So my wrestling coach was talking with my dad and I overheard this story: there was this one guy my coach wrestled with who would practice his double leg over and over on one of the wall dummies and during live wrestling. He always developed that piercing double leg, and when he was at a match, because he perfected that takedown, he would shoot and other wrestlers' legs would just buckle up and they would fold to the ground.
And yet there is an obsession in BJJ in learning the most amount of differing moves as possible, as if that were a value add. If you look at other combat sports like Boxing, Judo and Wrestling, they have over time focused on a smaller subset of high percentage techniques, rather than getting a lot of bloat around their arts and having to eventually cut away all the low percentage stuff. This is sadly the BJJ way in too many places.
@@iorekby yeah and it's weird because the people who do very well in competitive BJJ at the highest level tend to be specialists in just a few techniques or positions lol
@@crystalskunk3658 Exactly. People love to talk about having a "game" in BJJ but that's exactly what a "game" is: A relatively small set of high percentage attacks that can be chained together to form an highly effective sequence that will work in many situations. BJJ is this weird oval shaped progression sometimes in that you start by being able to do a little, then do a lot, then go back to refine that lot back in to a little so that you can perfect it lol.
@@iorekby yes because in reality, at the highest level, if you are playing your opponent's game at all you probably are going to lose. Like it doesn't matter how much you've drilled it, you probably shouldn't attack a heel hook on Craig Jones.
Just had this very conversation last night w/another white belt. He is early 20's 1 stripe I'm female coming in her mid 50's and have 3 stripes and feel I only have a good side control but nothing else. I will keep using it and take what you said to heart thank you for BJJ wisdom.
I'm a brand spanking new white belt and I rolled for the first time over the weekend. I had one main move in my arsenal and that move was to just hang on as long as I can. I want to get comfortable in uncomfortable positions. I know I'm not going to tap anyone for a while, so that is my focus right now.
3 stripe blue belt here. Been constantly working my Americana since I started. My partners can see it coming from a mile away and it feels good to know even though they can see it I can still pull it off. Big fan of being a one trick pony and focusing on a few sweeps and submissions that just click.
As a former Judo guy before BJJ, I never used the kesa gatame in BJJ. One day, I had the idea to use it and I submitted five guys in a row with the move (as a purple belt). It was easy. I started to use it as my go to move on guys when nothing else worked. As time passed and guys got used to it, I would add variations and more subs. Now it is a bona fide path that I can use to get subs and to go to new positions. - I say all this to put forth the idea that (as Chewy mentioned), eventually, you will evolve as your rolling buddies will force you to. I always work on my game so I didn't fall victim to the "syndrome," but BJJ has a way of forcing us to evolve.
I was watching a very old grappling footage, maybe late 1990s, I could identify those young BJJ blue belts, they were using same set of three techniques all open mat long. Those young guys are, today, BJJ black belt instructors and well known, and guess what ? They're still using those same set of three techniques they were utilizing when they were blue belts, wow !!!
I’m a white belt and I always try either an arm lock from side control or a headlock from side control. Those are the only things I’m good at so I try to stick to them
Wow thanks for the q and a! I also needed an answer because I’m a long lanky white belt and my whole gym knows I like closed guard. I’ve been thinking about that same question… Thanks Chewy!
I kind of think of it like GSP's fighting style. He had the best power double and top control out of all of his competitors. But he was good enough in striking and on his back that he was never in danger when he was there. So if I can make my go to technique flawless, and develop my other skills well enough that I can survive I'll be "well rounded"
Loved this video. I always had the opposite mindset, to be good you had to be able to counter anything from anywhere. But this makes sense. Why learn a million techniques that you'll never get a chance to use?
Great video and I like all the recommendations. I’m actually learning a pass, submission, and counter. Im also working on escapes when I’m trapped at bottom. Great advice, thank you, and we love you out here in the west coast!
