New BJJ Coach Uncomfortable Teaching Anything But His Best Techniques

[@ben4951]

Long time follower, first time commenter: I never coached BJJ myself (I've just been training for about 1 1/2 years now) but I taught otherwise for a while and I found out that: - when you begin teaching it is absolutely normal to think you might not know enough about a certain topic to teach it (usually, you are wrong, it's called imposter syndrome and means you're not too full of yourself to be a good teacher) - when you get to teach a subject, it's an amazing path to get a way deeper understanding of the subject matter - good coaches don't claim to know everything but are open about the fact that a position might not be their strong suit Keep up the good work, Chewy! The BJJ world is a bit brighter because of what you do here.

[@alekcarrera7794]

I love watching these videos while I’m playing games or am bored or want advice on my training because I am a white belt about 3 months maybe 4 months in and I’m loving it so far

[@exodusxp8094]

I was just like you a few yrs ago

[@noah6983]

I forced myself to use Scissor sweep and it ended up my most used and most effective sweep! Never know if you don’t go for it.

[@izzy6012]

I’m just now starting at a new gym that follows a more Gracie like curriculum and I’m looking forward to it because my previous gym they jumped all over the place and it didn’t make a lot of sense to me at first, I’m also looking forward to bringing some of the advanced things I did learn along and build a more effective base here

[@tonyhew8482]

I stopped trying to be on top and play guard even tho my guard is weak. At least i will get better in time .

[@izzy6012]

I’m going to force myself to play more guard as a former wrestler top positions always care more natural, passing and holding pressure but it’s the bottom that is basically non existent

[@petrus7977]

Hey man! I love your videos, Im new to bjj several of you vids are extremely useful! I have a question for you: what are the top (lets say) 3 fastest/safest ways to end a street fight asuming the opponent has no bjj training?

[@MrStrongBro]

😂 I need that shirt BAD!!

[@jiujitsujunkee]

Hey chewy, question man. Is it normal to prefer learning from somebody other than your head coach? Don't get me wrong, my head coach is fantastic and has a ton of in depth knowledge, but there's a brown belt at my gym who just seems to always want to teach the exact type of stuff I want to learn at the time. Is it normal to learn better from somebody other than your head coach in your gym?

[@XxKiprotichxX]

I'm not Chewy but of course dude! You should learn from EVERYONE especially your training partners!

[@ramkomusique]

When I roll with higher belts, they give me tips and show me some new stuff, and then I tend to practice that with them a lot / ask them more about. My coach doesn't mind and encourages it- really upped my game! Hope you can do whatever helps up yours :)

[@treyburro5525]

How do we issue chewy questions for him to potentially answer? Is there an email? The comment section?

[@tadmrozowski5260]

write it down and put it in a wishing well. Alternatively, you could just post it here :)

[@chaserohwedder8852]

Did you open your gym as a purple or were you working under a black belt at the time who did it with you. I’m a blue belt been training about 2.5 years. Would eventually like to teach and maybe open a gym in the future. Thanks.

[@TheStronggeek]

at what point can you start coaching beginners class in no-gi?

[@PooleAcademyofWingChun]

You will only improve by making your worse moves into your best moves

[@shaneoommen6841]

I’ve been learning to me more comfortable on my back i know it’s gonna take a lot of effort but i’m getting there i’m getting smoother with my spider guard

[@amaanhussain3094]

For whatever reason I always found it more fun to pull guard and play off my back. Keep it up bro, spiders great.

[@ramkomusique]

Spider guard is my absolute favorite, gives me all the reason to be on my back ! (it helps that I have long-ish arms relative to my body)

[@turdfurgison97]

neon belly

[@epicrollbjj]

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@bluntbeagle797]

First

[@MinhaFamiliaAQBJJ]

😂😂😂 congrats!!!

[@bluntbeagle797]

@@MinhaFamiliaAQBJJ thank you sir. Much obliged.

[@forrestbauer4770]

Is it because, like me, you're a 1 stripe white belt and are terrible at all the techniques?