Using your hips, moving and positioning them for solid base and posture and transfer of power is universal to all effective MA. JJ, Boxing, Muy Thai, Karate etc. all have application of this. Sometimes I revisit old techniques I've learned, but have been difficult to successfully apply. After learning and drilling other techniques that use solid, basic principles, I now understand and utilize the old techniques with more success.
I've done nothing but techniques in class for the last two years. Hard rolling, comp classes, endless hours of rolling on the mats. 3rd year, due to the pandemic I've done nothing but re-learning fundamental skills, concepts and reviewing a lot of stuff while also drilling at home with a grappling dummy. It really filled the gap between mat time and internalizing what I had been learning. Even watching Grappling matches at the highest levels, I can recognize positions, predict transitions, movements etc. and put things together so much better than before.
Another video full of great information presented in a realistic manner. Feels more like a good conversation, than being talked at. Bravo.... Please keep them coming.
This video certainly explained a lot as I have two coaches where one teaches techniques and the other concepts. Can understand both but this video really furthered my understanding of the differences. Thank you, Professor!
I loved this video. I'm learning more and more that I'm a, what I call it, philosophical teacher. I love breaking moves and styles down to principles. I even gave my kids class a class on "Coach Hippie's philosophy on armbars 101" when I was a new instructor a few years back. I created weird, sometimes unrealistic positions of armbars. Honestly it was probably way over their heads, even the adults get confused when I teach a class like that. But every now and then I love teaching philosophical classes instead of technique classes. Makes me glad I have a technical partner to explain what I mean sometimes during those classes lol. PS I've learned kids classes need more discipline at their age, so a strict "here's a technique/position" class retains in their heads better. Maybe a private class with a talented student would be better to try it, but I haven't so I can't say.
I think it’s good to have the principles ahead of time. They might be useless at first, But when your technique matches your concept you have a crazy “aaaah” moment! And it sticks better!
I prefer looking at everything as concepts, but singling out techniques is very important. That being said, I have more fun looking at things as concepts, it allows me to improvise (even if I might screw up lol)
Thanks for the video brother !!! As you said this topic can go on and on for hours , but in the end I think I agree with you. For me the turning point was when I started to understand "why" and "how" some techniques work , and after that every move my professor teaches me or I see in a seminar I try to do exactly this. Find "why" and "how" ! I try to teach my guys accordingly but as you said most of the time comes harder for someone new to get it and its much easier for them to execute a technique (a -> b -> c ). Still I like to tell the "whys" and "hows" as people drilling , I think that some of them can get the details and maybe get to the turning point much faster than me . Thanks again Chewy , have a great year , you and your students !
Hey chewy I'm a new white belt that only has maybe about 9ish classes under my belt and I'm talking to alot of the higher belts trying to be the least amount of arrogance as possible and possibley the fastest ways to inprove that you would recommend? -cullen Lacey
Hi this is a Bob question.... or just my name i dont mind. I am doing bjj for like 1 and a half months. The problem is i am 1m90 and weigh 105kg. I also go to the gym on a daily bases so im kinda strong. The problem is when im rolling with somebody, I mostly can't get out of their grips because i dont wanna use my brute force. Am i in the wrong there or should i just use my strenght in these situations... If it was me holding the grip I would think its a dick move using strenght not technique...
I would like to offer an answer in the form of the definition of "good" technique: Technique is the efficient use of force. Nothing wrong with strength or any other attribute like flexibility for example.... However we need to embrace the iterative process of learning through rolling with energy efficiency in mind. Anytime you roll (mostly before and after sparring) ... You could always ask yourself is there a more effective way of doing x. How can I use less strength, movement or step to achieve x. (and assume that there is). Then find out how and go test again when rolling. Just my two cents 😁
Hi there, not connected to this video though but I have a question: I heard that in judo and bjj you can get microconcussions that might affect you long term. When you get thrown, even if you don't land with your head on the mat, due to the deceleration that experiments your brain and since it is not fixed in your skull, it shakes and after several years it's damaged. Any opinion on that? Cheers :)
All martial arts share the same principles, just like all genres of music share the same notes, all literary types share the same letters and all paintings share the same primary colors. A concept is just an abstract idea. A technique is only one particular method of execution, and a style or genre is a collection of techniques. There is a difference between knowing and understanding; knowing is the skill acquired by experiences and or education, while 'understanding' is a psychological process that requires thought and use of concepts. The vast majority of martial arts, BJJ, Karate, etc... do not use (teach) abstract ideas. They focus on techniques and follow a curriculum. When you do hear concepts, they generally come from an instructor (or individual) and are not embedded into the curriculum, but I'm confident that the founder of the style based it entirely on their understanding of concepts and experiences.
