White Belt says “My Mind Is Learning BJJ Faster Than My Body Can Keep Up”
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- In today's Q&A video I answer a question from a BJJ White Belt who is struggling with a common problem in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu training, especially early on. Right now he says that he knows the names of the techniques and mentally can wrap his head around everything. But the problem is during rolling or when it's time to actually practice the techniques his body can't seem to do the technique.
So in this video I share why this is such a common problem and how as you get more experience it will flip. Eventually the mind will be catching up to the body.
I also share an analogy where I find the situation similar to driving a car where most of the things you do are automatic because you've done it so much.
I also share a common strategy used by high level practitioners that BJJ White Belts and beginners in grappling can use to sharpen their abilities.
If you're a White Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu or just struggling with using techniques during training then I hope the ideas in the video are useful.
-Chewy
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When I roll, I close my eyes, wear noise canceling earphones, and put a gag in my mouth. I am one with the mat. The mat is one with me.
You still have your sense of smell. Go all the way
A ball gag???
Thats hot
This is the way
lmao
If you are reading this comment, and if you are a bjj lover, I want to wish you the very best in this wonderful journey.
No u
You too my friend💪🖖
Thank you. Oss my friend.
Nice, brother. Thanks a lot.
Thank you bro! You too!
4 stages of learning:
stage 1 - subconsciously unable;
stage 2 - consciously unable;
stage 3 consciously able;
stage 4 subconsciously able.
Basically you start with failing and do not have a clou, then you fail and start to have a clou why. You can start to fix things and have a clou and as a result are aware why and how not to fail (so much) anymore. Finally you master things and just do, not really aware why.
This also explain why some top level athletes are bad teachers: typical stage 4 phenomenon: they just do and intuitively and are not really able to explain why and how.
The white belt seems to be somewhere from 1-2 in certain areas.
This is great! Gonna make a table with these stages as headers and put all the moves I remember in their appropriate column, so I’ve got down what I need to work on! Thanks Dirk!
great explanation friend
All my best shit I do on autopilot. I surprise myself with shit I do when I roll. A lot of it stuff I discovered on my own. Just familiar roads
Sometimes your body just hits a technique on its own before your brain clocks in what is going on and it's the weirdest but coolest thing ever
I’ve been learning bjj for three years. Everything in me tells me, “You are not made for this, stop doing it. This isn’t who you are. You are weak, and should run from it, these people will hurt you.” But doing this practice, this slow learning, this overcoming of these deep fears is the only thing that gives me hope in my life. I know, it sounds insane, and it probably is, but I keep showing up to the gym... so screw it.
Keep it up Brian! Thats normal, you got this in the bag, purple belt soon bro!
Oss brother
Im a 40 year old newer bluebelt. Im thinking less and doing much better rolling. Thanks Chewster
The truth: You’re not as good as you think you are. I’ve also fallen into this trap over the years, as well.
My favorite part of Chewy’s videos are the analogies. It helps me relate to the concepts and understand them better
Your video today was on par with what my professor tells us. He is constantly telling me to stop thinking and just do the drill. It's so difficult to get out of my head.
I can relate to this on an extremely deep level. I GET it. Like I theoretically see stuff now. I see the sweeps, I see the butterfly, I see the kimura, I see the triangle... but my timing sucks and I can never pull it off. Been training about 7 months lol.
My body learns faster than my mind! I can never remember the names but instinct takes over.
I'm a 44 yr old white belt and I have the same problem and I found this video very helpful thanks chewy
Usually heavy thinkimg comes after training while taking a shower
In my mind, I am awesome at flying triangle.
I'm a white belt and had the same problem. I felt like my mind was full of techniques but my body just couldn't follow, so I stoped watching all of them Don Janaher and Jnight jiu kitsu videos and started to focus on the moment while rolling. As a result, my jiu jitsu took off to another level (within white belt capabilities of course)
Live in the moment, just have fun. That's my advice. It takes time to understand why you need roll time because in a real fight or rolling against someone you don't like, your ego or fear will take over, like Rocky said.. Fear is a fire 🔥 It can help you or burn you up! 😎 Much truth in this mindset.
That last comment about it just felt right. That kind of brought alot of things together for me thank you
Thank you for your input! The more time we put into this and focus on the details we will notice bit by bit things happening more "natural". Keep striving for excellence!
It's the zone or flow state or ultra instinct.... we practice plays in say football, soccer or lacrosse so that when the game comes we just do it, instead of thinking.... in your mind you can visualize and repeat the words and we do that more in the mind than we can physically do with the body... so then just practice more with the body, even if you need to go slow...
