I was a fresh white belt. I was getting arm-barred. I started to stack the guy. He in his British accent, " I'm very sorry about this." He proceeded to fart directly onto my face. I felt the gas rush over my face and I nearly passed out. I couldn't stop gagging for 5 minutes.
Im a really new white belt, i have only been doing bjj for about 6 months on and off (due to injury). My favorite moment so far was learning a jump pass on my first class and being really good at doing it. I use the jump pass on everyone while rolling and it usually works. Then one day i was rolling with my instructor (black belt) and i tried to jump pass on him...he snatched me up in mid air like an eagle grabbing a snake and tapped me out. After the tap i looked at him and he was smiling and simply said "you cant jump pass a jump passer". I love the levels to this game.
My most memorable Jiu Jitsu moment happened the first time I walked onto the mat. As a 23 year old woman, I had been interested in training BJJ for a while, but was nervous about how I would be received at my gym. For some reason, I had it in my head that I would be the only female, would be seen as weak or inferior, and nobody would want to work with me. It took me a month to finally muster up the courage to walk through the door, but when I finally did, I was immediately greeted by an older man in his 60s, Bubby, a brown belt. He must have sensed that I was nervous because he stuck with me that evening, introducing me to my new teammates, giving me the rundown of the academy, drilling with me, etc. He went out of his way to make me feel welcomed, and he was genuinely happy to have me there. Now, two years later, my teammates are like a 2nd family, and Bubby still looks after me (we’re besties). So, like you Chewy, I’ve found that the best part of Jiu Jitsu is the community and the awesome people you meet :)
The olympic parts makes me think of how judo seems to keep getting new forbidden moves every year. I think in 10 years judo will become a staring contest.
My most memorable moment took place at my most recent tournament, where myself and a close friend both won second in our weight divisions. It was our first time winning a bjj medal, and it was great to be able to share the moment of accomplishment with a good friend/training partner and to see our hard work pay off.
I know I'm late to the party, but my most memorable experience is about a year ago, after a class on escaping from the door stop (a.k.a. "deadwhale"). I got home and saw this meme of a guy holding this huge fish, underhand, with both hands. When you push the play button, you see this fish spaz back and forth, shaking the guy ferociously until the fish flys out of this dudes hands. I posted it to FB with the meme, "When I think I have my instructor in side control". 10 minutes later my instructor calls me up laughing, in tears. Best moment so far.
There is no advantage in BJJ being in the Olympics, but "BJJ shouldn't be an Olympic sport!" could be a thing to whisper in your opponent's ear to make them confuced.
Coming in with a clean gi is a must in our gym. We’re all friends enough to let someone know if they need to remove their stinky self and use a loaner for the night. Body odor is an entirely different issue as some guys, clean or not, stink it up after warmups.
While working on snap downs from standing position. My instructor kept saying jerk downs. So when I approached him to add to the drill I said "ok now jerk me". Instead of continuing I had to stop and think.. what did i just say.
My best moment has to be taking the mats with my 9 year old son for the first time... he was working on a sweep when our coach invited me onto the mats to help... my son's reaction when he swept me was beyond words and even further dwarfed by how it made me feel...he and I are only 6 months into our journey, still going strong with more memories to come but that one right there...
One of my most memorable moments was last year I believe at NAGA Phoenix in my 3rd competition ever competing at White Belt Novice No Gi. My neck is surgically repaired with both posterior and anterior fusions w/ 5 fused vertebrae (from a rollover accident in 2002) and got taken down hard in a double leg, almost like a scoop slam but luckily had a guillotine loosely wrapped with my right arm to soften the blow. I was shell shocked for a bit but actually managed to recover guard and ended up tapping out but overall, I was proudest of being able to shake off a near devastating situation that some uninjured players probably would've not come back from. I still train my best everyday and don't let what most would call a disability hinder me from my strengths.
Chewy, I really like that your most memorable moments were helping people and changing their lives through what you love to do. Nothing is more powerful than that. To save someone's life or give them something so they can realize their own potential is better than any medal or win in a tournament. My old instructor used to say the only way to make a positive change in the world was one person at a time - to teach people how to be better humans. Awesome job, sir!
I do my best to keep clean out of respect for my teammates when we train. Clean, freshly washed Gi everyday, clean grappling shorts and freshly showered. However one of the guys I train with was so smelly last class when we went over technique he was able to imprint his scent into my Gi for the rest of the bloody day. Everyone I rolled with after gave me a weird look and my Nike bag stunk all the way until I got home and threw it in the washing machine with a prayer and a blessing to rid the evil from my life. Lmao. Just gonna do my best to not pair up with him from now on haha
I used to be the stinky guy until I learned about the vinegar and baking soda mixture for washing my gi, rash guards, and undergarments. I never use being stinky as a way to gain the advantage. At 0-4 I would need to be REALLY stinky for that to give me enough of an advantage! lol. Keep up the great work Chewy! Love the content.
Memorable moment... More like shocking moment but in a good way.. A guy at the gym was promoted to blue and when I congratulated him, he looks at me and says that it's because of me earning my blue belt he knew that he could get his blue. I was someone's motivation.. Never would have figured that would come from BJJ.
Dude! I totally use the "You smell different when you're awake..." line along with whispering "Shh...shh...shh... just let it happen." Or "I...killed Mufasa!" Haha
One of my most memorable moments was my first competition, 9 months into learning BJJ. This was a submission only tournament. I was terrified, and sure I was going to embarass my gym. After a hard fight to get a sweep out of my opponent's full mount, I was able to yank her leg down, pass her guard with a knee-slide pass, and go into full mount on her. I was in the middle of putting her into an ezekiel when time ran out (4 minute match). Won by decision! Didn't win the competition, but that was ok. One of the other women kept coming up to me, just to tell me how tough I was and how hard the fight had been, and how impressed she was. Blew my mind each time- she won our fight (by decision)!
