make it sound.
@Fabio Rodriguez Short guy here. You're absolutely right. You're forced to be better than anyone else.
Growing up, every boy picks on you and you have to fight, is either fight or be humiliated. In teenage years you must develop skills others don't even think they exist. Also, God forbid you go hand in hand with a hot chick. Every 10 meters you meet a guy (taller than you) who will hit on her thinking he can take you on. You will get bullied a lot, there are a lot of dudes who are bored with life and try to entertain themselves taking you on. At work, you have to work twice as hard as any regular guy. Feels good though when others come to see you working. Feels good doing things other can't do. It is a curse at first, but you can turn it into a blessing by working on yourself. There is also a good side of being a short guy: All the bewbs are biger.
Bruce Lee lol
Aikido was designed for larger stronger opponents to lose to smaller weaker opponents
Bahahahaa
Steven Seagal said "Ha, ha."
yes, it was and it failed...failed hard.. :)
@The BootyBandit that’s the joke dude. It’s a martial art designed to make people lose.
aikido was designed for people to lose to anyone
This sums up my BJJ journey. I'm the smallest in my gym and I've perfected the art of "surviving".
Might be all you need in the street
Lol buy a gun
Im the smallest in the gym for sure and definitely spend a lot of time on the bottom, but I tap some big boys some times. I think you just need to really BJJ & totally agree there is a weight class for a reason.
Same! People will say, man, I couldn’t get any submissions on you 🤣 even though they would win on points. I take it as a win for me now lol
BJJ is for girls
I always liked the simple phrase "Technique isn't a replacement for Strength, it's the efficient application of Strength. Taking care of your body and working out are still important." It was from another video on a similar topic, about BJJ, but it applies to all martial arts very well.
Great quote, best comments get the fewest likes unfortunately
My boy Ramsey Dewey spiting fax in that video
Such a good principle to apply. Thank you for sharing.
Still good technique can still yield surprisingly good results e.g. an Olympic lifter of a much lighter weight class vs a cross fitter of a much heavier weight class.
@@miguelmoron9154 What was the video?
Parkour! Parkour is better for smaller people. And the last bit of this video made me laugh out loud 😂👌
PARKOUR!
Meh... bigger legs, bigger jumps, longer arms, longer reach... No?
@@jeanackle More mass makes it harder to adjust trajectory.
@@jeanackle but also less agility and less endurance.
I made the right choice,it seems
"I'm small, weak, old and frail, which martial art should I do?"
- Glock 19
Get a gun
Saw this 5”4 15 year old body an older taller dude was surprised af got him on a choke
hahhaaa
GUN FU TIME
In Gun Fu, it's better to be smaller... because smaller targets are harder to hit.
As a little guy whos practiced a few martial arts briefly, but bjj and wrestling primarily, bjj has definitely been huge in my line of work as a security guard in a pretty high crime area. It might not seem as huge when up against someone who’s also trained but in so many practical applications it has allowed me to resolve altercations without serious injury to me or the other individual.
Being small is always inherently a disadvantage in a fight, training to overcome that disadvantage is the purpose of the art
Spot on sir!
But your years of real life experience is no match for someone's commentary on youtube
@@adamjenson9369did u watch the video? They are basically saying the same thing. Mike literally said if your a smaller weaker person you have to train BJJ to an extent
If you're not already, go subscribe to Chewy. He has one of my favorite channels: czcams.com/users/Chewjitsu
I hope Chewy watches this he will get a kick out of this I think. It is really funny and the impression is pretty good lol.
Your impressions are on point! I really hope Chewy sees this for sure. Subbed.
Take it from a 5'5" 123 lb Wrestler. Being the small guy fucking sucks. Expecially considering that I was wrestling up a weight class. At the beginning I was smashed by everyone. My first ever season I went 3 and 8. And although I "Got Gud" at wrestling above weight, Im not immune to the big guy squish. 90% of the time It was their mistake that won me the match.
Doesent any one realise that the vid was posted a hour ago but this comment were commenting on was posted 2 days ago
Impersonate sensei seth
“Strength is never a weakness and weakness is never a strength.” - Mark Bell
"“Strength is never a weakness and weakness is never a strength.” - Mark Bell"
That's not true. The best combination is to be a small guy training against big guys. That forces you to get your technique near-perfect. Big guys have a problem if they train with small guys, which is that they get away with a lot of bad technique on little guys that doesn't work against big guys. Or they just get older and lose their strength, while the little guys keep their most of their skill and knowledge.
@@TheMisterGuy xD
Except Love & Faith. 🙏💚🙏
@@Verde_Martinez wut?
@@TheMisterGuy this guy bro the same thing applies to "big" people and they get the advantage of being stronger naturally.
I just started BJJ and I'm 5'7" +140lbs, and I can say that one thing I realized is that I'll always be having to put more effort in a fight when fighting big guys unless they're significantly less experienced (which nobody is, considering I started two weeks ago)
My best advice for you: get to a gym, pump the iron, and pay attention to your nutrition. I'm now 5'8" and 210 lbs (and 55, but whatever) and way stronger and skilled than when I was in the Infantry at a whole 160lbs. To defeat bigger size you better have more skill and raw strength. It was funny when I was in Wing Chun class. I got paired up with a large, high ranking student, but I kept pushing my way through his defenses like they weren't even there. He had no strength to back up his techniques. Building up strength and explosive power is something that anyone in reasonable health can do, and should do. It's not magic, but it sure looks like it to the audience that can't see the years of hard work and sweat.
@@rallen7660 i just can't get gain weight, even if i eat a lot, do strength work, nothing changes. the only difference is that i feel slower.
I'm 5ft7 and only 125lbs. I want to start but yeah it doesn't give me positive feelings knowing I'll be one of the smallest.