You ever have wrestlers come in, who belly out, then, roll forward slamming the guy who's about to attempt a choke on thems face into the mat? A slick little move I've learned in wrestling to get out of the legs. I had a teamate who did some bjj over the summer and he wanted to show off a move he learned. I said sure, we were doing live wrestling, starting from referees position. He tried his move out, which was just a rear naked choke. As soon as I realized his move is a chokehold I started to defend in whatever way I knew how. I grabbed his arm, trying to loosen the choke, then I built my base up, and did that roll forward. It has to be a very explosive roll, and you have to do it just right. His head hit the mat, I rolled through, and he could not keep his choke on. I reversed him and then he had me stop, he went and sat out the rest of the practice because his head hurt. The coaches gave him shit, and asked why he was trying a choke out. He wound up getting a doctor's note saying he had a concussion, and sat out the entire rest of the week. It worked the one time I've tried it, but I have a feeling some more skilled individuals would at least catch on or already know how to stay with me, or stop me from rolling through. Anyone ever see this work? It wasnt even anything our coaches taught us to do, we just figured it out on our own. Coaches probably would warn against that in wrestling, because if you did it wrong or they stop you, your probably going to put yourself into a pin lol.
In wrestling I have heard it called the Peterson roll. As you have found, it can be effective to roll out of turtle. However, if the guy on your back is savvy and rolls with you, you are going to be in a bit of a bind. He will still be on your back and you will now have fewer escape options as you will at best be on your side, but likely on your back.
@@StanleyPinchak I was going to thank you for giving me the name of it, but I looked up the peterson roll and it isnt anything like what I was doing. Neither is a granby. I did see something sort of like it from a bjj channel on an escape from turtle. He did a similar movement, but it had zero energy to it, and he showed it with the guy off to the side, and said this doesn't work well if he has weight on my hips. Obviously what I did works while someone is on you with legs in. It was clear the guy didn't load up and spring forward with energy. I just looked around in related videos, and couldn't find anything like the way I did it for escaping the legs and that choke.
I've found my wrestling work mostly with other white belts, especially when rolling no-gi. I've been able to momentarily expose my back with sitouts, reversals, and rolls like you describe fast enough to keep them from securing my back. Sometimes while they are avoiding giving me their back, they are exposed to cradles from the side I've turned into head/arm chokes. Not so much with blue belts and above. They don't panic and freeze as much, heh...
Hey chewy a couple of months ago a kid in my gym who is about 30 pounds bigger than me and like 6 inches taller than me rolled with me (we are both white belts). Before our roll he was talk trash to me saying stuff like I’m the best white belt here” and “I don’t know why Jason (coach) hasn’t promoted me yet”. What ended up happening is that he illegally slammed me on the mat and I guillotine choked him. He got up crying and said “I could have easily beat you I just don’t like to hurt people” just so you know earlier he was calling out a kid 10 pounds smaller than me! I haven’t seen him since. I also told him to stop making excuses after he was. So i don’t know if I should have said that. I was just wondering if I could have handled the situation differently. (Also please leave my name anonymous). Also I would really appreciate an answer I really don’t know what to think.
King STRAHAN no you did right mate he needed to be humbled but it's on him how he handles it I'm only a 4 strip white and you need to just suck it up and deal with lose and be humble in winning I was a Muay Thai fighter before jujitsu and it's worse in stand up my coach told me to smash a guy that was bigger then me by a fair amount but I had 8 years of training and he had 6 months saying he can beat anyone and after I smashed the guy he said you only won because the coach likes me (I was the coach for the kids) he never came back it show what kinda of mn you are in how you handle defeat
I'm no chewie, but I'm a coach. You did well. You did what his coach should've done a long time ago and tell it straight. He will never get promoted if he rolls and acts like that. There is no room for bullshit in jiu-jitsu. You have to express yourself through your actions on the mat and that requires honesty and integrity. Most peoples egos can't handle that and they quit before they get their blue belts. Some might sneak through the ranks up to purple, but I haven't met a single higher belt that can't handle the truth and own up to their actions. I just got triangled by a blue belt with less than 2 years of experience in grappling. Sure, I gave him the opportunity to go for it, but I did try to escape it. There was no escape, even with my 9+ years of grappling. But it was easy to tap and try again later. It only meant that I've taught my student well. Or maybe I'm just shit at escaping triangles? Who cares? I'll do better next time. :D "This is the way."