Great video Chewy! When someone close to me passed away I thought about having some drinks to mourn for them but instead chose to go roll with the squad. Didn't say anything about it, just listened, learned, and most importantly laughed with the team that evening. One of my best decisions ever. Love this sport! Peace Chewy 🤙
so I've been doing jiu jitsu for a week now and I feel like you hit the nail right on the head around the 10 minute mark. I'm getting wrecked every time I train, everything hurts. but I can't quit, it feels right being on the mat. good video brother keep it up.
Every time I watch these videos I get motivated man... Dam I wish you were in Cali or I was in Kentucky! Keep doing you chewie! And thank you so much for all the vids!
When I was a blue belt, my instructor exposed a fake black belt that came to our gym, and I actually got the privilege to man the door as my coach put the guy in a heel hook.
First of all, thanks for making all of these videos! I really enjoyed this one. I especially like the answer to your most memorable moments. I’m still fairly new to bjj, but I love being able to make an impact on other people’s lives. Whether it be something so small as tweaking a technique for them, or something more profound as changing their outlook on life to being more positive. I absolutely love the fellowship and camaraderie of bjj! I’d have to say my most memorable moment was having my 7 year old nephew tell me he wants to try jiujitsu after watching me do well at my second competition. I’ve been able to watch this young timid boy begin to grow into a determined, confident, and disciplined fighter. We now share something that I’ll forever be grateful for! Again, thanks for the videos and for being a positive impact on so many people!
I also wholeheartedly agree with your take on BJJ rules. It's such a dynamic art that to subject it to a unified ruleset would only serve to sterilize it.
Regarding the Olympics, I was done with those years ago. I can respect the arguments for why people want it there, but it will never make any sense to me. I'm happy to play the sport, but I'm not sure you will ever see me count points. Best experiences in my 6 months of BJJ: 1. Every time I get a simple 'good job' from my teacher. It's weird, I'm 38 and we're the same age, but there are few things in life I've worked so hard for, and feel good getting. Usually it's accompanied by him ruffling my hair like I'm some 10 year old kid. 2. Last night. 7pm to 11pm. Beginners class with my daughter, through open mat at the end of the night, finishing with my first experience of a king-of-the-hill type game. There are few places I would rather be. 3. Best-worst: Every time my daughter practices chokes on me. Small skinny arms with razor-edge bones are really, really uncomfortable.
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Best memory from grapping was when i was defending a belly dow armbar and my coach walks up and says, "so I've been thinking.. Do you prefer Nate or Nathan?" Me and my rolling partner stopped and stared at him. needless to say that ended the round early
glad to hear your thoughts on the Olympic question Chewie! Jiu jitsu should not be a part of the olympics for the same reasons you list, look at what the Olympics have done to judo. Do we need the affirmation that our sport is legit? Do we need to be on the same stage with dressage and speed walking?
50 POUNDS LIGHTER: I saw myself as a 15 year-old living with my mom in the suburbs and realized I was 2 years into highschool yet didn't have a fundamental understanding of discipline. Nothing needed to br consistent I wasn't expected to success in order to meet my need. essentially I could quit anything at any time with no consequences. This realization scared me, because I soon questioned the contrary. What will Ido once I am faced with a situation in which i need to not give up, and how can I create that right now to prove it to myself. I was 198lbs and 28% body fat. My two best friends were wrestlers and the difficult choose to make was obvious. Join the wrestling team because it will suck. So i did and as the season progressed, after hell week. Most kids had quit, but I found myself just not showing up. until I almost got kicked off the team and a meeting with my mom and explanation that I have ADHD not a drug addiction like my coach suspected. haha. says he never met someone so excited to try yet relentlessly underdeliver. Additionally he said the only way I can stay on the team was if I came to school early everyday and did extra conditioning to make up for all the absences. I agreed. So every day I woke up at 4:30 for a ride from a friend and I would be at full incline at 5 mph for 45 minutes and then for 45 more minutes I was on an upper body bicycle looking machine. Then after practice 10 minutes of towel slides. I never got any good at wrestling but from November 1st to by the time winter break was ending U had gone from 198 to 160 and finally I would get down to 145 were I was 7 POUNDS away from the 138lbs 7% body fat we calculated earlier that year. For the first time my own thoughts transformed reality in a way I could not only see but measure and my goals felt tangible. This experience empowered me to still feel this and I have given a new respect to learning, application, discipline, and to coaching as a whole. I will never forget Mr. Burton who coached me though that with countless opportunities. MY REDEMPTION: I made it up to him at the end of the season, they decided to put me in a home meet because I had been attending so consistently. I was so terrified i pretended I had enfluenze nd couldn't compete. He took me into his office and he said. I have spent to much time away from my family for you to not go out there and wrestle tonight. You make one of two descions and they will lead to one of two things. 1. When we see each Other in the mall ten yrs from now I hide, avoid you think oh no there he is. or 2. you go out there and fucking wrestle that kid and you wrestle your best and no matter what I'll be the one yelling you down hey Erik hey erik remember remember. I didn't feel guilt or shame for taking the time away. I felt like he was saying I was worth it this inspired courage and motivation within me. I went out there pinned him within 20 seconds. I barley even knew what was happening by the time my hand was raised. I realized I was the one coaching myself down the whole time on top of all of it. This was stifling my ability to respect this successful foundation to begin with. The courage to fail. Very powerful experience.
For me my most memorable moment would have to be that I was the first person my instructor ever promoted to brown belt. Everyone who had started training at our gym before myself had either switched gyms or quit. Today, to my knowledge, even the people who switched gyms have now quit training. So for me to persevere where so many of my peers did not felt like a huge accomplishment.
