A Jacked Crossfitter Shut Down My Half Guard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- In today's video I share a quick story from a BJJ training session with a Crossfit athlete who was also a college wrestler, and has also did some Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Because of his wrestling base he definitely gave me a unique look and shut down my Half Guard game. Every time I'd come up for a sweep I just couldn't quite finish it. Instead I had to switch up to Butterfly Guard to get a sweep.
I share this with you because the problem solving mindset I have when I train with people like that is not the one I've always had. And if you're a BJJ practitioner yourself you definitely need to maintain that mindset, especially against people with certain attributes that give you trouble.
Here's his instagram page in case you want to check him out: / blacksmifff
I say this because all to often I hear BJJ players make excuses as to why something doesn't work like, "Oh they're just strong." You don't want to be one of these people.
I also give you an update on how my weight loss is going. Currently I'm down to about 200-202 in the morning and have lost around 10lbs and it's steadily declining. More on that to come.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
-Chewy
**Btw when I said overhead press I meant overhead squat.
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I laughed real hard when I heard the “I’m gonna take it easy and not roll tonight”. Everyone knows how that story ends 😂
Yeah...
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I know right? 😂
I don’t think that’s every actually been successful
@@wildchild795 I s successfully pulled it off like twice in 20 years
Words every non wrestling jiu jitsu guy hates hearing. “I wrestled a little bit”
I gotta keep reminding myself that strength itself is a technique. It needs to be trained and works wonders when properly applied.
Yeah like isolating the arm for Americanas and kimuras
Part of Technique is getting in the most optimal position to apply your strength.
I love that
@@johnhall87 I literally never attempt Americanas and kimuras or arm in guilutines.
Have the strength the rip the arm off that you work so hard to position to attack
Chewy: "you might notice i'm slimming down in the face"
Also Chewy: *has massive beard*lol
"Something to CHEW on". Good one coach
Thanks brother
Aaaahhhhhh chandler Smith. I know him very well. He was a member of the ft. Riley combatives team at 185lbs. A freak athlete and comes from a family line of professional athletes. A good man and good officer. It was my privilege to be his bjj coach for the duration that he was on the team
Wrestlers are awesome to roll with. You have to go with people you know will challenge you that’s how we get better.
Unfortunately not everyone has that mindset
Exactly Iam a blue belt and always calling out the upper belts to roll including my coach
Strength is never a weakness
Osssssss! Great analogy regarding the right tool for the job - I always analyze what I did right & wrong on the drive home. Then I research and/or do a private as necessary. You’re awesome 👏
Thanks brother for everything, love you and I love your work.
"Jacked CrossFitter" is indeed top 10 in the world Chandler Smith. That's like saying, "Jiu jitsu black belt" and turns out it's Keenan Cornelius
My favorite is the video with the "vegan mma fighter" and its Kron mf'in Gracie.
I actually just finished watching the 2020 CrossFit games and he got 6th place. So, yeah your analogy makes perfect sense!!😂😂
paisano316 yep. And the most jacked cross fitter haha
As a 55 year old blue belt who competed in other sports over might life, I have found that I BJJ is a great challenge for many reasons. The biggest one for me is finding the combination of strength, experience, agility and skill to compete with my bjj partners. It's not always skill, or technique, or speed, or strength but at time one of the more than the other. When I'm beaten in a roll, I look to find which one of those I needed to strengthen for the next time we roll. I wish I found this earlier in life.
Love this! Strength is a tool 🦾🦾thank you Chewy!I Great video 🙏
Thanks for your videos. I like your thought process. Congrats on the weight loss.
So true, the amount of times I’ve heard people use that crutch “he is using strength” well yeah, same with every other person you will encounter outside of the mats, BJJ is a great equalizer, but if your extremely weak, and lack cardio conditioning it is not going to equalize as much, bottom line. Your returns on the art will be limited,
Agreed
When you're in a self defense situation your attacker will use raw power brute force and only strength no techniques included. That's why you must condition your body and polish your techniques. Now imagine you encounter 6'2 220lbs dude on the street and he wants to fight you. What do you do?
5 and 5 is no joke man! Props on your fitness level Chewy. 👊
My response to your screwdriver/nail/hammer analogy was a laughing"You don't know my family". They'd bash the nail with the screwdriver. That aside ... great video. As always. And thanks for the laugh.
😂
We had a guy who came in once who “had no experience” and was a white belt. Then we noticed the cauliflower ear.
“She is not playing the game right” 🤣😂
Haaha sounds like me
Had a brand new guy so strong he literally threw me off of mount about 10 times in the roll. Not just pushing me off but sending me airborne.