I’m just getting into jiu jitsu and I’m about to join a jiu jitsu gym near me. My question is: what is something I should know or be able to do before my first practice? I’m not sure how far I’ll go (meaning how long I’ll stay with it) but probably for the rest of highschool.
Eddie Schreiber stick it out for the first year it's gonna be hard you're gonna get smashed but one day it will click and you'll fall in love and never stop
Well any Gracie gym is a good start then just make sure you're professor is actually certified you can look that up and if they are big on cutting nails and keeping the place clean it's a good idea how good the gym is
Ohhh I think I get it. Concept is like the dao. The dao that is written or spoken is not the dao. BJJ that is spoken or shown is not BJJ, when you do BJJ, that is BJJ. Lol seems incorrect as I'm ignorant of both BJJ (white belt) and the Dao.
@@Chewjitsu I joined wrestling my last year of high school because everyone in my BJJ gym told it was a good, is there particular techniques in wrestling I should work on to help my BJJ?
Concepts versus techniques: being aware of your center of gravity is a concept. Squatting instead of bending over at the waist is a technique.
Using your hips, moving and positioning them for solid base and posture and transfer of power is universal to all effective MA. JJ, Boxing, Muy Thai, Karate etc. all have application of this.
Sometimes I revisit old techniques I've learned, but have been difficult to successfully apply. After learning and drilling other techniques that use solid, basic principles, I now understand and utilize the old techniques with more success.
I've done nothing but techniques in class for the last two years. Hard rolling, comp classes, endless hours of rolling on the mats. 3rd year, due to the pandemic I've done nothing but re-learning fundamental skills, concepts and reviewing a lot of stuff while also drilling at home with a grappling dummy. It really filled the gap between mat time and internalizing what I had been learning. Even watching Grappling matches at the highest levels, I can recognize positions, predict transitions, movements etc. and put things together so much better than before.
Another video full of great information presented in a realistic manner. Feels more like a good conversation, than being talked at. Bravo.... Please keep them coming.
It's funny the part where you said you were rambling was the part I needed to hear most, as someone who is just starting BJJ.
Chewy: *moves back and forth constantly
Camera's auto focus: S T O P
Concept: Physical and mental principles and general strategies to exploit them
Technique: procedures built off of concepts
I like that definition
This video certainly explained a lot as I have two coaches where one teaches techniques and the other concepts. Can understand both but this video really furthered my understanding of the differences. Thank you, Professor!
I loved this video. I'm learning more and more that I'm a, what I call it, philosophical teacher. I love breaking moves and styles down to principles. I even gave my kids class a class on "Coach Hippie's philosophy on armbars 101" when I was a new instructor a few years back. I created weird, sometimes unrealistic positions of armbars. Honestly it was probably way over their heads, even the adults get confused when I teach a class like that.
But every now and then I love teaching philosophical classes instead of technique classes. Makes me glad I have a technical partner to explain what I mean sometimes during those classes lol.
PS I've learned kids classes need more discipline at their age, so a strict "here's a technique/position" class retains in their heads better. Maybe a private class with a talented student would be better to try it, but I haven't so I can't say.
+1 for stoicism. Game changer.
I think it’s good to have the principles ahead of time. They might be useless at first, But when your technique matches your concept you have a crazy “aaaah” moment! And it sticks better!
Excellent video bro. Stoicism, like BJJ, touches the soul.
Thanks brother! And I agree.
Perfect timing i get this before my 2nd week of training
This stuff is like a chess game you have to have the ability to think things through and I like the explanations you give
I love seeing Chewy talk about conepts
IMO: Study the concepts, practice the mechanics. The terminology doesn't really matter. What matters is the time on the mats. :)
I prefer looking at everything as concepts, but singling out techniques is very important. That being said, I have more fun looking at things as concepts, it allows me to improvise (even if I might screw up lol)
Thanks for the video brother !!! As you said this topic can go on and on for hours , but in the end I think I agree with you.
For me the turning point was when I started to understand "why" and "how" some techniques work , and after that every move my professor teaches me or I see in a seminar I try to do exactly this. Find "why" and "how" ! I try to teach my guys accordingly but as you said most of the time comes harder for someone new to get it and its much easier for them to execute a technique (a -> b -> c ). Still I like to tell the "whys" and "hows" as people drilling , I think that some of them can get the details and maybe get to the turning point much faster than me .
Thanks again Chewy , have a great year , you and your students !