The thinking/cerebral aspect of jiu jitsu comes in the practice room. Conceptualize good moves to chain together, drill the transitions that build your game, identify where you failed and how to correct those mistakes. Competition/rolling is more so the expression of all the planning and prior preparation, rather than an active game of wits between to opponents.
Idk that’s what I think anyway. Maybe I’m just spouting bs.
is the best form of defense, avoiding confrontation
I’m going to try this. I know this guy who has the best arm bars I’ve ever seen. Every time I roll with him I know that’s the only thing he’ll go for and he still gets it.
just want to say i am a subscriber because i want to help the cause. you are inspirationa and have helped me through my journey. thank you
Chewy, thanks as always for the great content and tips
I feel this. A lot of the time I understand the moves/positions that we are doing. I can explain them to someone else even. But when it comes to doing them myself, I just can't get it right! But as an almost 40 year old, bigger woman, this is not the first time. It as taken me a bit longer than some to get the hang of some of the moves but I am slowly getting there. Been at it 2 years now and I can finally see myself improving. With covid over the last 2 years, we didn't see a lot of new students come in. So everyone I trained with had been training longer than me. And even though I was improving, so was everyone else. But we are finally getting new people in and I can see where I started and can see the improvements that I have made. And that has only made me want to keep at it even more!
I’ve got to say I’m FORTY SIX and I can’t remember the last time I heard such an apt analogy of anything. The concept of driving down the road on autopilot and knowing additional routes from having done it so many times that you can take when you see a roadblock is perfect for so many things especially BJJ. I’m not there yet but it gives me hope that it’s possible (and a map!). Thanks Chewy!
Totally true. I had my first roll...today. I just turned 40 i havent wrestled in 23 years. The stand up, I wasn't thinking at all, the takedown abilities were still there, side control, was not terrible, because I have been in that situation many many times. Muscle memory is a very real thing (autopilot)
The guard.... my guard or in someone else's. I'm a fish out of water. Time to rewire that muscle memory. Repeat, repeat.
The part about not actually thinking and it being autopilot seems to correspond with what I've heard from fighters. Interviewers ask them questions like, "What were you thinking during X exchange?", "What moment did you realize that your opponent was open to X technique?", or "Lead us through the finish, what was X technique that you threw at moment #:## in the fight?"
So often, the answer is, "Oh, I have no idea, mate. It's all a blur in there. I'll have to go watch the fight back...", etc.
Thanks so much for the advice Chewy! I will certainly start doing this more..especially during drill nights...
Sparring is very Important but DRILLING is just as, if not more important. Drillers make killers. On a side note, someone once told me that most black belts only use 6 to 10 techniques and that's it. They know a lot of techniques but drilled specifically to cater to their own natural body movements and preferences.
Great video. Thank you
This is what Bruce Lee was talking about at the beginning of Enter the Dragon when he was talking to the kid about feeling and not thinking. It’s a reaction, not thought. Michael Jordan also referenced this when talking about practicing. Jordan said it’s an instinct, it just happens when you’ve practiced it enough.
I’ve never been accused of thinking too much
drilling these techniques would be key for this guy
This is very common, as a white belt i can say this happens to be but I try to drill it on my own to have my body learn it
Great topic and advice thank you
You're welcome.
My mind is slow af xD I have attention deficit and it’s really hard for me to imagine images, so for example, to learn simple stuff like a kimura, I had to watch videos over and over again so my brain could actually get it (I got all confused because of different angles and stuff). While in the class I rarely get what my teacher is saying at first. But in the end of the day I just have my own time and eventually I will automatize what will be my own game. I am 2month into BJJ and it’s awesome. I just keep getting beaten up by everyone, and I train every day, but it’s fun and some times I can even see small progresses in myself. My colleagues also help and teach a lot .
Great tips Chewy!
Can't get around the time it takes for muscle memory to develop. I'm training 3 days/ wk and have been doing BJJ 3 months. The moves are still foreign physically - I have to think about what I'm doing. But, practice, practice, and it will come.
Great video chewy! I have a question about something you said around the 2 minute mark about jiu jitsu being automatic but you are thinking just a little bit. I have also heard a couple other high level competitors like Gordon or Keenan saying that “of course they are thinking during matches.”
During these matches are the little thoughts you do have, more tactical strategic thoughts? And when it comes to the technical movements THOSE are automatic? I may be overthinking this but I’ve always wondered ever since I’ve heard this.
I can't speak for anyone else. But from the majority of people I've trained with and spoken with (including world champs). The thinking is more of an intuitive type of thinking and pattern recognition. I mean if thinking was all it was. You could watch a BJJ course and instantly know it (like the matrix). But that's not the way it works. Muscle memory has to be formed and then it allows a higher level of thinking to emerge. But the thinking is based on intuition from going down the familiar roads time and again.