@@musicman1eanda im 5'7 and i weigh about 130 lbs, the truth is you're gonna get smashed by fat beginners. i kept on grinding and got my first stripe
@@musicman1eanda lift weights and bulk up first
I had a sensei from Brazil who was about 120lbs. He destroyed everyone with rear naked chokes. He was so dextrous and kinda slithered like a snake climbing a mountain or something. You could try to crunch down on him with your weight, but he was able to sense where the weight was concentrated and just diffused away from it like a shadow.
What is his height
@@sinfo1146 5ft 3 inches.
@@korswe You sure?
@@korswe Damn at that hieght thats impressive
@@sinfo1146 I’m pretty sure as I have been choked many times. So has everyone! His son runs a dojo in Oakland/Berkeley.
As my sensei who trained at the Kōdōkan always says, “Trying to do martial arts without having any strength is like trying to drive a car that has no engine”.
Shut up, Joe.
@Jake LaGotta did he say anything about short men ? He said you need strength to do martial arts.
Honestly, if you want to defeat bigger guys than you, then learn how to be deceptive, and........use the poison.
I remember hearing the sentence "兵不厭詐"(Means "War is all about deception"), it's so true.
Fighting a guy who is bigger than you, is already unfair. And people in general, are unfair. Nobody likes a fair fight. They will hit you from behind, even use guns, darts...to hurt you.
If you want a "Fair Fight", then gain weight, train in the gym, increase your muscle.
If you want to fight a bigger guy, be prepared to play dirty, be deceptive.
Other than that, there is nothing else to say.
This video is a literal quote from "the art of war" : If your troops are five times larger than the enemy, sorround them, if its twice their size, fight them, if your troops are equal to the enemy's, divide them, if its half their size, keep your guard, because the smallest error will bring the biggest consequences - Sun Tsu 2007 (sry for spanglish)
Tell that to Alexander the Great ;)
Good quote
@@johnnyabatrossy having the cutting edge weapons technology of the era in the long pikes (plus a really great cavalry) and having a military genius leader does not hurt
2007???
@@munkle_3 Yeah man, I met Sun Tsu the other day. Cool dude...
Sing it brother. This is so true. When I roll with someone my size, I go for it. When I roll with bigger people, I just try to survive.
I started in Judo, but have trained in other styles that use Judo and BJJ in their training. After my intro to Judo I took a break from martial arts and trained body building and power lifting for 5 years just to gain weight. I was 6'1" and 160lbs and finished at 195lbs. Got back into the arts and had an opportunity to cross train at a great Judo school with a good Sensei. After a while I got to spar with a Black Belt I hadn't trained with much. On the ground he got me in side control...then you could hear him yell as he went over on his back. The Sensei asked him what happened. The Black Belt said, "I have never been bench pressed out of side control before." Another BB said,"Yeah...he did that to me last week." When skill levels are the same, there is no substitute for size and strength. Where skill and experience end, guts and conditioning take over. I was however held down by a younger female brown belt in the same school for the 30 second time limit...but we're talking Judo not MMA.
I think Judo WAS designed for small people. Its the one that comes closest.
Don't forget that Judo was designed by a striker and BJJ got its start from Judo and expanded on the groundwork ideas into the art it is today. Judo also has a combat side that most don't see. Combat or elimination throws in Judo are intense and designed to end a fight or a tournament match.@@emremokoko
"Big people hate when a small person threatens them"
I've been boxing for almost ten years, and as a small guy, that hits straight home, haha.
As a big person, we hate it when they know how to fight because they usually get in close, completely eliminating our reach. That's why with short people I'm more of a "hugger" then a striker lol.
@Jacob Sirak turns out I'm better with grappling then I am with punching and kicking, although my elbows, knees and hammer strikes seem to flow together really nicely.
Sure..
@@TheQue5tion yeah it gets weird, like I can't convince him to stay outside when we're training and I can't throw with power
@@TheQue5tion are you saying youre a lover not a fighter? :)
"if you're smaller than your opponent, you just gotta be better than them" - Icy Mike
No shit, though. But when a bigger dude is grappling you, what would you rather be better at? BJJ or Boxing?
@@tjl4688 Whatever keeps me alive honestly.
@@tjl4688 exactly.
@@tjl4688 boxing, striking in general, vital targets still available and if you're very good you can make them miss being agile and stuff, then countering, and all it takes is a good strong punch to the jaw, anybody is likely to get knocked out, grappling is technical but you aren't putting yourself in a better situation grappling a much bigger guy.
But honestly, go with what you're better at
You are putting yourself in a better position by grappling if you were much smaller though. The whole point of taking the flight to the ground is that it neutralizes the superior strength of the other guy’s legs, and makes the superior strength and reach in his upper body pretty much irrelevant. Plus, the clothing based gripping approach slows down much faster more explosive opponents.
What Mike said about size and weight being a greater advantage in submission grappling than in wrestling or striking is just absolutely backwards, empirically speaking.
Smaller grapplers often do very well in the open weight divisions. But there is no open weight division in wrestling or boxing. For a reason. It’s because we we already know in advance who would win in those cases.
Completely agree. Also, hitting the gym, putting on some weight and being able to lift and pull more made a HUGE difference for my bjj results.
"It's never better to be smaller unless we're playing hide and seek."
True, but you don't need to know how to fight if you can't be found.
If you’re a woman…
Best kind of defence? No be there
I'm 43, 135lbs and 5' 7", and a brown belt in BJJ after 14 years of off and on training. This video is truth. It sucks being little and old.
Always some 24 year old, 6', 220lb stud saying that it just takes proper technique.
I’m 47, 5’8”, 170 lbs and starting my first class next week. I’m just going to tap early and often until I gain in strength and technique.
@@dreamup8431 you got decent size for your height so think you will be ok
i'm 46 , 155 lbs , brow belt and i agree with you but also it is a lot of fun :)
I'm 6"1 and 220 lbs, 20 years old and I'm afraid of going up against the huge 6"4 giants...