I would love to see Jiujitsu in the olympics, but in the same sense of wrestling. Wrestling there's Grecko, Freestyle, Folkstyle. I'd love to see Jiujitsu in the olympics with Sub Only Divisions, IBJJF Divisions, F2W style divisions, etc. I don't want to see BJJ become limited in the sense that you mentioned in the video, but I believe that can be avoided if the olympic committee went about it the right way.
I hadn't even considered your point about cell phones. On the mats is the furthest I ever get from my phone and I've never missed it. Even when I'm in the gym gym I look at my phone between sets or whatever. It's good to have a detox.
I would vote no to BJJ in the olympics, mostly because early in my martial arts life I did Tae Kwon Do and I really didn't like what the olympics did to it. It got distilled down to 3 or 4 techniques with no creativity. I would fear the same would happen to BJJ. Most memorable moment...This is going to sound really butt kissy, but I've only been training BJJ for about a year and haven't done a tournament or anything so I don't have a bunch of moments but getting to stop in and take a class as DCMMA is high on my list. I got a chance to see another gym, another community, and a different aspect of the sport (it was nogi day and I typically train in a gi). It was a real reminder that there's a whole, great big world out there.
I'd like to see submission grappling in the Olympics. Nogi with a rule set similar to ADCC. I love watching EBI and enjoy the OT rounds but I don't see that working for the Olympics. It's fun to watch multiple grappling disciplines collide and the Olympics would give us another opportunity to see that along with giving us another platform to expand our sport and reach new people.
I know I'm a couple of years late but we're having a very similar situation to your Olympic situation in parkour, very interesting to see it from another sports point of view
My most memorable moment was my first class. I've been training for about 3 months but I have always wanted to train bjj. Due to having multiple surgeries and mild CP, it was nice to have something athletic that I could finally do well. The people at my gym are so cool and considerate.
To be honest. The only benefit I could find to having BJJ in the Olympics, would be that it might draw more attention to the sport itself. Also, I don't think that just because it's in the Olympics that we'd have to have one solid set of rules. I think there would still be a variation between competitions and what not. Just look at wrestling. There's different styles to it. I wrestled folk-style myself, and I know plenty of people that wrestled free-style or Greco-Roman style. It just depends one how the community decides to sort itself in to.
I'm a 62 year old mat rat started 2000 with Joe D'arce. In HS I played hoops but trained with the wrestlers. Now because of bone on bone I can't hoop like I use to but rolling has helped temporarily postpone hip replacement
My most memorable BJJ moment was so simple. I’ve been training like 8 months. I’ve rolled so many times but this roll was just a normal one that I lost in, and I remember fist bumping the guy, heaving and then just smiling. Like, that’s it. And I love that memory
Like seeing all your buddies in the pool and you want to jump in...priceless! (For anyone who never rolled, there you go...hopefully you had a good childhood that involved swimming hahaha)
I honestly feel that being obviously dirty or smelly should be a DQ forfeit. Hygiene is important and shows the bare minimum respect for yourself and your opponent. We are competing in combat, not germ warfare, and we shouldn't ve spreading ringworm,impetaigo, etc. because we are lazy, assholes, or think its funny.
100% agree chewy. I really do not want a bunch of dude's telling me heel hooks are illegal in the Olympics so I'm not allowed to do them. ADCC is our Olympics
If we're on the subject of BJJ becoming an olympic sport, you might as well combine boxing, wrestling, judo, and BJJ (hypothetically) into Olympic MMA, replacing the combat sports in the olympics altogether.
I was the same with wrestling in HS, I would wear the same sweatshirt from middle school wrestling and the same sweats to every tournament or meet. I'm not sure why, I guess I was a little superstitious and also just liked knowing what I was gonna wear for every tournament and not thinking about it.
I tapped out my boss aka my black belt coach. I am 30lbs heavier than him and genuinely thought id hurt him accidentally but when he told me I had caught him in a wrist lock (which id planned) I kinda felt like I'd cheated!!!
what i really like about my bjj club is the music playing during the sessions.....however, now i like certain coaches better because of their playlists :) .... and yes, BJJ should be in olympics i think....take it out of the indie section of martial arts.
Loving the “You smell different awake” story. Don’t think I’ll use that on the mat, but I will definitely take it to work and use on the next person that pisses me off in a meeting. Most of them are female 🤫
Most memorable was being blue belted the week before a tournament and standing over an opponent in butterfly guard position during Nogi… guess what happened. Next during gi I tried a takedown and fell, the guy tried to pass my guard but I was able to reestablish and get into closed guard…for the entire round, until my legs gave out and he won when he passed my guard and got into side control. Gahhh!
No Go Jiujitsu: That would be really cool to see in the olympics similar to wrestling not like anything because of the majority of time being on the ground. similar to boxing it's another martial art. Another thing is judo is so popular internationally, this is another form of grappling. Grappling is cool
Hey Chewie, the most memorable moment for me is the first time I (40 yr old) rolled with my Coach and I realized how awesome he was (50's) At that very moment I thought to myself that is who I want to be one day. Aloha 🌺
The argument for the Olympics is that local laws can stipulate that in order to run a tournament for a combat sport, the sport needs to be recognized by the IOC. The Jiu Jitsu National championships were cancelled here in Montreal last year for that reason. If that weren’t the case, I’d agree with you that jiu jitsu doesn’t need the Olympics. I never watch the Olympics because they’re garbage.
i wish i cared what people think, the biggest problem in my life is not caring, its got me in trouble so many times in life, if someone says something a little rude and you tell them to shut their mouth they dont invite you back for second interview xD
I agree with u on the Olympics, Olympics ruined judo, it would be a shame if bjj got watered down as much as judo did because of the Olympics. None of the dojos I've trained in teaches judo in its entirety now because u cant do it in the Olympics which there rules filter down to local competition so it's considered pointless to teach which is horrible that parts of the art have to be learned only by cross training in bjj. I love bjj and I hope it doesnt go down that road too
There's nothing like your first time getting armbarred or leg-over kimura'd and realizing you're gonna be smelling balls quite a bit until you learn to get out of those ASAP.