So God damn nervous for my first ever BJJ class in a few days... im so excited and hyped for it but the anxiety is through the roof im worried im just going to get overwhelmed and end up giving up but all these videos are making me feel a little bit better about having a massive interest in it
I find a few moves I feel are high percentage. Try them on some white belts, I can usually see the potential rigjt away or if they actually work. Next ill work them for a while on newer blue belts and work out the kinks and then my final test is on upper belts, heavy guys, wrestlers and coach. If I hit it on them then i know its absolutely legit and then i really go to work on fine tuning it
I’m a wrestler(freshman) and do jiu Jitsu but I do no Gi tho. I was overwhelmed with wrestling season cause I know a lot of takedowns for wrestling but I only truly felt comfortable with single leg. And I would see all these other guys (junior and senior wrestlers) would bust out these crazy takedowns and stuff and theses pins I never seen so I feel conflicted that if I didn’t know like a THOUSAND techniques I would excel. But this information has helped and I have made this strategy that works perfect for me and have practiced with friends. Single leg from collar tie, whizzer escape if I have to, run the pipe or front trip my opponent either or and try to go in for a monkey grip pin pinning his arm and face together and cradle. So far this has worked great while working with my friends the other day. As for jiu jitsu my ideal position is side control, kesa gatame or full mount and I’m trying to perfect my guard passes for those positions thank you so much chew for opening my eyes to master what your good at first then try to add new moves to your roster! 👍🏾
Just focus on the basics. Worry about you can do. If you watch high level college or international, the best guys are primarily scoring with the basics, like doubles or singles. If you can do the basics better than anyone else, you will succeed. Jordan Burroughs mastered the double leg and that got him several world titles and an Olympic gold.
Very good advice! I'm new at jiu jitsu and martial arts in general, and I feel like every day there is a new move to learn which is hard for a newb to memorize. The only move I have slightly under grips is the Kimura so I will follow your advice and work on getting better at it and eventually learn how to counter the counter 🙂
I was actually really worried about this... I am pretty good at getting to Americana on top and Kimora from the bottom and Ezekiel when they pressure me... They see it coming and it still works sometimes cuz I have little feints but it kinda bothers me. So recently I have been experimenting some other stuff and its not going great but I am hopping to get more weapons. - 2 Stripe White Belt -
I think this is why people often compare combat sports to chess. Even though the two things are completely different, YOU the competitor (not your coach) pick what you want to specialize in. For example in chess, maybe you really like the scotch opening for white, so you're always going to open with your e4 (your king pawn), but you still have to be ready for every defense that your opponent can play against you (the french, siciilian, etc). So even though you're probably going to specialize in one opening, people are going to specialize in their openings, and you have to be prepared for what they're going to bring against you, and thats where these "long chains" come in. Personally, I don't really like comparing combat sports to chess, because I think its an over extended metaphor that can apply to almost everything, but the preparation specifically makes sense to compare and there is some similarities in how you prepare your chess relative to how you train technique in grappling and other combat sports.
If we're rolling two things are guaranteed 1. I'm gonna try to double under smash pass you and 2. You're gonna be surprised how hard my grips are to break. As a no stripe white belt I went to my first competition in May and won 2 matches against a 4 stripe white belt using none of this. The scrambles become real against someone who isn't your training partner and they won't know your game so delvope what you're good at. Ps. Won my second match with advantage points only using the Kimora setup I learned here so big shout out for that. 💪🏽💪🏽
i have a question so im a white belt in tong soo doo but i dont think its for me but i have 12 years of wrestling exp should i give bjj a shot do you think i will like it
Heyy guys just started bjj like 3 months ago, I'm a one stripe white belt. Yesterday, I was rolling with a brown belt and i got submitted like 5 times in 4 minutes. Just before the round ended, the guy told me " you're bleeding" when i get to the bathroom, my lips were fucked. I know that bjj is hard and aggressive but he was trying too hard and i was just trying to practice the techniques. Is that like normal? Am I being a pussy or something? Because i rolled with a purple belt it was intense but controlled. A good balance.
Have a map of techniques you use in every situation but never equip more than 3 moves for a given situation onto yourself at a time, that's how i train at least.
I've done BJJ for six months now and i'm thinking of quitting. All the other white belts beat me up all the time and progress all the time and i just continue sucking. Also my coaches kinda ignore me at this point so i feel like giving up and moving to something else. I just hate The way i feel like after training.
Don’t give up. How often are you training? Do you take notes and visualize? Are you having a hard time remembering techniques, executing them, or both? Do you weight train?