"It's never better to be smaller." That's what she said.
😂
@PogChamp Damn. It's not all about the 'motion of the ocean' anymore? 😐
I heard prostitutes like smaller guys who finish quickly. That way they can get paid without much work or getting bruised.
@PogChamp I mean real wing Chung i.e. hand fighting, is one of the only things where u do have a marked advantage, still got to be better than your bigger opponent though
I do bjj and am 55kg lol
@@stampedmetalsword8099 Working girls must love Cory Sandhagen after this past weekend.
I found having explosive power really has helped me in my Bjj journey. I’m a former D1 athlete and I’ve continued to train like one. I do mostly Olympic weightlifting and toss around 225lbs like nothing. This has really helped in my grappling.
Your impressions are freaking hilarious man. Please keep them up! I'm sure Chewy can take a joke
Judo/BJJ: "we teach smaller people to defeat bigger people" also Judo/BJJ: "here, of course, we have weight classes in competitions"
Duh! In a fight between fighters of equal skill the larger one will of course have benefit of larger size. If you put two black belts with 100s of fights against each other of course the heavier and stronger will win. The point is, against an unskilled heavier, stronger or larger opponent, Judo will give the smaller person very good odds. In fact small size is a benefit in this case. The shorter Judoka needs less skill to get under the opponent when throwing than the larger Judoka. This is why dropping to the knees to throw is so popular with lower belts in Judo: you get low without technique. A skilled small Judoka has significantly higher odds winning a fight against a larger unskilled opponent than not. For self defence Judo is definitely very good for small persons. IMHO Judo should be be preferred combat sport for smaller persons who want to improve their self defence skills.
Judo is the big exception and Mike missed that. Strength helps a lot of course but everyone can become strong with proper training. But if you're short it's not a disadvantage , it's actually the opposite, your center of gravity is lower and thus it's easier to throw other people and harder for them to throw you.
I think we are all saying the same thing :). Just wanted to point that out
"Judo/BJJ: "we teach smaller people to defeat bigger people" also Judo/BJJ: "here, of course, we have weight classes in competitions""
Judo also has age brackets. Learning how to beat younger, stronger, bigger people with Judo doesn't suddenly mean those things are non-factors, especially when the other guy also knows Judo.
@@TheMisterGuy But to be fair, stating ''we teach smaller people to defeat bigger people'' is not the same as ''BJJ is designed for small people''. The first statment is still true, despite the things you said afterwards. The technique smaller people learn will help them to defeat bigger guys they would normally not be able to beat.
When you train Judo in your Dojo/Gym there are no weight classes and the age bracket is only divided in children and adults, at least where i come from. What you're talking about is competition.
I have always been a smaller person and the one thing that I learned that most bigger guys didn’t is how to relax when you are getting crushed
FOR REALS!
im 5.11 (181m) and 80kg. my esperience has been the opposite. most guys on the smaller spectrum were the biggest spaz. one exception was a dude about 1.90m that was my recurring rolling partner. he even started to cut weight in order to catch me in competition!
@@vittocrazi nah small guys lose all the time to everyone whether they are small, big, or women so we are used to it. It's simple practice. Big guys on the other hand.... aren't used to losing to anyone so they spaz out more when it happens. They aren't as used to it
@@konradgin6214 but as one of my training partners on the "smaller" side, he said that he is used to use more strenght because they are used to playing with stronger people. and bigger dudes many times cant properly handle their strenght, but dont go balls to the wall either. that was what i was trying to say. in the absolute, the biggest guys do excert more force and are percieved as hard to "tame". but smaller dudes turn up the heat fast, only their 100% is more manageable than the other´s 70%
That's legit!
Drop it raw brother! As an instructor I' ve had this conversation many many times, and I always had to say the raw truth. There is too much false advertisement I think about this issue. No matter the martial art/technique you use, bigger and stronger is always a plus. Usually a huge one. Still, no matter your build, you are better off learning a martial art then not.
I am a small guy myself and one of the best ways to control someone bigger than you who also know BJJ is to use halfguard and underhooks where the focus is on controlling one of their legs and working from there. Since they are much bigger than you, it will be impossible to control their whole body, but one leg can be very annoying and extremely hard to break out of. From the halfguard you can easily work to the back etc.
"There is nobody more qualified than to talk about being smaller and weaker." I almost spit out my coffee.
😀👌
Soooo true.... Sure, he's qualified to talk about training with larger people, and he's done more training than a lot of people in the comments, but I've certainly met smaller people who've done more training, and as the 148 lb guy in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class with a 320 lb guy and a 370 lb guy, I feel like I get a vote on the fact that he can't possibly be the most qualified person ever
Also, the smallest guy to train with us was significantly smaller than me, let alone the smallest girl in the class.
@@mitubogoogle Helio was about Mike's size, and he'd say Mike is missing the point.
I am more qualified, and older...
all this is 100% facts. im 5'7 140 pounds. i roll everyday with people 50-100 pounds heavier than me 5 days week. Ive learned to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. i learned early i have to work twice as hard as the stronger more athletic guys at my gym and im ok with that. it makes me tougher and it makes me appreciate even more the milestones i surpass when i reach them.
Im 5'4 125lbs and I get smeshed everyday. Ive learnt to survive mostly and whilst Im not subbing a lot of people, Im not being subbed an absurd amount either. Ive becomr very accustomed to mount and back escapes and theyre an essential part of my game
@@rowanbae4031 may be it would help getting stronger? I.e. doing some work with weights.
@@SwordWieldingDuck exactly! Being short does not mean that you have to be weak! So they should try to gain more muscles.