Chewjitsu dropping knowledge
I like to think in a smart man, I see chewys noti, I click it
Hey chewy I'm a new white belt that only has maybe about 9ish classes under my belt and I'm talking to alot of the higher belts trying to be the least amount of arrogance as possible and possibley the fastest ways to inprove that you would recommend? -cullen Lacey
Thank you.
Concepts is known as a superior way to teach. If you understand the concepts you would always use them when teaching.
When you say you are you talking about me or just in general?
Hi this is a Bob question.... or just my name i dont mind.
I am doing bjj for like 1 and a half months. The problem is i am 1m90 and weigh 105kg. I also go to the gym on a daily bases so im kinda strong.
The problem is when im rolling with somebody, I mostly can't get out of their grips because i dont wanna use my brute force.
Am i in the wrong there or should i just use my strenght in these situations... If it was me holding the grip I would think its a dick move using strenght not technique...
I would like to offer an answer in the form of the definition of "good" technique: Technique is the efficient use of force.
Nothing wrong with strength or any other attribute like flexibility for example....
However we need to embrace the iterative process of learning through rolling with energy efficiency in mind.
Anytime you roll (mostly before and after sparring) ... You could always ask yourself is there a more effective way of doing x. How can I use less strength, movement or step to achieve x. (and assume that there is). Then find out how and go test again when rolling.
Just my two cents 😁
Hi there,
not connected to this video though but I have a question: I heard that in judo and bjj you can get microconcussions that might affect you long term. When you get thrown, even if you don't land with your head on the mat, due to the deceleration that experiments your brain and since it is not fixed in your skull, it shakes and after several years it's damaged. Any opinion on that?
Cheers :)
🥋
*"I have to choke them"* - Chewjistu
Right before he said it, I was thinking Choke em out brother, then boom he said I have to choke them
My first Jiu-Jitsu professor told to tuck my arms in and keep moving I didn't understand why until I was caught in side control
I have question if I do mma and TAEKWON DO ITF if I do so should I do bjj for more skills in mma
All martial arts share the same principles, just like all genres of music share the same notes, all literary types share the same letters and all paintings share the same primary colors. A concept is just an abstract idea. A technique is only one particular method of execution, and a style or genre is a collection of techniques.
There is a difference between knowing and understanding; knowing is the skill acquired by experiences and or education, while 'understanding' is a psychological process that requires thought and use of concepts.
The vast majority of martial arts, BJJ, Karate, etc... do not use (teach) abstract ideas. They focus on techniques and follow a curriculum. When you do hear concepts, they generally come from an instructor (or individual) and are not embedded into the curriculum, but I'm confident that the founder of the style based it entirely on their understanding of concepts and experiences.
What does ‘concept’ mean?
You ever have wrestlers come in, who belly out, then, roll forward slamming the guy who's about to attempt a choke on thems face into the mat? A slick little move I've learned in wrestling to get out of the legs. I had a teamate who did some bjj over the summer and he wanted to show off a move he learned. I said sure, we were doing live wrestling, starting from referees position. He tried his move out, which was just a rear naked choke. As soon as I realized his move is a chokehold I started to defend in whatever way I knew how. I grabbed his arm, trying to loosen the choke, then I built my base up, and did that roll forward. It has to be a very explosive roll, and you have to do it just right. His head hit the mat, I rolled through, and he could not keep his choke on. I reversed him and then he had me stop, he went and sat out the rest of the practice because his head hurt. The coaches gave him shit, and asked why he was trying a choke out. He wound up getting a doctor's note saying he had a concussion, and sat out the entire rest of the week. It worked the one time I've tried it, but I have a feeling some more skilled individuals would at least catch on or already know how to stay with me, or stop me from rolling through. Anyone ever see this work? It wasnt even anything our coaches taught us to do, we just figured it out on our own. Coaches probably would warn against that in wrestling, because if you did it wrong or they stop you, your probably going to put yourself into a pin lol.
In wrestling I have heard it called the Peterson roll. As you have found, it can be effective to roll out of turtle. However, if the guy on your back is savvy and rolls with you, you are going to be in a bit of a bind. He will still be on your back and you will now have fewer escape options as you will at best be on your side, but likely on your back.
@@StanleyPinchak I was going to thank you for giving me the name of it, but I looked up the peterson roll and it isnt anything like what I was doing. Neither is a granby. I did see something sort of like it from a bjj channel on an escape from turtle. He did a similar movement, but it had zero energy to it, and he showed it with the guy off to the side, and said this doesn't work well if he has weight on my hips. Obviously what I did works while someone is on you with legs in. It was clear the guy didn't load up and spring forward with energy. I just looked around in related videos, and couldn't find anything like the way I did it for escaping the legs and that choke.