Way too strong lol but the jokes on him when i come back in after covid snacking
work around it xD
I'm not super experienced, but I am small and found that guys that strong I tend to stay in side mount more. I feel I can get more control and stability there
@@mrdune5479 same i have a 1/2 northsouth/sidemount position i like to go to.
But at the time i was getting my sweeps from full guard to mount
Yeah, im about a 145 pound purple belt, and I still get launched by this one dude in my gym. He is stupid strong, former college football player. I just cant get him when he really decides its fucking go time.
@@Nova-qn9se to be fair thats not the normal individual xD
This is a timely vid for me I’ve been trying to decide on a guard to focus on (WB) and I’m wanting to drop wait to compete in a weight class better suited for my build. I have never been able to drop weight while still weight training. Looking forward to the next vid & the tips.
Great video dude we have some 6ft6: muscle freak started and this popped up so refreshing to hear this..
Great video looking forward to the diet and lifting vids. Always been difficult trying to balance lifting and training without making yourself become to injury prone.
Dude my half guard was literally shut down last night and it’s one of my better positions and go to moves. I’m only a 3 stripe white belt but I felt super comfortable in that position. So this video really helped me see the bigger picture and just focus on getting better. Thank you chewy
Congrats on the weight loss! I dropped from 217 to 184 at my lowest this year, I'm back up to 195 but whatever. I'll get back on track after mid terms.
I grew up doing a little bit of judo, a little bit of wrestling, completed my army time (6 years in the Ranger Battalion) where CrossFit was really popular - all before getting into BJJ. I was NOT spectacular at any one of these things but it gave me a comfortable athletic base. As a purple belt I jokingly tell people now that I don't really do Jujitsu, but wrestle with cheat codes.
The last time I was this early there were still people in gyms
Where do you live where they're still closed?
Chewy’s got that great mature mindset....glad he’s increasing in popularity, it’s good for the game 🥋🔥
Every now and then, I just want a hug..
🤗🤗🤗
Very well articulated. Specifically targeting the mental mitigants to holistic mastery.
Yes please been struggling with weight since before I found your videos been doing Jiu jitsu for about a year now and still the heaviest guy there.
I'm an ex-swimmer, with the stamina and lung capacity to show for it. The other real advantage I can use is a ridiculously strong squat for my size.
My shitty ace in the hole has always been: tire everyone out, and if they put me in full guard, just stand up. Sometimes raw strength is a handy tool.
Chewy your videos just make my day 😂💪 funny as hell and full of usefull knowledge.... would love to train at your gym 🙌
If you’re ever in town. Stop on by!
As soon as you said "Army buddy," I knew it was Chandler Smith. Dude is a beast. Super nice guy, too.
I relate to the angry look. I call it 'my concentration face'. 🙂
Thank you for what you do.
Face looking lean and look in shape. As for the serious face lol, i m told the same thing but people say i look like an A hole. Til they talk to me and see me smile. Lol love the videos, God bless brotha!
Congrats on the weight loss. Keep it up! Since I started my weight loss journey in December of 2019 at 234 and now I am at 185
Nice
I just came from dudes Instagram... He is in amazing shape and pretty huge... Wtf 🤯... No wonder he was tough to deal with... I appreciate you saying that strength and athleticism actually does matter and can help to a degree 💪🏾
Yes he Is 😂
very nice, id love to see you compete, ill be competing at the ibjjf open in atlanta the same weekend.
Chewy looking good brotha!
Most honest 10 minutes in jiu-jitsu.
Hey Chewy, great advice as always! One thing (to quote Adam Savage) in a toolbox EVERY tool is a hammer! 🤙🤙🤙
Every tool is a hammer?
@@Chewjitsu yeah, you can use any too to beat nails into wood. (Not their proper use but it can be done.)
I’ve never even heard of CrossFit Games! Didn’t know it was a thing.
Had my ever first class today and I plan on going back. Thanks for all your help chewy!
I would love to see more weight loss videos. I think there's a lot of us who want to cut some weight and would appreciate the Chewy insight/commentary to sync with our own weight loss journeys.
Now at least not alone with the always thinking face. 😂🤣🤣
Chewy going to the PANS!!! Hell yeah!
Nice. I live in Atlanta. My old coach also competes in no gi pans. He's actually around your weight. Rory Singer. I'm sure you may have grappled him before over that years
Great content. Interesting that you’re acknowledging the effects of strength. I’ve had countless debates with martial artists who affirm that strength has no impact on anything. Also
Interesting that you would talk about strength giving someone and advantage, and then also decide to lose weight. Why not gain lean weight, and get stronger?