@jon bucedi . You are right I have a huge weight advantage and I have been able to submit higher belts or hang with them because of my size
@@nisbenyricardo533 enjoy it. thats something ill NEVER get to do lol
The Gracie's have discussed this. They refer to it as "Boyd Belts". This came from Boyd, a black belt who would get tapped by a blue belt on the regular. Turns out the blue belt was 40 pounds heavier and 10 years younger. The rule of thumb that Ryron and Rener gave was that every 10 years and every 20 pounds is a belt. The blue belt in this case had the equivalent of 3 belts of weight and age on him. This made them both effectively black belts.
Yep. I'm 5'5'' and this can't be more true. I'm thankful there's people where I train that are similar in size. Tonight there was only one and we're encouraged to roll with multiple people each class. But, the good thing is, after training with people bigger than you, the people similar in size become easier to roll with. So, it has it's advantages.
"IF you are an experienced martial artist, or you pretend to be one on reddit"
LOL!!! The delivery of that was perfect
Oh boy I felt that one
Yeah loved that. Just matter-of-fact, in passing, like you could almost miss it.
😄👌
peak comedy.
10 seconds in and the fake teeth fucking got me
Edit: also just realised you were actually doing a voice impression and not lip-syncing, that's even more impressive
I thought the same thing, haha.
Seriously! He went all in on this one! Good fucking job 😂
Seriously the fake teeth had me cracking up on sight☠️☠️☠️
So far, a week into my classes, I've been training with people who are the same height as me but they tend to be a bit more stout than myself. I'm definitely not a stringbean, I have muscle, but trying to strictly out-muscle someone 40+ more lbs. than me is very exhausting. But I'm seeing this as a challenge that can help with people similar in frame to me.
I trained bjj for 5 years and earned my blue belt. On average, the guys I trained with had 15-25 lbs on me. I spent those 5 years getting crushed. I ended up getting really good at submission defense and escape from the bottom.
Being small is good for escaping into a locked house with a doggy door when someone is about to beat you up.
not that You would know right?
An anime profile picture, of course 🤣
Thats very specific.
You did that didnt you
Lmao!!!
that is umm a bit too specific
Oh.... oh my 👀😂
yoooo
Ya
This is for the small people seth, go home
@@christianmccall4542 lol
give him an Oscar!!
I agree 100%, recently I started practicing wrestling against my friends because I’ve been wanting to start to learn and get better, and they won most of the time because of their strength and size even though I was a little more skilled than them , and that is why I started practicing more heavily and combining training with working out, and of corse watching videos to see what techniques other people are using because I know that with hard work, I can start beating them using better technique .
I'm 5'5", around 180. Been studying Shito-ryu since 1994. Brown belt. I would like to get some ground training. I wrestled a little on my youth, and I would think smaller people would be good at it, but I don't know. I think you're right, that we have to fight harder to achieve the same goals as larger people.
Dammit. This is good.
You should actually get a writing credit for this video
@@hard2hurt - haha, especially since you recycled the wig you used for me.
A+ vid!!!
The teeth killed me 🤣 Chewy has to get you back for this 🤣
Dude get verified! Got a lotta subs. Love ya
It is a lie that weak can defeat strong, but it is possible for a strong to defeat stronger.
Well said sir
As ive always said, "size only matters when the size is too small". Size and strength only matter if youre too small and weak to do anything.
Sun Tzu is that you?
This is an unfair world. But even a small knife can make a huge difference. Except in a public match
Depends how strong if is strong but dont know anything just rap: difference of maybe 50 pounds still can be done; if is on ground and you manage to escape go to top you can defeat...and many other circunstances. You dont gohead to head you got to cheat...
I watched this after a few beers and I had to do a double take because his Chewy impression was so good. Phrasing, tone, speech patterns...nailed it.
Finally someone has used their platform to state what so many people simply try to neglect. Thank you for your voice brother.
“It’s never better to be smaller unless you're playing hiding seek.” 😂
Or a jockey
Or parkour
this goes on r/bonneappletea
Or a tank crew
Or escaping aliens in the sewers of LV-426.
This myth comes from the fact that the gracies family patriarch was the smallest out of the first batch
And their constant marketing. I swear some of them really think Helio invented leverege lol
and was still a strong athlete, 1.75 for 65kg at that time was not "frail". young men of that height and size where sent to war
And still not very small
He didn’t seem like an athletic guy but I do hear that the stories of him being pretty much a cripple were exaggerated. He hear he went swimming quite a bit, not sure if he actually competed
@@zootjitsu6767 Teddy Roosevelt was frail as a child; people can overcome those conditions through hard work.
I totally agree with you, I have been training Bjj for almost six years, that's one of the things I always tell new folks at the gym. Yes it will give you some advantage vs someone bigger with no training at least to get aways and run or buy some time to escape, but definitely the physical aspect of strength and speed etc play a big part, it's not only training the techniques but also the body needs to be trained and maintain in good physical form.
It's one thing to be small, it's another when you are being weak. For smaller people they do have an advantage ( relatively) in terms of being a bit more agile compared to a bigger guy. Well, being agile is not enough you also need strength training because what good is quick grab without sufficient power.
I am gonna start BJJ in a few weeks and this is just what I needed, specially the last part, now I am even more determined, thank you for being straight and honest about this
I am 170 cm and 85kg so oh boi, wish me luck
That's it. I'm quitting BJJ and getting a moped. I want something that is FOR ME!
Let's start a gang.
@@hard2hurt I am so down!
Icy your impression of chewie deserves a Oscar award, that is a classic man.
The damn teeth got me😂😂😂
@@yamanosu9463 Yes the teeth were a corker, but his impression was that good he even sounded and talked like him. Chewie would start his sentences with well then a slight pause and his best line were" when I submitted him and he would get back up again and again" I watched it a few times it gets funnier every time.
I just signed up to go to chewie's gym for kickboxing on Monday, I saw the thumbnail and was like "why does he look so familiar?"
@@mariomaster646 chewie kick boxing classes and icy Mike teaching bjj what a combo lol.