All the way down here in new zealand I remember making my instructor laugh during our first roll ever. I blocked his leg while I was taking side control was all, he just wasn't expecting it cos he was trying to distract me with grips on my arm:) he's not often surprised so I took that as a big success!
I go to BJJ after work - I always head to the bathroom and brush my teeth to make sure I am not breath bombing people while we roll. They are my friends after all.
I feel as if BJJ should not be subjected to the Olympic rules. The Olympics suck for all martial arts because they just destroyed any unorthodox ways of competing and they produce the same styles. You know?
That first answer was revolting, and I wanted to ask why there aren't some sort of hygiene standards in competitions. But...then I remembered Bas Rutten is one of my top 3 all-time favorite fighters so I became more understanding lol. But egckh, you even intentionally pressed that smell into your opponent? dude... Sealing those gross shorts in a bag for a week just reminded me of this youtube gem: ruclips.net/video/417Qbwn9yso/видео.html
Before I'm asked, Bas Rutten, Don Frye, Chuck Liddell, are my all-time top 3 favorite fighters. And as much as I love this channel I couldn't get past the first question. Even Bas washed those famous shorts. I can't get over it. wtf is wrong with someone who does that? So insanely fucking disgusting.
One time I was rolling with someone who I've been slowly becoming friends with, and he got my back and had a hella tight hold and proceeded to say in my ear "I bet you don't get this much human contact" (I'm homeschooled so he's not wrong) and as I was thinking about it he choked me
My most Memorable moment was my first class, I stepped into the gym smelled the strongly scented mat cleaner and saw some dudes warming up. At this time I had only wrestled in High School and watched mma, so my first rolling session, I got stuck in my friend Brian's guard, so I tried to escape the only way I knew how, with a can opener, I got triangled and we started again. I then tried spazzing out and trying to escape the brown belt's guard and when he caught me in a triangle I slammed him, not too hard but a slam nonetheless and he put me to sleep, first time I've been slept before and from that day forth I've learned a few things, not to slam, how to break guard, how to escape triangles, and how to tap so I don't get put out again! I haven't been caught in a triangle since. And once again, Ameri-do-te is bullshit!
Ameri-do-te is legit. Come at me and I’ll hit you with a hurticane. You don’t want none of this. Now, I’ll get back to practicing my groin strikes. Practice your fake pajama wrestling.
How about both? @ bjj in the olympics? How about they figure out Olympic bjj and still have all the other organizations like ebi and just let people train what they want?
Favorite moment probably has to be.... When my two main coaches promoted me randomly after lining up at the end of class. Hearing the words "you deserve this" and feeling like the time I have put into JIU-JITSU has paid off more than I could ask.
Just to be devils advocate for the "unified set of rules". As a new person to training jiu jitsu, the rules are fairly confusing. I think it's because of how they change per tournament, per federation, per belt level etc. Perhaps a simpler set of rules could help the general public understand what they're watching? I don't think one set of rules would be a good idea. Just a thought though.
This might already be up here somewhere. However, here it is. There is a local gym near my location, and according to some of the students, shoes are not allowed on the map. Is this true of every gym? Why would that be so?
Totally forgot to wash my rashguards on a trip. I knew I was in trouble when I pulled them out and my nose and eyes started to run a water. Omg. Never did that again. 🤮
Hey chewy does the pretzel grip work with mounted guillotines. I have been able to use it from guard and Halfguard and the only mounted guillotines I can get or I'm transitions one armed guillotines
I was a fresh white belt. I was getting arm-barred. I started to stack the guy. He in his British accent, " I'm very sorry about this." He proceeded to fart directly onto my face. I felt the gas rush over my face and I nearly passed out. I couldn't stop gagging for 5 minutes.
That's what's known as a Dutch Crunch.
Kevin Dishen lmao u made my day
Hahahhaha!! shiitt! So honest! :p
Thats horrible, but so funny 😂
Just about spit out all my water reading that 😂
Im a really new white belt, i have only been doing bjj for about 6 months on and off (due to injury). My favorite moment so far was learning a jump pass on my first class and being really good at doing it. I use the jump pass on everyone while rolling and it usually works. Then one day i was rolling with my instructor (black belt) and i tried to jump pass on him...he snatched me up in mid air like an eagle grabbing a snake and tapped me out. After the tap i looked at him and he was smiling and simply said "you cant jump pass a jump passer".
I love the levels to this game.
LMAO!
What belt are you now?
@@johnclarkeboy3643 im a blue belt been training 4 years now.
@@Saltking_Tim_Spindel Nice I just started so it’s inspiring to see your still at it.
@@johnclarkeboy3643 keep at it, its worth every second.
My most memorable Jiu Jitsu moment happened the first time I walked onto the mat. As a 23 year old woman, I had been interested in training BJJ for a while, but was nervous about how I would be received at my gym. For some reason, I had it in my head that I would be the only female, would be seen as weak or inferior, and nobody would want to work with me. It took me a month to finally muster up the courage to walk through the door, but when I finally did, I was immediately greeted by an older man in his 60s, Bubby, a brown belt. He must have sensed that I was nervous because he stuck with me that evening, introducing me to my new teammates, giving me the rundown of the academy, drilling with me, etc. He went out of his way to make me feel welcomed, and he was genuinely happy to have me there. Now, two years later, my teammates are like a 2nd family, and Bubby still looks after me (we’re besties). So, like you Chewy, I’ve found that the best part of Jiu Jitsu is the community and the awesome people you meet :)
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glitterNbruises I was expecting some horrible funny story, but this is good too.