I would be intersted in the physical benefits that come with training. I love the attitude you bring to the table. I am older and dont know if I have the athletisim to even try grappling. my main concern these days is weight loss.
There's always some older guys in jujitsu class. It's great for weight loss too. Hell it's good to preserve muscle and increase flexibility as well. I'd highly recommend it.
Younger stronger guys won't go too hard on you. If they're experienced they'll match your power and work through technique. This will prevent you from getting hurt and allow you to learn technique as well.
Cheers
Every time I rolling with s obvious strong and atletic guy I always do the same thing.
Its riding time! I go all in go get that sidecontrol, back or mount and after that I just ride the beast till he get tired or he throw me off haha
Love you Chewy :)
You're looking damn fit!
It would be great content to make a video or podcast with him (Chandler Smith) about training CrossFit and jiu jitsu. I saw him on the CrossFit games and he seems like an interesting dude!
I'm a pretty strong guy, wrestled in highschool and have done bjj off and on since I was in 16. Im a pretty tough roll for most people but they always just dismiss me as just being strong. I think that's a lazy mentality. I give purple-brown belts a hard time. I can't necessarily tap them out but I can avoid submissions and maintain dominant positions. Just kind of annoying when they hit me with the "You're just strong."
Chew man, do you have any advice. I'll try to keep it short. I used to train bjj in California years ago. Took some time off for crazy health reasons. I've been back at in my hometown(pa) for about 8 months. Talked my buddy in coming with me.
He's got 30+ lbs on me, and he's way too aggressive. Every time we roll, I get injured. Unless i put the strength on him and throw technique out the window. I have a TBI and an equilibrium disability.
He'll say "let's flow roll" then spaz and go way too hard. What do I do. I love the guy, I've known him for over a decade, his family is close with my family but I dont want to have to out muscle him just to mitigate injury.
What are your workouts if you are lifting everyday? Do you repeat muscle groups often?
The lesson of this story is that no matter how much technique you practice power can't be substituted. I feel like almost 90% of BJJ and fight sports practitioners have underdeveloped physical abilities. Let's get really fit and rise the sport to the level it deserves.
When I roll with some one bigger and stronger my focus is on standing up, geting out from side control,don't let them pin me down basically I try to disengage as often as possible because in real world wrestling with some one like this is way to risky and running away could be the best option.
Geez man, went to look at his page and he looks like a GI Joe!! A REALLY IN SHAPE, GI Joe! Lol
what do you do about gas when you eat that much? also how do you split up your weigh training with jiu jitsu? thanks.
I appreciate when i roll bigger opponent im already pretty big as it is 230 lbs 6'2 with quite alot of muscle but it teaches me a different perspective of how can i get an advantage
love u chewy
I’m a white belt and my favorite person to train with is a 300 lb. advanced white belt. He’s strong as hell and has easily 110 lbs on me. I spend 90% of my time defending but I love the challenge of it.
Hello everyone, I'm about to move to Denver. Anyone have any suggestions as to which jui jitsiu gym( dojo?) that would be good for a stone cold beginner? Thanks
Chandler Smith is a monsterrrr. Not who I was expecting to see when I clicked on the link lol
A monster indeed.
I was 215 at the being of the year and now I’m 196. Doing kickboxing 3 days a week and 2 days of jits and wrestling. I run 4-5 days a week 1-3 miles and do 2 days of hill sprints.
Random person: geez that guy looks so angry
What your thinking about: omg I shouldn’t have eaten it’s coming back to bite me! 😂
As soon as you said Ft Knox, I knew who you were talking about. I didn't know he had a strong background in BJJ but considering he is a "group" guy, it should have been obvious.
Screaming eagle 101st airborne 💪💪💪
Sup chewy, are you watching ufc 254 if you are do you have a prediction?
A 400lbs OHP?!? Holey moley!
it just occurred to me why chewy looks so familiar! He's like Captain America and Starlord had a baby and that baby got his black belt in jiujitsu.
Good luck at the nogi pans brotha
Thanks
What’s playing through those headphones as you’re getting ready?
Just checked the dude’s insta... he’s an absolute tank 😂
So you pretty much rolled with the 6th fittest man in the world according to CrossFit! That’s a big task for anyone!! Like you said you have to roll with people with different styles and strengths! Thanks for your videos!
Thanks for the comment brother.
Half guard is a killer game to have but against some it's pure suffering
Being a wrestler if you listen allows you to survive what much higher belts much quicker. Your bjj maybe white belt level but a lot go higher belts never wrestled and their wrestling is white belt level. I was just always trying to survive and advance my position when I first started.
"Gus" just sounds tough.