@@Chewjitsu okayyy! that makes a lot of sense! Intuitive pattern recognition. Thanks for the thought out response, man. Much appreciated.
Thinking is mostly for teaching and planing traning sessions
I worry that I don't think enough and that I just get lucky with reflexes.
that was helpfull for me, thx
You’re welcome.
I'm 23 and I feel the same way!
I’m the opposite man I do a technique but I just can’t remember ever
Hey Chewy. Love the videos. I’m brand new to jiu jitsu. I just officially signed up and wanted to thank you for the videos. It was a huge part of my inspiration to start. I have No prior grappling training whatsoever. I really don’t have any technique. After class ends my instructor gives some time to roll. Would you recommend I start rolling right away or focus on learning more moves and techniques first? I could be wrong, but I feel like there isn’t a reason to roll yet because it’s all so new to me.
I only let my newcomers roll in controlled situational style rolling.
But for you if that’s not happening you might take a little bit of time to get comfortable before you start doing full rolling.
Learn “more of the language” before you start trying to speak.
On the flip side, more of it will make sense once you start rolling.
So, did you survive? I was on the complete different end of the spectrum with sparing after class. I rolled day 1 and got completely flattened by a couple big striped white belts. Felt terrible and great at the same time..but I was addicted at that point. Now, those same guys have trouble with me and it's not an easy roll for them anymore :). I roll with a purple belt after class now and we go about 98%....Let's just say I learn a lot more than I win...
I'm 39 and a white belt. I get what he's saying, but a big part of letting muscle memory react accordingly, at least for me, is letting go of my ego. When a dude 20 years younger than me crushes me and I should have been able to defend, I always start to think: "Oh no! Shouldn't have let him do that." And instead of finding a way to escape, I'm beating myself up as I get choked or submitted otherwise. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
39 white belt here also. Every tap comes with it the chance to learn and get better. Keep on keeping on
Where does grip strength come from? Is it in the forearms? Rists? How do u build grip strength??
Training Forearms and finger strength seems to work best for me
Chewy has achieved Autonomous Ultra Instinct
I am the opposite. My body does things that I dont even know the name for.
My body is currently kind of delayed. My brain is okay. My eyes might be even better. Put it simply, my brain is my biggest muscle. My brain is very good at helping me learn, even on an unconscious level. I wonder how this will affect my jujitsu when I start.
I think this is a trap for a lot of martial arts or very physical sports or activities. It can look like you've "got it" because visually, a lot of the movements look easy enough, but our bodies only know how to execute it with drilling and practice, and no amount of theorizing in our heads will translate to it.
QUESTION: Hey Im a white belt whose been going 2-3 times a week to Gi practices and I’m catching on very fast and I’m doing surprisingly well. BUT my gym switched to No Gi ONLY for the rest of this month. I switched to doing 5 No Gi classes a week. Do you consider this too much? Is there overtraining as a white belt? My body is sore and slowing down but I’m mentally able to keep up with all the new ‘content’ I can add to my moves.
Ah so I must go Ultra Instinct. Got it.
You looked like a constrictor snake wrapping up it's dinner when you took that guy's back at the competition
Chewie, how do i send you a question? I have a legitimate concern.
Instagram DM or email i think
Wealth
I’m a 48 year old white belt and I’m the same way. Chewy, how many moves per position should we use this approach with? Thanks!
That would be an interesting study because amnesia is so freaking rare what are your sources?
Amen
Why don't more white belts do the straight ankle lock in competition? It's legal for white belts right?
Depends on the comp.
@@Chewjitsu yes sir, but if it is legal in the competition, why don’t i see more white belts going for it? Same thing with the arm triangle. Why do white belts only seem to go for rear naked chokes, kimuras, Americanas, and arm bars? Though tbh i see more arm bars and rear nakeds than anything else. Which has confused me because there are so many good submissions other than those.
@@jettytheyeti Maybe they are less comfortable with them.
I roll best when I am high off a sharpie pen
Roll with your eyes closed. You'll get better.
Muscle memory
Come on Chewy, youre a black belt. You can definitely drive with your eyes closed.
Everyone has a plan til they get punched in the face
no I was not first =(
Chewy you've lost weight man
I have. Was dieting.
haven’t watched yet but drill drill drill. drill all the time
I've found shadow drilling helpful too. i.e. Going through the movements without a partner or grappling dummy. The best example for me is the tripod sweep. Instead of doing sit-ups I've made my default sit-up exercise the movements of a tripod sweep including simulating the grip on the ankle, butterfly hook etc. I do it both sides so that my brain is trained to switch grip positions automatically. I've now done thousands of tripod sweep drills without really thinking much about it because that's just my standard version of sit ups or crunches.
Need to be fitter and stronger old man . From an old man .