The olympic parts makes me think of how judo seems to keep getting new forbidden moves every year. I think in 10 years judo will become a staring contest.
My most memorable moment took place at my most recent tournament, where myself and a close friend both won second in our weight divisions. It was our first time winning a bjj medal, and it was great to be able to share the moment of accomplishment with a good friend/training partner and to see our hard work pay off.
I know I'm late to the party, but my most memorable experience is about a year ago, after a class on escaping from the door stop (a.k.a. "deadwhale"). I got home and saw this meme of a guy holding this huge fish, underhand, with both hands. When you push the play button, you see this fish spaz back and forth, shaking the guy ferociously until the fish flys out of this dudes hands.
I posted it to FB with the meme, "When I think I have my instructor in side control". 10 minutes later my instructor calls me up laughing, in tears. Best moment so far.
There is no advantage in BJJ being in the Olympics, but "BJJ shouldn't be an Olympic sport!" could be a thing to whisper in your opponent's ear to make them confuced.
Coming in with a clean gi is a must in our gym. We’re all friends enough to let someone know if they need to remove their stinky self and use a loaner for the night. Body odor is an entirely different issue as some guys, clean or not, stink it up after warmups.
"I've never been a winner at anything, thank you..." - I'M NOT CRYING YOURE CRYING!
Allen Ryerson is someone cutting onions or something?
While working on snap downs from standing position. My instructor kept saying jerk downs. So when I approached him to add to the drill I said "ok now jerk me". Instead of continuing I had to stop and think.. what did i just say.
My best moment has to be taking the mats with my 9 year old son for the first time... he was working on a sweep when our coach invited me onto the mats to help... my son's reaction when he swept me was beyond words and even further dwarfed by how it made me feel...he and I are only 6 months into our journey, still going strong with more memories to come but that one right there...
One of my most memorable moments was last year I believe at NAGA Phoenix in my 3rd competition ever competing at White Belt Novice No Gi. My neck is surgically repaired with both posterior and anterior fusions w/ 5 fused vertebrae (from a rollover accident in 2002) and got taken down hard in a double leg, almost like a scoop slam but luckily had a guillotine loosely wrapped with my right arm to soften the blow. I was shell shocked for a bit but actually managed to recover guard and ended up tapping out but overall, I was proudest of being able to shake off a near devastating situation that some uninjured players probably would've not come back from. I still train my best everyday and don't let what most would call a disability hinder me from my strengths.
Chewy, I really like that your most memorable moments were helping people and changing their lives through what you love to do. Nothing is more powerful than that. To save someone's life or give them something so they can realize their own potential is better than any medal or win in a tournament. My old instructor used to say the only way to make a positive change in the world was one person at a time - to teach people how to be better humans. Awesome job, sir!
I do my best to keep clean out of respect for my teammates when we train. Clean, freshly washed Gi everyday, clean grappling shorts and freshly showered. However one of the guys I train with was so smelly last class when we went over technique he was able to imprint his scent into my Gi for the rest of the bloody day. Everyone I rolled with after gave me a weird look and my Nike bag stunk all the way until I got home and threw it in the washing machine with a prayer and a blessing to rid the evil from my life. Lmao. Just gonna do my best to not pair up with him from now on haha
Take one of those air freshener trees to class with him as a gift 😁
I used to be the stinky guy until I learned about the vinegar and baking soda mixture for washing my gi, rash guards, and undergarments. I never use being stinky as a way to gain the advantage. At 0-4 I would need to be REALLY stinky for that to give me enough of an advantage! lol. Keep up the great work Chewy! Love the content.
Memorable moment... More like shocking moment but in a good way.. A guy at the gym was promoted to blue and when I congratulated him, he looks at me and says that it's because of me earning my blue belt he knew that he could get his blue. I was someone's motivation.. Never would have figured that would come from BJJ.
Dude! I totally use the "You smell different when you're awake..." line along with whispering "Shh...shh...shh... just let it happen." Or "I...killed Mufasa!" Haha
Chewy, I've got tears in my eyes from your smelly shorts story. I laughed out loud, my wife thinks I'm crazy.
One of my most memorable moments was my first competition, 9 months into learning BJJ. This was a submission only tournament. I was terrified, and sure I was going to embarass my gym. After a hard fight to get a sweep out of my opponent's full mount, I was able to yank her leg down, pass her guard with a knee-slide pass, and go into full mount on her. I was in the middle of putting her into an ezekiel when time ran out (4 minute match). Won by decision! Didn't win the competition, but that was ok. One of the other women kept coming up to me, just to tell me how tough I was and how hard the fight had been, and how impressed she was. Blew my mind each time- she won our fight (by decision)!
Great video Chewy! When someone close to me passed away I thought about having some drinks to mourn for them but instead chose to go roll with the squad. Didn't say anything about it, just listened, learned, and most importantly laughed with the team that evening. One of my best decisions ever. Love this sport! Peace Chewy 🤙
so I've been doing jiu jitsu for a week now and I feel like you hit the nail right on the head around the 10 minute mark. I'm getting wrecked every time I train, everything hurts. but I can't quit, it feels right being on the mat. good video brother keep it up.
Chewy, that hair care story was hilarious! Just picturing the situation, and the mutual realization, of "oh, this is awkward!" haha!
Best outlook on BJJ and the olympics I've heard. You are 100% correct!