Hello @hard2hurt - there is a looot of videos out there but honestly this one is really good, excellent work and will look at more of yours... keep up the great work. best regards from Zurich, Switzerland 🙂
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Damn right I used to be 140lbs. I trained up to blue belt. When the master turned up the heat on me. In those sparing sessions I realize I am weak as shit. Since I took on weight lifting. Currently I am 160lbs and I have to say everyday life is easier. Even at my job (construction) I am way better of. I don’t get as tired as easily. Weight training is a must for a successful life!
Short people: “I guess I’ll just fucking die”
One thing is to be large and another one is to be big. Large means larger bones, so taller. Big means bigger muscles, so stronger. You can be short and way more stronger than taller guys so height really means nothing in a fight, since bones can’t generate force, muscles do. Strength, speed, endurance and technique are some of the skills that matter in a 1 VS 1, not the length of the bones lol.
@@GymboStarsArgentina Right, I don’t know what he’s talking about. Not all short people are weak
I was 5’11” 135lbs until about 25 yrs old. Short people would whoop my ass. Im 200 lbs now. Muscle mass matters not height.
hard2chew got me good
Hahaha 🤣😂 hard2chew... classic, have a like 👍🏻
Hahaa
hahahahahah well done
One of the best advice I got was. Every 25 lbs on your opponent, treat it like +1 belt level - even if your opponent is untrained. And especially if they know slight combative arts.
Fun video, good footwork on the chewy impression. Spot on
Icy Mike: No one's trying to pack on pounds to get into a bigger weight class
BJ Penn ballooning up to 191lbs to fight Lyoto Machida: My diet is like atkins but with carbs
@Emerson Alexander lol natural talent. Dude obsessively trained for years.
@Emerson Alexander maybe later on his career he started slacking a bit but I think those big fights wear on you eventually. Read his auto bio. He knew he was lucky as a rich kid but he didnt slouch when it came to training. At least when he was young. He was that good for reason. Despite any personal flaws he started showing later in his life. Success got to that ninja turtle head of his lol
@@pumkinmuscles1104 It's the oldest story in combat sports. Mike Tyson trained like a madman under Cus, then Cus died and he started slouching. Fedor trained like a madman until he got old and more family oriented, then he started slouching. B-Hop is the VERY rare example of someone who never slacked off- wasn't he in his fifties and still knocking dudes out for championship belts?
BJ Penn just got fat, and he didn't want to lose the weight. He has actually said this in an interview, Google it. most fighters that move up a weight class try to get around the bare minimum needed for that weight class and then lose it all again after the weigh in before the actual fight
@@Pharto_Stinkus most fighters who move up in wheight just don't cut for the fight, almost everybody is one wheight class to low anyway
5:21 "Big people hate when smaller people threaten them AT ALL"
Truest, most unbiased statement I've heard you say in quite some time. Maybe this one will be my last, but even I amidst my criticism can point out your objectivity when you put it out there.
Nothing is more intimidating than a small guy throwing off and he just is smiling and remaining calm when some bigger guy takes offense and wants to kick his butt. One has to wonder... Does he have a gun?
This video made me a fan brother! Much love and keep spreading the good news
“It’s never better to be smaller. That’s why there’s weight classes” 100% accurate and this is one of the best martial videos I’ve seen. Great explanation.
He’s wrong about that, too. It’s much better to be smaller if you’re a gymnast. It’s better to be shorter if you’re a power lifter, at least with the deadlift. It’s better to be smaller if you’re trying to conceal yourself. The list goes on. Being smaller does have some advantages.
@@sotiriosnovatsis4529he says “in fighting”. Don’t extrapolate outside the context to create a fallacy to support your argumentation dude.
@@sotiriosnovatsis4529The mountain who holds the deadlift world title is not a small guy per say. i dont know where you got that being smaller is better for lifting.
@@lordenvincar I said "shorter" with deadlifting, which equates to smaller in height. And being smaller in height very clearly gives one a distinct advantage in the deadlift.
@@sotiriosnovatsis4529 Only in certain weight classes. if you want to break the world record you clearly need to be tall because they weight more than short people. the mountain just wont weight enough if he was just 5ft11 or 6ft to pull it off.
I missed weight at a judo tournament, went up a weight class and learned a lot in the 6s I lasted before I bust 2 ribs.
Oof
As a heavyweight, I try to tell these lil guys its all fun and games until you fight someone just as skilled as you but is heavier
@@Meta_Meech shut up 😂 you probably arent even a heavyweight
@@Thechosen0010 what fuck I gotta lie for? Struck a nerve little girl? Lol 😂
@@Meta_Meech sounds like u were crying to them little guys cuz they had more skill then u and beat u . So u hit them with the pick on someone ur size n skill level lol
It's the uncomfortable truth of martial arts. Still better to know how to grapple and punch, no matter how small you are.
@PJ Rivera The less you weigh, the less strength has an impact. So yeah the lighter divisions have more skills
@PJ Rivera less weight does not equal less stamina what are you talking about? Why do you think cyclists weight almost nothing
@@frek175 Not so much more stamina either- just less weight to have to work against.
@@TheNEOverse exactly less weight to carry around so you tire out less quickly and less muscle to fuel.
@@frek175 thats why lighter fighters are more skilled. I'm a heavy weight boxer and even though I have skill, I simply can't train as much as the lighter guys, with all the extra weight I carry around it's simply impossible to do so. And I think @PJ Rivera simply made an error with his wording bro lmao
The truth! Wish I knew this before I trained. I appreciate your content.
You have to keep that character going dude! That “ dirty myrtle” at the end was hilarious!
"I can't wait for someone to try and attack one of our girls on the street." -Possibly the dumbest thing I've heard a BJJ instructor say
Who ever said that?
Yikes.
@@bradanderson4192 It was an instructor at a college BJJ club I went to years ago. It convinced me to look for Jiu Jitsu help elsewhere.