Dear Chewy
i have a question for you if you can en-light me as always
I start train BJJ , 18 month ago and at the same time i started to follow you.
Hopefully , i can get my blue belt soon !Anyway , im big fan of mma , most specially ufc , I have join my gym and tough we were gonna do mma , i didnt what BJJ actually was.
Now i love my Bjj , however , it's a lot of lalala , especially with the Gi , i am not convinced about the Gi , Anyway i went to see my coach today(she) and told her if possible to add a class of mma
She was a bit anxious , she told me that she like our culture in the gym and that mma will attract fighter , and they dont have the same mentality than BJJ guys and often tried to hurt their partner at the gym . she told me she doesnt like this attitude at all , same as me , i don't like bad training partner who try to hurt you over winning the roll
Now im stuck , i love my BJJ, but as i evolve , i need to have my style , and i want to mix it with strike . How can i improve Coach ?? i totally understand her point of view but i refuse to believe than all the UFC Heroes does not train in safe environment ? that pp have to hurt other in order to learn mma ? i m a bit lost on that one... please advice .
Love your channel and also respectful mind set ,you remind me a bit of my coach too
Peace
If say "Oh, you are just strong" there is nobody left to roll with for me... :D BJJ for me is figuring out how to survive as a fragile old man against always stronger trainingpartners.
How do you balance training on the mat and off the mat?
I'm small 5 foot 7 175..I always use lockdown in half guard against strong guys to try to slow them down. I'll never be as strong, so I gotta take away some of their advantage
What weight lifting program do you use that doesn't leave you too burnt out for bjj training? I'd love to know the details
Just lift how you would lift normally , nothing can stop you , eat well and rest well.
Use rpe , and keep it in the 7-9 range.
Dude wrestled for fucking West Point. "Wrestled a little bit." LMAO.
I did Thai Boxing for 7 years and have only been grappling for 2 years and remember my first grappling session. I was tapped out about 10 times by the same triangle😂 I said to the guy I was grappling with who was a purple belt, you can tap me with your triangle just show me how to defend it. The best grapplers are the ones who flow while grappling not trying to put you to sleep, there is time for hard sparring but people should recognise a newer member.
If i run into a very strong guy i go to the toilet until the guy goes home and get back on the mat 😂
The dude cleans 275-300 which is amazing ..he is not OHPng 400lbs that's patently ridiculous.
I wrote about that in the description. I misspoke. He over head squatted nearly 400 (I think it was 385). His max clean and jerk is recorded around 360 I believe.
@@Chewjitsu a 400 squat is nothing lol
Strength and athleticism are techniques and take time to develop.
Brother im 37 years old. I was a power lifter but I'm now doing circuit traing, you think I'm to old for BJJ? I'm very flexible for size and stay in good shape year round. I'm im about 240lbs at 5'11 (I could afford to lose a few lbs lol. But I'm not anywhere fat). Going through a divorce. I got cleaned up, financially. I'm back to square 1 in life. But in a sick way, I feel excited about it. I pass by some classes all the time going to work and watch them roll. I never went in to ask for pricing but on the phone it was something like 300 a month. You think I'm waiting my time fantasize about learning bjj and competing layer on?
What if someone grabs your headphones?
Chewie either got his face smashed into the mat, or he just woke up. That beard is awfully smooshed.
Hey just wondering do you need any jiu Jitsu knowledge or history to train at 10th planet. Thanks
The 10th planet gyms I've gone to you do not. They'll teach you just like every other gym.
@@MrAustinkocher ok cool
Covid lockdown has shut down my butterfly guard game again ;(
Gotta be talking about Chandler Smith. Lol
Well I can see I’m late to the game.
You were right though.
hey chewy, I have an issue. My gym shut down during the pandemic. I worked and trained there and talk to my coach from there still. They are trying to reopen. Another gym in my city just opened up and i dropped by and had a good time rolling there, so i signed up. I told my former employer and coach about this via text and he seemed pretty displeased. I told him that it was just temporary until he can open his doors again (which was really my plan) but i get the impression that he feels i have betrayed him. I am 17 and have done what i can to monetarily support the gym during the pandemic, but I can only do so much. What should I do? I like this new gym but still want to be good with my coach and former employer because hes been very good to me.
Saving this one. But in the meantime keep training. If your coach isn’t going to open and there is another gym that is. Train.
@@Chewjitsu for sure
Budder fly guard??
RBF unite!
Who is this handsome guy and what has he done with Chewy???
A jacked marine kneed me in the mouth lmao
Isn't power more key then strength even when Grappling btw for anybody wondering when wrestling gets thrown in the mix you say grappling not just rolling. This is also due to me Fighting in MMA