Every time I watch these videos I get motivated man... Dam I wish you were in Cali or I was in Kentucky! Keep doing you chewie! And thank you so much for all the vids!
When I was a blue belt, my instructor exposed a fake black belt that came to our gym, and I actually got the privilege to man the door as my coach put the guy in a heel hook.
Yes we need Olympic Jiu Jitsu, but only in curling.
olympic jiu jitsu... on ice
First of all, thanks for making all of these videos! I really enjoyed this one. I especially like the answer to your most memorable moments. I’m still fairly new to bjj, but I love being able to make an impact on other people’s lives. Whether it be something so small as tweaking a technique for them, or something more profound as changing their outlook on life to being more positive. I absolutely love the fellowship and camaraderie of bjj! I’d have to say my most memorable moment was having my 7 year old nephew tell me he wants to try jiujitsu after watching me do well at my second competition. I’ve been able to watch this young timid boy begin to grow into a determined, confident, and disciplined fighter. We now share something that I’ll forever be grateful for! Again, thanks for the videos and for being a positive impact on so many people!
Best story ever in the end 😂😂 Awesome man!
I also wholeheartedly agree with your take on BJJ rules. It's such a dynamic art that to subject it to a unified ruleset would only serve to sterilize it.
Regarding the Olympics, I was done with those years ago. I can respect the arguments for why people want it there, but it will never make any sense to me. I'm happy to play the sport, but I'm not sure you will ever see me count points.
Best experiences in my 6 months of BJJ:
1. Every time I get a simple 'good job' from my teacher. It's weird, I'm 38 and we're the same age, but there are few things in life I've worked so hard for, and feel good getting. Usually it's accompanied by him ruffling my hair like I'm some 10 year old kid.
2. Last night. 7pm to 11pm. Beginners class with my daughter, through open mat at the end of the night, finishing with my first experience of a king-of-the-hill type game. There are few places I would rather be.
3. Best-worst: Every time my daughter practices chokes on me. Small skinny arms with razor-edge bones are really, really uncomfortable.
I think I would like a submission grappling no gi thing so people from multiple sports could compete and we could see who is the best.
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channels like this need to exist for every martial art
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Best memory from grapping was when i was defending a belly dow armbar and my coach walks up and says, "so I've been thinking.. Do you prefer Nate or Nathan?" Me and my rolling partner stopped and stared at him. needless to say that ended the round early
glad to hear your thoughts on the Olympic question Chewie! Jiu jitsu should not be a part of the olympics for the same reasons you list, look at what the Olympics have done to judo. Do we need the affirmation that our sport is legit? Do we need to be on the same stage with dressage and speed walking?
Thanks for sharing those very personal stories at the end. God bless you for what you do Chew!
“Save some for later” is my new motto 🤙🏼
50 POUNDS LIGHTER: I saw myself as a 15 year-old living with my mom in the suburbs and realized I was 2 years into highschool yet didn't have a fundamental understanding of discipline. Nothing needed to br consistent I wasn't expected to success in order to meet my need. essentially I could quit anything at any time with no consequences. This realization scared me, because I soon questioned the contrary. What will Ido once I am faced with a situation in which i need to not give up, and how can I create that right now to prove it to myself. I was 198lbs and 28% body fat. My two best friends were wrestlers and the difficult choose to make was obvious. Join the wrestling team because it will suck. So i did and as the season progressed, after hell week. Most kids had quit, but I found myself just not showing up. until I almost got kicked off the team and a meeting with my mom and explanation that I have ADHD not a drug addiction like my coach suspected. haha. says he never met someone so excited to try yet relentlessly underdeliver. Additionally he said the only way I can stay on the team was if I came to school early everyday and did extra conditioning to make up for all the absences. I agreed. So every day I woke up at 4:30 for a ride from a friend and I would be at full incline at 5 mph for 45 minutes and then for 45 more minutes I was on an upper body bicycle looking machine. Then after practice 10 minutes of towel slides. I never got any good at wrestling but from November 1st to by the time winter break was ending U had gone from 198 to 160 and finally I would get down to 145 were I was 7 POUNDS away from the 138lbs 7% body fat we calculated earlier that year. For the first time my own thoughts transformed reality in a way I could not only see but measure and my goals felt tangible. This experience empowered me to still feel this and I have given a new respect to learning, application, discipline, and to coaching as a whole. I will never forget Mr. Burton who coached me though that with countless opportunities.
MY REDEMPTION: I made it up to him at the end of the season, they decided to put me in a home meet because I had been attending so consistently. I was so terrified i pretended I had enfluenze nd couldn't compete. He took me into his office and he said. I have spent to much time away from my family for you to not go out there and wrestle tonight. You make one of two descions and they will lead to one of two things. 1. When we see each Other in the mall ten yrs from now I hide, avoid you think oh no there he is. or 2. you go out there and fucking wrestle that kid and you wrestle your best and no matter what I'll be the one yelling you down hey Erik hey erik remember remember. I didn't feel guilt or shame for taking the time away. I felt like he was saying I was worth it this inspired courage and motivation within me. I went out there pinned him within 20 seconds. I barley even knew what was happening by the time my hand was raised. I realized I was the one coaching myself down the whole time on top of all of it. This was stifling my ability to respect this successful foundation to begin with. The courage to fail. Very powerful experience.
So I started bjj a month ago and your the reason I’ve even started so thank you
For me my most memorable moment would have to be that I was the first person my instructor ever promoted to brown belt. Everyone who had started training at our gym before myself had either switched gyms or quit. Today, to my knowledge, even the people who switched gyms have now quit training. So for me to persevere where so many of my peers did not felt like a huge accomplishment.