@@steventhompson4840 sounds like u made a good move 😂😂😂 . he’s trying to get people killed .
I teach japanese jujitsu and we cover basic grappling skills and we always say if youve gotten to the point where you have to use ground grappling you done fucked up WAY long ago
As a 5'1" dude who literally got the short end of the straw, I have to say BJJ did make me have to master the technical aspect of the game and not rely on brute force. I am still very strong but put me against someone 30+ lbs heavier and it becomes hard, but not insurmountable. BJJ is a game of human chess, ESPECIALLY when you're small like me.
Saw this 5”4 15 year old body an older taller dude was surprised af got him on a choke
One question, what if you fight against a bigger opponent, but he doesn't know any BJJ? Let's say a street fight? Would you actually own him?
My bjj coach says that all the time bjj is human chess so true
But 80 lbs bigger and he may not have ever rolled and it may be impossible
@@ColonelFluffles No a bigger dude is gonna maul you and sit on you
BJJ dudes always tries to take it to the ground, THE WORST PLACE in a street fight, hard abrasive ground, who knows who come around to help their friend.
Keep it standing unless you can quickly and decisively mount them and finish them (knock / choke them out, or break one of their limbs thus debilitating them from continuing to fight)
1. Best martial art is track or cross country
2. Boxing or wrestling.
Had this almost exact same conversation in my Krav class the other night,. I'm 6'2 245, guy I was partnered with was 5'5 150. He couldn't understand why when I broke out of his rear choke he was pushed back so far, but when he broke mine I stayed planted.
We then switched to working on why his stance and having a good solid base mattered so much more for him, and I could be a bit more sloppy and nonchalant but still be stable.
Great Video.
This hits home. I'm 5'6 and 135 pounds and whenever I roll with the ladies in my class I get a taste of what its like when other, bigger opponents, roll with me. It really makes you realize how much of an advantage brute strength really is. I will say, however, that once those girls reach a certain level of Jiu Jitsu, strength becomes virtually ineffective and takes a backseat to technique. It just takes years to get there. Also I'm a 3 stripe white belt with about 1.5 years of experience to put this comment into perspective
holy shit 1.5 years with bjj u dont get past a white belt? or did u take a break or something casuse ive neber done bjj
@@synnc3626 usually takes around 2 years for a hobbyist to get a blue belt
Bs brute strength and true malice would destroy those women
I'm curious, what's your largest fighting weight you can get away with, I assume you're light weight right?
Aren't you a little to light for 5.6??
Good laugh!! 🤣 Awesome video!! 🙌
Please do a reaction video
Aaron I don’t think reaction videos are Coach Brian’s thing. Especially because he obviously already saw it.
@@Joecool20147 He reacts in real time when Sensei Majid Raees ankle kicks him or tags him in chops. It would just be nice to get feedback. Besides if he did, he would start to maximize the potential of the CZcams algorithms and raise his potential of getting more views from another region of the country.
You're here
I want to say that I am a huge Teach Me Grappling fan. My comment is not meant as any form of disrespect towards him. Writing this context in a new comment so as to not dirty delete
Best martial art for smaller people is tactical shooting... You are a smaller harder to hit target, but your gun is just as deadly...
Wrestling is easier when you are smaller.
Easier to lift, better balance, more agile and closer to the ground = easier to wrestle.
@@vipr1142 that too, but i was making a joke tho xD
However, thats not necesary 100% true... Depends how much smaller you are, in sumo there are small rikishi in high level... But there has never been a small yokozuna... So, when you drop weight divisions, things get conplicated... Like... Imagine the lightweight world champion of wrestling trying to grapple with eddie hall after giving eddie 3 years of wrestling training... There would be no chance the small champion could win, the strength difference is basically that of a child and an adult... However... It would be very unlikely to happen in self defense... Not mny people are that big
@@gingercore69 Well sumo is pushing, its not wrestling basically.
Look up the sumo fighter: Takanoyama Shuntarō
He is pretty bad ass.
Look at Rousimar Palhares, small but pure savage!
@@vipr1142 kote nage in wrestling is called whizer throw, koshi nage is called hip throw, there is a version of kubi nage, and ippon zeoi is called shoulder throw, tottari is basically a rusian tie grip used as a throw, amiuchi is a type of armdrag, etc...
Sumo has pushing and striking, but there is wrestling involved... They share many techniwues with freedtyle wrestling actually
@@vipr1142 Wrestling is more technical, faster and also more entertaining at lower weights, it isn't more effective though, if you ask the olympic gold medalist in the 55kg division if he thinks he can defeat the 15th or 20th place in the 120kg division or the 96kg division, he will laugh at your face, because he knows for sure there's no way he wins, even if he is a better fighter in theory, in reality he just isn't, more power just crushes technic up to a point , the heavier you got the less it matters though, a 120kg person will be much closer to an 180kg than a 60kg to a 120kg, also humans have a sweet spot that if surpassed makes weight became a burden instead of strength, assuming they are all well trained and conditioned people that are bigger will just be better at actual winning in wrestling, if you just eliminate the weight classes the bigger guys will just absolutely dominate, even with lower levels of technic.
I’m just popping in to say I agree with the title. Size matters. As a little guy who does BJJ, I threw my back out twice as a white belt. It’s hard. Your muscles will wear down and tear if you don’t maintain them independently of BJJ.
5:15 is 100% true. You don’t get to practice submissions much if you’re little unless you get REALLY into leg locks. As a matter of fact, you’ll have to ask people to let you rep your subs outside of rolling because you will not get a chance to use them rolling.
what do you consider small in the world of bjj? I'm just under 5ft9 and most of the guys in my gym are about 5ft11/6ft and I don't feel like size is much of an issue.