I've found my wrestling work mostly with other white belts, especially when rolling no-gi.
I've been able to momentarily expose my back with sitouts, reversals, and rolls like you describe fast enough to keep them from securing my back. Sometimes while they are avoiding giving me their back, they are exposed to cradles from the side I've turned into head/arm chokes.
Not so much with blue belts and above. They don't panic and freeze as much, heh...
Hey chewy a couple of months ago a kid in my gym who is about 30 pounds bigger than me and like 6 inches taller than me rolled with me (we are both white belts). Before our roll he was talk trash to me saying stuff like I’m the best white belt here” and “I don’t know why Jason (coach) hasn’t promoted me yet”. What ended up happening is that he illegally slammed me on the mat and I guillotine choked him. He got up crying and said “I could have easily beat you I just don’t like to hurt people” just so you know earlier he was calling out a kid 10 pounds smaller than me! I haven’t seen him since. I also told him to stop making excuses after he was. So i don’t know if I should have said that. I was just wondering if I could have handled the situation differently. (Also please leave my name anonymous).
Also I would really appreciate an answer I really don’t know what to think.
King STRAHAN no you did right mate he needed to be humbled but it's on him how he handles it I'm only a 4 strip white and you need to just suck it up and deal with lose and be humble in winning I was a Muay Thai fighter before jujitsu and it's worse in stand up my coach told me to smash a guy that was bigger then me by a fair amount but I had 8 years of training and he had 6 months saying he can beat anyone and after I smashed the guy he said you only won because the coach likes me (I was the coach for the kids) he never came back it show what kinda of mn you are in how you handle defeat
Caleb Lanfranci Thanks
I'm no chewie, but I'm a coach. You did well. You did what his coach should've done a long time ago and tell it straight. He will never get promoted if he rolls and acts like that. There is no room for bullshit in jiu-jitsu. You have to express yourself through your actions on the mat and that requires honesty and integrity. Most peoples egos can't handle that and they quit before they get their blue belts. Some might sneak through the ranks up to purple, but I haven't met a single higher belt that can't handle the truth and own up to their actions. I just got triangled by a blue belt with less than 2 years of experience in grappling. Sure, I gave him the opportunity to go for it, but I did try to escape it. There was no escape, even with my 9+ years of grappling. But it was easy to tap and try again later. It only meant that I've taught my student well. Or maybe I'm just shit at escaping triangles? Who cares? I'll do better next time. :D "This is the way."
I’m just getting into jiu jitsu and I’m about to join a jiu jitsu gym near me. My question is: what is something I should know or be able to do before my first practice? I’m not sure how far I’ll go (meaning how long I’ll stay with it) but probably for the rest of highschool.
Eddie Schreiber stick it out for the first year it's gonna be hard you're gonna get smashed but one day it will click and you'll fall in love and never stop
Caleb Lanfranci thank you 🙏🏻 I also don’t know how to tell if a gym is good or not. Is there a trick or should I see how it is from experience?
Well any Gracie gym is a good start then just make sure you're professor is actually certified you can look that up and if they are big on cutting nails and keeping the place clean it's a good idea how good the gym is
Caleb Lanfranci okay thank u so much 🙏🏻
BJJ flower sweep
Concepts is with two “c’s”
Whatch dr Bruce Lipton he explains how our minds work and it backs up what your saying chewy. Oss
I was told not to post on the mat and my body learned the why lol
Ohhh I think I get it. Concept is like the dao. The dao that is written or spoken is not the dao. BJJ that is spoken or shown is not BJJ, when you do BJJ, that is BJJ.
Lol seems incorrect as I'm ignorant of both BJJ (white belt) and the Dao.
Hey you ditched the green screen! Thanks for another awesome video.
. . . I hate you. . . j/k . . . and it's not a green screen. 😉
I came here too early and didn't know what to commet so... keep scrolling
First principle of jiu-jitsu: Go out and train😁
Do you think wrestling can help with your Jiu Jitsu?
Oh yea, absolutely.
@@Chewjitsu I joined wrestling my last year of high school because everyone in my BJJ gym told it was a good, is there particular techniques in wrestling I should work on to help my BJJ?
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Your skin tone around your eyes chewy did you do a solarium tan?
Thank you. Now I can't un-see it