@@cdb0816 I do three times a week. Im a former powerlifter which is funny because everyone is stronger than me on the mat. I do take notes, i do watch videos, i do try to visualize but i just end up losing. Its really fucking weird and even a bit embarrassing because i literally am helpless on the mat. And when i say powerlifter i mean i was really strong. My personal best in bench for example was 207,5kg
So my wrestling coach was talking with my dad and I overheard this story: there was this one guy my coach wrestled with who would practice his double leg over and over on one of the wall dummies and during live wrestling. He always developed that piercing double leg, and when he was at a match, because he perfected that takedown, he would shoot and other wrestlers' legs would just buckle up and they would fold to the ground.
@Dreymon Green He’s got a good shot but it’s his off the wall game that is incredible.
I’m a fan of perfecting your strengths first.
Idk why, but if Chewy was a dog he'd definitely be a German Shepherd
No way. Definitely an American bully
@@jesuscabrera5599 definitely
@@jesuscabrera5599 xD
@@jesuscabrera5599 no. A german shepard
Hell no, American bulldog
More choices you have, react slower you will.
- Yoda's law, maybe
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times"
Bruce Lee
Basically
And yet there is an obsession in BJJ in learning the most amount of differing moves as possible, as if that were a value add.
If you look at other combat sports like Boxing, Judo and Wrestling, they have over time focused on a smaller subset of high percentage techniques, rather than getting a lot of bloat around their arts and having to eventually cut away all the low percentage stuff. This is sadly the BJJ way in too many places.
@@iorekby yeah and it's weird because the people who do very well in competitive BJJ at the highest level tend to be specialists in just a few techniques or positions lol
@@crystalskunk3658 Exactly. People love to talk about having a "game" in BJJ but that's exactly what a "game" is: A relatively small set of high percentage attacks that can be chained together to form an highly effective sequence that will work in many situations.
BJJ is this weird oval shaped progression sometimes in that you start by being able to do a little, then do a lot, then go back to refine that lot back in to a little so that you can perfect it lol.
@@iorekby yes because in reality, at the highest level, if you are playing your opponent's game at all you probably are going to lose. Like it doesn't matter how much you've drilled it, you probably shouldn't attack a heel hook on Craig Jones.
Just had this very conversation last night w/another white belt. He is early 20's 1 stripe I'm female coming in her mid 50's and have 3 stripes and feel I only have a good side control but nothing else. I will keep using it and take what you said to heart thank you for BJJ wisdom.
As a two stripe, 53 year old male, white belt I'm glad to read I'm not alone on side control being my only real move right now.
I'm a brand spanking new white belt and I rolled for the first time over the weekend. I had one main move in my arsenal and that move was to just hang on as long as I can. I want to get comfortable in uncomfortable positions. I know I'm not going to tap anyone for a while, so that is my focus right now.
Love ya Chewy, keep up the great content
Thanks
3 stripe blue belt here. Been constantly working my Americana since I started. My partners can see it coming from a mile away and it feels good to know even though they can see it I can still pull it off. Big fan of being a one trick pony and focusing on a few sweeps and submissions that just click.
Love watching your videos brother. In tonight’s class, I noticed one of the guys wearing a chew jitsu rash guard. Love it 🤙
As a former Judo guy before BJJ, I never used the kesa gatame in BJJ. One day, I had the idea to use it and I submitted five guys in a row with the move (as a purple belt). It was easy. I started to use it as my go to move on guys when nothing else worked. As time passed and guys got used to it, I would add variations and more subs. Now it is a bona fide path that I can use to get subs and to go to new positions. - I say all this to put forth the idea that (as Chewy mentioned), eventually, you will evolve as your rolling buddies will force you to. I always work on my game so I didn't fall victim to the "syndrome," but BJJ has a way of forcing us to evolve.
As a white belt I'm still learning the basics and getting solid with them. Having a bunch of fancy stuff is useless without the fundamentals.
survive>counter>submit
@@Crystals10000 Whats the best way to counter someone who’s only intent is to try and kill you ?
@@Crystals10000 because thats my struggle at the moment
Its not easy it never is but thats just the learning experience its hard to explain
@@triocha233 sticks and stones break bones but hollow points expand on impact.
I was watching a very old grappling footage, maybe late 1990s, I could identify those young BJJ blue belts, they were using same set of three techniques all open mat long. Those young guys are, today, BJJ black belt instructors and well known, and guess what ? They're still using those same set of three techniques they were utilizing when they were blue belts, wow !!!