As a 5'4", 116 lbs woman, it's always great to hear my coach telling me what to do and I'm just like, "see that's what I WANT to do, but there's a person with 150% of my bodyweight sitting on my chest sooo 🤷♀️"
They might as well be yelling "be stronger and better!" sometimes
Yes with enough skill gap you can
@@xcept7355 yes, but I'm a white belt
@@PotatoChicken-gg1ju the problem is that most of the time I requires manipulating their weight qt the hips or shoulder.
One is heavy and leaves you wide open in defence on the ground and pound or even allow your arm to be pinned down.
The other option is the shoulder manipulation to change their direction. Only thing is it leaves the arm easily accessible for an arm bar or Americana depending on their positions.
Yeah, that always happens to me to xD I'm sparring and they are like: Go for triangle! Or something like that, and my opponent is 30kgs / more than 60 pounds heavier and just holds me down with one hand easily...
Dude, this impression is scary good
You are crazy good with the impressions sir! Dang!!
Love how real you kept it!
I'm BJJ, and often I say to smaller, weaker people: Fight with people who are bigger. When you survive us, submit us, you're good. You get better endurance, you get stronger because it's not easy to lift 100+ kg person from yourself. Of course, most important thing is a technique, but also endurance and strength. And they just don't listen. I'm a woman... Ok, I don't care, person on street who attacked you in most cases, attacked you because you're weaker and smaller. Don't learn just technique, learn how to control yourself in harsh situations. Improve your endurance, strength. Worst thing for any martial artist is to lose his breath, then no matter how good he/she is, most likely it will lose a fight.
Lepo objašnjeno.
Q: "What martial art is right for me?"
A "Not Aikido."
Aikido is perfect for you, if you like spontaneous naps. Caused by blunt force trauma to your face.
Steven Seagul is probably looking for you to cry on your shoulders right now.
AIKIDO is much better than BJJ in the standing game.
BJJ fighters lower their heads a lot and can get kicked in the middle of the nose.
Only very ignorant people speak ill of AIKIDO.
I am Brazilian and have forty years of martial arts, when I see gringos discovering BJJ and thinking it is very good, I laugh a lot.
BJJ doesn't work well against surprise knife attacks on the ground.
This guy in the video is ignorant in terms of martial arts, he said that NO martial art is made for small and weak people. He never heard about Kenjutsu!
@@chastethompson1086 haha
@@alexandrealves2877 lmfao aikido is the biggest scam of the martial art world. Tai chi is a better martial art 😂
This is such an brilliant articulation of this concept. I Reiner when I started out in judo the guy I was paired with was almost double my weight and I am not small. At the time I weighed about 160 and he was at least 220. It was a nightmare.
spectacular video!! Agree 100% on everything! I'm tall and skinny, so I'm halfway among the ranks, and I did get smashed by strong guys in BJJ when starting out .. but I knew if I learned the skillset, I could stand a chance when adding skill to my other attributes (long body, agility and intelligence), and sure enough, I started to survive the rolls after 1 year of studying (thanks a lot to youtube) and practicing. But I know if I didn't have those attributes, simply training wouldn't get me too far. Still trying to get buff tho, but no progress in that area so far 😂
When your a smaller fighter, your concealed carry permit matters more.
Fax
@Knight-Sgt. Reyes
1 a bar fight can kill you
2 when you pull the gun you usually don't have to shoot it, cause people usually fuck right off when they see it
3 id rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6
4 it's just a joke anyway...
@@reecewood1918 2 is bullshit as fuck, i know of a guy that tried to start shit with another dude over a chick, challenged the guy to a fight and the next day came in with a loaded gun to school because he thought it would diffuse the situation.
Well long story short it didn't work, he had entire desks thrown unto him, and if you think that at least a portion of the drunk people won't try to attack you, you are overestimating people, first they are drunk and second they don't know you or your intentions.
Also the gun might just go off accidentally. so there is that.
@@pet3r387 bringing a loaded gun out _the next day_ isn't an attempt to diffuse the situation.
A-freaking-men.
i didn't even realize chewy could be impersonated but god damn you did it perfectly
got the teeth spot on too lol
CAme for this comment....it was freaking awesome hahaha
Who is chewy? Another BJJ tuber?
@@kedabro1957 yea, chewjitsu
This is super honest and factual. I’m like 135 two stripes on my white belt. Basically everyone in class smashes me regardless of experience. I think any BJJ knowledge will help
You quite a bit against untrained people for sure but in class if your small the only way to rip bigger opponents is to be a monster at BJJ
“ Brazilian jiujitsu was designed to help people that know Brazilian jiujitsu defeat people that don’t know Brazilian jiujitsu.”
That about sums it up. I would add that it was designed to beat people who don’t know how to fight on the ground in general, since there are plenty of people who train other grappling arts that can be beat jiujitsu players sometimes. Catch wrestling seems really good at it.
I do think that Brazilian jujitsu is one of the best martial art that a smaller person can learn in order to have any chance (not a guarantee) of winning in a fight against a larger stronger opponent, assuming that the larger stronger person is not a proficient grappler.
Weight classes are there for a reason. I'm a boxer, there's a saying, "a great little man, will always lose to a good bigger man"
Even when it was designed for small people, when big people learn it's Devastating
This is why guns are useful and other melee weapons
Lol
@@Mozzie7920
Between 90 years old grandma with gun, and 180kg strongman without weapon, I bet on the grandma every time.
@@GuitarsRockForever the grandma won't even be able to pull the gun out in time before the guy either runs away or rushes her
@@lunaticheaven9446 well sure, but this still shows what an advantage a gun is. If she happened to already have it out, cocked and loaded she’d blow the guy away.
The great Dan Gable said: " All things being equal, a good big man beats a little good man." As a Judoka, I take exception to BJJ being the best martial art for a smaller person, but understand the statement you made.
judo is op
Literally the funniest BJJ video I’ve ever seen. Love the Chewy impersonation…so damn good.