I would love to see Jiujitsu in the olympics, but in the same sense of wrestling. Wrestling there's Grecko, Freestyle, Folkstyle. I'd love to see Jiujitsu in the olympics with Sub Only Divisions, IBJJF Divisions, F2W style divisions, etc. I don't want to see BJJ become limited in the sense that you mentioned in the video, but I believe that can be avoided if the olympic committee went about it the right way.
I hadn't even considered your point about cell phones. On the mats is the furthest I ever get from my phone and I've never missed it. Even when I'm in the gym gym I look at my phone between sets or whatever. It's good to have a detox.
I just joined a gym.
Gauging their sense of darker humor before I try anything like that
There go all your curling subscribers
I would vote no to BJJ in the olympics, mostly because early in my martial arts life I did Tae Kwon Do and I really didn't like what the olympics did to it. It got distilled down to 3 or 4 techniques with no creativity. I would fear the same would happen to BJJ.
Most memorable moment...This is going to sound really butt kissy, but I've only been training BJJ for about a year and haven't done a tournament or anything so I don't have a bunch of moments but getting to stop in and take a class as DCMMA is high on my list. I got a chance to see another gym, another community, and a different aspect of the sport (it was nogi day and I typically train in a gi). It was a real reminder that there's a whole, great big world out there.
Very much how Judo got distilled by the Olympics
Jujitsu does not need Olympics....just needs to stay practical and useful....not set in stone but stay fluid.
I'd like to see submission grappling in the Olympics. Nogi with a rule set similar to ADCC. I love watching EBI and enjoy the OT rounds but I don't see that working for the Olympics. It's fun to watch multiple grappling disciplines collide and the Olympics would give us another opportunity to see that along with giving us another platform to expand our sport and reach new people.
Chewy I have been subscribed for about 8 months and I love your content. Keep doing what you do brother God bless
Thanks Wes!
I know I'm a couple of years late but we're having a very similar situation to your Olympic situation in parkour, very interesting to see it from another sports point of view
How so?
When you dislike all other comments just to get the t-shirt for yourself.
My most memorable moment was my first class. I've been training for about 3 months but I have always wanted to train bjj. Due to having multiple surgeries and mild CP, it was nice to have something athletic that I could finally do well. The people at my gym are so cool and considerate.
To be honest. The only benefit I could find to having BJJ in the Olympics, would be that it might draw more attention to the sport itself. Also, I don't think that just because it's in the Olympics that we'd have to have one solid set of rules. I think there would still be a variation between competitions and what not. Just look at wrestling. There's different styles to it. I wrestled folk-style myself, and I know plenty of people that wrestled free-style or Greco-Roman style. It just depends one how the community decides to sort itself in to.
I'm a 62 year old mat rat started 2000 with Joe D'arce. In HS I played hoops but trained with the wrestlers. Now because of bone on bone I can't hoop like I use to but rolling has helped temporarily postpone hip replacement
Hahahaha I love "you smell different awake"! Will remember it for creeping friends! XD
My most memorable BJJ moment was so simple. I’ve been training like 8 months. I’ve rolled so many times but this roll was just a normal one that I lost in, and I remember fist bumping the guy, heaving and then just smiling. Like, that’s it. And I love that memory
Like seeing all your buddies in the pool and you want to jump in...priceless! (For anyone who never rolled, there you go...hopefully you had a good childhood that involved swimming hahaha)
Love the videos man, very inspiring talk!
I honestly feel that being obviously dirty or smelly should be a DQ forfeit. Hygiene is important and shows the bare minimum respect for yourself and your opponent. We are competing in combat, not germ warfare, and we shouldn't ve spreading ringworm,impetaigo, etc. because we are lazy, assholes, or think its funny.
100% agree chewy. I really do not want a bunch of dude's telling me heel hooks are illegal in the Olympics so I'm not allowed to do them. ADCC is our Olympics
theomen49 we have CJJW anyways
So far my favorite memory was the walk to the gym I was so nervous and then and it all changed as soon as I walked in
Homie at my gym clearly hadn’t washed his GI, dude smelled like salt and old dried ketchup 🤮 was the worst.
Great video.
If we're on the subject of BJJ becoming an olympic sport, you might as well combine boxing, wrestling, judo, and BJJ (hypothetically) into Olympic MMA, replacing the combat sports in the olympics altogether.
I was the same with wrestling in HS, I would wear the same sweatshirt from middle school wrestling and the same sweats to every tournament or meet. I'm not sure why, I guess I was a little superstitious and also just liked knowing what I was gonna wear for every tournament and not thinking about it.
Never heard that answer to the Olympics, that's a very interesting answer
I tapped out my boss aka my black belt coach. I am 30lbs heavier than him and genuinely thought id hurt him accidentally but when he told me I had caught him in a wrist lock (which id planned) I kinda felt like I'd cheated!!!
what i really like about my bjj club is the music playing during the sessions.....however, now i like certain coaches better because of their playlists :) .... and yes, BJJ should be in olympics i think....take it out of the indie section of martial arts.
Loving the “You smell different awake” story. Don’t think I’ll use that on the mat, but I will definitely take it to work and use on the next person that pisses me off in a meeting. Most of them are female 🤫
The Great Roberto Duran would grow a beard for its ability to sandpaper peoples faces in clinches ....
Most memorable was being blue belted the week before a tournament and standing over an opponent in butterfly guard position during Nogi… guess what happened.
Next during gi I tried a takedown and fell, the guy tried to pass my guard but I was able to reestablish and get into closed guard…for the entire round, until my legs gave out and he won when he passed my guard and got into side control. Gahhh!