I’m a white belt and I always try either an arm lock from side control or a headlock from side control. Those are the only things I’m good at so I try to stick to them
Wow thanks for the q and a! I also needed an answer because I’m a long lanky white belt and my whole gym knows I like closed guard. I’ve been thinking about that same question… Thanks Chewy!
I kind of think of it like GSP's fighting style.
He had the best power double and top control out of all of his competitors. But he was good enough in striking and on his back that he was never in danger when he was there.
So if I can make my go to technique flawless, and develop my other skills well enough that I can survive I'll be "well rounded"
Honestly love chewjitsu, so positive , encouraging, and educational.
Right in time for my first white belt tournament, thank you!!
Good luck!
Loved this video. I always had the opposite mindset, to be good you had to be able to counter anything from anywhere.
But this makes sense. Why learn a million techniques that you'll never get a chance to use?
Great video and I like all the recommendations. I’m actually learning a pass, submission, and counter. Im also working on escapes when I’m trapped at bottom. Great advice, thank you, and we love you out here in the west coast!
So God damn nervous for my first ever BJJ class in a few days... im so excited and hyped for it but the anxiety is through the roof im worried im just going to get overwhelmed and end up giving up but all these videos are making me feel a little bit better about having a massive interest in it
How’d it go man??!
I find a few moves I feel are high percentage. Try them on some white belts, I can usually see the potential rigjt away or if they actually work. Next ill work them for a while on newer blue belts and work out the kinks and then my final test is on upper belts, heavy guys, wrestlers and coach. If I hit it on them then i know its absolutely legit and then i really go to work on fine tuning it
take a look at ronda rousey
one move specialist
the armbar
I absolutely love your channel I’ve been training for about a month and a half now and your tips really do help and makes me want to train more
I’m a wrestler(freshman) and do jiu Jitsu but I do no Gi tho. I was overwhelmed with wrestling season cause I know a lot of takedowns for wrestling but I only truly felt comfortable with single leg. And I would see all these other guys (junior and senior wrestlers) would bust out these crazy takedowns and stuff and theses pins I never seen so I feel conflicted that if I didn’t know like a THOUSAND techniques I would excel. But this information has helped and I have made this strategy that works perfect for me and have practiced with friends. Single leg from collar tie, whizzer escape if I have to, run the pipe or front trip my opponent either or and try to go in for a monkey grip pin pinning his arm and face together and cradle. So far this has worked great while working with my friends the other day. As for jiu jitsu my ideal position is side control, kesa gatame or full mount and I’m trying to perfect my guard passes for those positions thank you so much chew for opening my eyes to master what your good at first then try to add new moves to your roster! 👍🏾
Just focus on the basics. Worry about you can do. If you watch high level college or international, the best guys are primarily scoring with the basics, like doubles or singles. If you can do the basics better than anyone else, you will succeed. Jordan Burroughs mastered the double leg and that got him several world titles and an Olympic gold.
Very good advice! I'm new at jiu jitsu and martial arts in general, and I feel like every day there is a new move to learn which is hard for a newb to memorize. The only move I have slightly under grips is the Kimura so I will follow your advice and work on getting better at it and eventually learn how to counter the counter 🙂
I love this! I’m currently going through that process with my partners guillotine. Me trying to escape, and then trying to improve it.
I was actually really worried about this... I am pretty good at getting to Americana on top and Kimora from the bottom and Ezekiel when they pressure me... They see it coming and it still works sometimes cuz I have little feints but it kinda bothers me. So recently I have been experimenting some other stuff and its not going great but I am hopping to get more weapons. - 2 Stripe White Belt -
I think this is why people often compare combat sports to chess. Even though the two things are completely different, YOU the competitor (not your coach) pick what you want to specialize in. For example in chess, maybe you really like the scotch opening for white, so you're always going to open with your e4 (your king pawn), but you still have to be ready for every defense that your opponent can play against you (the french, siciilian, etc). So even though you're probably going to specialize in one opening, people are going to specialize in their openings, and you have to be prepared for what they're going to bring against you, and thats where these "long chains" come in.
Personally, I don't really like comparing combat sports to chess, because I think its an over extended metaphor that can apply to almost everything, but the preparation specifically makes sense to compare and there is some similarities in how you prepare your chess relative to how you train technique in grappling and other combat sports.