When I was in martial arts I was always fighting people that were almost twice my size. There was this one guy in Judo who was 100 lbs heavier than me and I was the only one in the Dojo who would agree to train with him. I got really good at taking on bigger guys to the point that I was only having problems with guys my own height and weight and smaller ones.
that's real I'm 5'2'', when i did do judo the bigger guys weren't always the problem. It was guys my height, or a little taller that were a pain in the ass to spar with. Cause us small people generally tend to fight with more intensity if we're any good at what we do
@@johnolson5482 For real! I‘m 5‘5 and never had any issues with fighting bigger people, but it becomes harder to fight against smaller people, because you need a different technique
I have a lot of trouble with people a couple inches taller than me. I’m 5’5 and can hang well with 6 foot opponents. But dudes 5’2 and 5’3 I have problems with. Shits weird.
This was actually very good. My first thought was, I'm usually the smallest person (5'7) in the class, but do ok...then remembered I have a Running Back body type...if you are smaller, you will have to compensate with 1. Great technique 2. Strength (not gym rat, but functional strength) 3. Strong Core (abs, lower back etc) 4. Great Flexibility
compensate for what? The (all other things being even) dead weight of your opponent? That's an odd way to strike down your clearly superior skills if you're doing ok with bigger, stronger partners.
@@AmadeusD Compensate for different strengths of different body types. No need for sarcasm, not that serious, I can give u some examples. 1. Marcelo Garcia short, strong core sweeps "dead weight of opponents with exguard). 2. Ryan Hall tall and Wiry, compensates with flexibility and heal hooks 3. Eddie Bravo average and slim, compensates with pure flexibility 4. Roger Gracie Tall and Big, compensates for less mobility, by immobilizing opponents with gr8 base and precision fundamental JJ.
@@AmadeusD I said I was doing OK with bigger stronger opponents (not getting hurt) I'm not saying I'm an Adu Dhabi qualifier and in addition, I may be wrong, if you have different insight or experiences...share it.
Gee willikers, all I have to do to be good at stuff is to be good at stuff? Never would have known without your divine guidance.
@@gmork1090 Huh??? Ok, you're the second reply. I was trying to say, depending on body type, in addition to technique, you may have to supplement with flexibility training or core strength. I must not be expressing my thoughts the way I mean them to be understood. If one person comes for me criticizing what I'm saying, I'll get defensive, with two, I must ask myself, how was my message conveyed, did it come across arrogant...what did I miss?
Honesty is a rare commodity in this world.That was the most honest 6 minutes or so I've heard in a long long time.
Helio gracie had a breathing disorder, and was considered frail and weak by everyone around him. He refined bjj useing the mind set of " timeing and leverage beats speed and power". So in a way that particular branch of bjj was in fact created for smaller weaker people.
I was looking for this comment
@Pray without ceasing No. Helio was kinda short, reported as 5'7" to 5'10" depending on the source. Helio was weaker when he was a young child, although he got his fitness together in his teens and early adulthood. Remember that Carlos Gracie was 11 years older than Helio as well; so when his brothers were learning from Maeda, Helio was 5 years old.
“Lifting is the most important thing in jiu jitsu, second is being good at jiu jitsu” some thumbnail of ramsey dewey said that once
Idk why people don’t like getting stronger especially if you’re into combat
Because it's hard ?
@@someboi4903 Lifting and Exercising is okay. Eating is hard
@@amartya9034 I'm actually struggling with that too lol
@@amartya9034 I like being sore but I hate being overfull.
@@MrCmon113 yeah I can guarantee you people that say that are just compensating for their lack of strength. Focus on technical lol Demian Maia is a pretty buff dude too isn't he? And just "muscling your way in" isn't a bad thing. Infact for the dawn of time that was how somebody had an advantage in fighting. It's not a bad thing but not everyone can dedicate their time to the discipline of meal prepping and lifting either so I won't call anyone out
The 2nd Amendment protects small, weak people... the great equalizer.
Sam Colt made us all the same size
No lie 😂
Or victimises them all the same
It’s actually just better to be smaller in modern war. Ya know that bit in the video where he said being small makes you better at hide and seek? Yup..
@@Quodge Amen.
All your impersonations have been spot on!
Facts !! You better be on point!! Take advantage of all your options.. it ain't gonna be easy.. so true!❤
BJJ is just very practical, so it’s appealing for people who don’t have brute strength.
Yeah but if strength is not brute, the weaker dude is FK'D.
very practical? rolling like a burito on the floor during a bar fight?
@@a.iliopoulos8774 No martial art is truly practical for a bar fight. But BJJ is great for breaking out of a tackle, tripping someone and slamming them into the ground, and it's great for breaking up a fight and restraining the offenders.
@@a.iliopoulos8774 Bar fights aren't like the movies. Most fights are 1v1.
how practical it is depends on definition which of course is subjective depending on what you plan to do with it, if you never train no-gi and base your game off of lapel grips then get into a fight at the beach your bjj training was not very practical, if you train pure no-gi and become an amazing 10th planet guy, but then go compete in a gi grappling tournament your bjj was not very practical....
After seeing the beard for so long, my brain had a hard time keeping up for a minute
Young to hurt
Hard to age
I'm 35, train since 14, and this video speak the truth, i weight 68 kg and can easyly see the difference of people who starts the bjj and get used in a few months the guys in the 60s kg class have waaaaaay more harder time than the guys in 80s and 100s kg class that give me way more trouble in the sparings after a couple months, but it feels a great when you spar and can handle a guy who weights 30 or 40kg than you because you see your hard work pay as stated in the video ^^
Great video and insight. I'm 6ft 3 and 94kg, there is always someone bigger and stronger and I think any style that uses what they teach in a practical way can be good. Being able to spar with a diversity of people, size and skill wise, will help
Hey dude appreciate that height to the max and dont let any potential out of it . Im 5'9 and I always wanted to be above 6 feet. Being able to weight above 200 lbs without being detrimental to health is something I really envy.