No Go Jiujitsu: That would be really cool to see in the olympics similar to wrestling not like anything because of the majority of time being on the ground. similar to boxing it's another martial art. Another thing is judo is so popular internationally, this is another form of grappling. Grappling is cool
Hey Chewie, the most memorable moment for me is the first time I (40 yr old) rolled with my Coach and I realized how awesome he was (50's) At that very moment I thought to myself that is who I want to be one day. Aloha 🌺
That's awesome. :)
The argument for the Olympics is that local laws can stipulate that in order to run a tournament for a combat sport, the sport needs to be recognized by the IOC. The Jiu Jitsu National championships were cancelled here in Montreal last year for that reason. If that weren’t the case, I’d agree with you that jiu jitsu doesn’t need the Olympics. I never watch the Olympics because they’re garbage.
i wish i cared what people think, the biggest problem in my life is not caring, its got me in trouble so many times in life, if someone says something a little rude and you tell them to shut their mouth they dont invite you back for second interview xD
I agree with u on the Olympics, Olympics ruined judo, it would be a shame if bjj got watered down as much as judo did because of the Olympics. None of the dojos I've trained in teaches judo in its entirety now because u cant do it in the Olympics which there rules filter down to local competition so it's considered pointless to teach which is horrible that parts of the art have to be learned only by cross training in bjj. I love bjj and I hope it doesnt go down that road too
you're a sage man!
There's nothing like your first time getting armbarred or leg-over kimura'd and realizing you're gonna be smelling balls quite a bit until you learn to get out of those ASAP.
All the way down here in new zealand I remember making my instructor laugh during our first roll ever. I blocked his leg while I was taking side control was all, he just wasn't expecting it cos he was trying to distract me with grips on my arm:) he's not often surprised so I took that as a big success!
what gym do you train at
You the man!
I go to BJJ after work - I always head to the bathroom and brush my teeth to make sure I am not breath bombing people while we roll. They are my friends after all.
I feel as if BJJ should not be subjected to the Olympic rules. The Olympics suck for all martial arts because they just destroyed any unorthodox ways of competing and they produce the same styles. You know?
Master Clasher Exactly. It also Ruined TKD and used a point system instead of Knockouts.
That first answer was revolting, and I wanted to ask why there aren't some sort of hygiene standards in competitions. But...then I remembered Bas Rutten is one of my top 3 all-time favorite fighters so I became more understanding lol.
But egckh, you even intentionally pressed that smell into your opponent? dude...
Sealing those gross shorts in a bag for a week just reminded me of this youtube gem: ruclips.net/video/417Qbwn9yso/видео.html
Before I'm asked, Bas Rutten, Don Frye, Chuck Liddell, are my all-time top 3 favorite fighters. And as much as I love this channel I couldn't get past the first question.
Even Bas washed those famous shorts. I can't get over it. wtf is wrong with someone who does that? So insanely fucking disgusting.
I love this video
One time I was rolling with someone who I've been slowly becoming friends with, and he got my back and had a hella tight hold and proceeded to say in my ear "I bet you don't get this much human contact" (I'm homeschooled so he's not wrong) and as I was thinking about it he choked me
What's with the hate against curling? Seems uncharacteristically negative.
My most Memorable moment was my first class, I stepped into the gym smelled the strongly scented mat cleaner and saw some dudes warming up. At this time I had only wrestled in High School and watched mma, so my first rolling session, I got stuck in my friend Brian's guard, so I tried to escape the only way I knew how, with a can opener, I got triangled and we started again. I then tried spazzing out and trying to escape the brown belt's guard and when he caught me in a triangle I slammed him, not too hard but a slam nonetheless and he put me to sleep, first time I've been slept before and from that day forth I've learned a few things, not to slam, how to break guard, how to escape triangles, and how to tap so I don't get put out again!
I haven't been caught in a triangle since. And once again, Ameri-do-te is bullshit!
Ameri-do-te is legit. Come at me and I’ll hit you with a hurticane. You don’t want none of this. Now, I’ll get back to practicing my groin strikes. Practice your fake pajama wrestling.
Ameri-do-te can't even handle my thrust of freedom!
How about both? @ bjj in the olympics? How about they figure out Olympic bjj and still have all the other organizations like ebi and just let people train what they want?
I hate having training partners that don't brush their teeth in the morning...
Favorite moment probably has to be.... When my two main coaches promoted me randomly after lining up at the end of class. Hearing the words "you deserve this" and feeling like the time I have put into JIU-JITSU has paid off more than I could ask.
Just to be devils advocate for the "unified set of rules". As a new person to training jiu jitsu, the rules are fairly confusing. I think it's because of how they change per tournament, per federation, per belt level etc. Perhaps a simpler set of rules could help the general public understand what they're watching? I don't think one set of rules would be a good idea. Just a thought though.
This might already be up here somewhere. However, here it is. There is a local gym near my location, and according to some of the students, shoes are not allowed on the map. Is this true of every gym? Why would that be so?
Yeah. Shoes on the mat creates more nasty bacteria. You can wear wrestling shoes. But you still need something to cover them up. Skin infections suck.
One of my wrestling friends always eats a garlic sandwich before every match
Totally forgot to wash my rashguards on a trip. I knew I was in trouble when I pulled them out and my nose and eyes started to run a water. Omg. Never did that again. 🤮
dude stop hating on curling
My most memorable moment was when everyone jiu-jitsu jitsued me and one guys hairy boogies fell in my face and I was the weird one
Hey chewy does the pretzel grip work with mounted guillotines. I have been able to use it from guard and Halfguard and the only mounted guillotines I can get or I'm transitions one armed guillotines
Why did you grow that beautiful star wars beard?
Being stinky to get an edge is a fight in terrible sportsmanship. That has NOTHING to do with BJJ and is quite offensive.
I think the hardest thing in Jiujitsu, is trying not to fart.
Hey chewy what's your most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in jui jitsu lol.