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In league of legends i got diamond by playing the same champion over and over, but once I have to play another one I am like 2 leagues lower :D
I think when your new nail a few techniques as your go to moves and then work on adding more tools to the skill set over time
Thank you for the advice, Professor Chewy
Any time!
feel this way so much that even my nickname is armbar Chris 😂
My nickname is arm bar Steve 😂
@@scrain93able yes Steve! 😂💪
Man I am Kneebar Nick.
@@nicholasneyhart396 this gets better😂
Maybe my new goal should be good enough to get a nickname that doesn't being with Tap out.
If we're rolling two things are guaranteed 1. I'm gonna try to double under smash pass you and 2. You're gonna be surprised how hard my grips are to break. As a no stripe white belt I went to my first competition in May and won 2 matches against a 4 stripe white belt using none of this. The scrambles become real against someone who isn't your training partner and they won't know your game so delvope what you're good at. Ps. Won my second match with advantage points only using the Kimora setup I learned here so big shout out for that. 💪🏽💪🏽
Awesome 👏 answer
Glad you liked it!
@@Chewjitsu You da man - great explanation of how we develop chains of techniques…so true…
NIce shirt!
Hey chee make a video on that altercation between bbj champion n ufc fighter !!!
It is hilarious to tap someone with the same move 5 times in a row 🤣
good video chewy
Started a month ago won my first spar last night
Fear not the man who knows 1,000 kicks. But rather, fear the man whos done 1 kick 1,000 times.
i have a question so im a white belt in tong soo doo but i dont think its for me but i have 12 years of wrestling exp should i give bjj a shot do you think i will like
it
Go for it
1 move you can hit on everyone > 1000 moves you can’t hit on anyone.
Heyy guys just started bjj like 3 months ago, I'm a one stripe white belt. Yesterday, I was rolling with a brown belt and i got submitted like 5 times in 4 minutes. Just before the round ended, the guy told me " you're bleeding" when i get to the bathroom, my lips were fucked. I know that bjj is hard and aggressive but he was trying too hard and i was just trying to practice the techniques. Is that like normal? Am I being a pussy or something?
Because i rolled with a purple belt it was intense but controlled. A good balance.
Did you tell him you just want to practice and not go hard? If not, that’s on you chief.
@@marklionel9151 i didn't tell him, you're right my bad
Have a map of techniques you use in every situation but never equip more than 3 moves for a given situation onto yourself at a time, that's how i train at least.
I got a 6 inch scratch across my lower back last night from an I trimmed brown belt
Great advice 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Every basic you learn as a white belt can and should be developed to a black belt level and used as a black belt.
I've done BJJ for six months now and i'm thinking of quitting. All the other white belts beat me up all the time and progress all the time and i just continue sucking. Also my coaches kinda ignore me at this point so i feel like giving up and moving to something else. I just hate The way i feel like after training.
Comparison is the stealer of joy brother. Be better than you were a month ago and you’ll be fine. Can always find another academy 👍👍
Don’t give up. How often are you training? Do you take notes and visualize? Are you having a hard time remembering techniques, executing them, or both? Do you weight train?
@@cdb0816 I do three times a week. Im a former powerlifter which is funny because everyone is stronger than me on the mat. I do take notes, i do watch videos, i do try to visualize but i just end up losing. Its really fucking weird and even a bit embarrassing because i literally am helpless on the mat. And when i say powerlifter i mean i was really strong. My personal best in bench for example was 207,5kg
@@JakeNukem3D gotcha. How is your conditioning? Are you gassing a ton? Are you losing to everyone? Or just upper belts?
@@cdb0816 Cardio is improving. I'm losing to everyone. Even white belts that came in after me. I'm calling it quits at this point. Fuck it.
Good opener
Spreading the word! 😂
Bro my controller might as well not be connected... :')
Americana and straight ankle lock 😅😅 … and half guard lockdown .. the go to 🤣
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A brown belt told me "Don't fear the man who has practiced 1000 moves, fear the man who has practiced 1 move 1000 times."
Bruce Lee said that
I swear it's always half guard lol
Then they’ll just sit on you out of frustration…
Fuck it, imma not trim my nails for competitions
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I also got my first sub yesterday! Felt great but also didnt. Weird combo
When I was a whote belt AMERICANA ALL DAY EVERY DAY BROTHA! Even brown belts 😏