Why BJJ White Belts Need to be Smashed

[@ryanferguson572]

I'm a no-stripe white belt, and getting smashed by higher belts has been a huge help to my own improvement and confidence. Nothing feels better than getting a sweep or guard pass that you earned and wasn't given to you.

[@shaunn7778]

I agree. I'm in the same place as you. I've been getting decent at guard pass and my defense.

[@Bigramt]

@GregLurik Official I could be wrong, but I think I remember you commenting before, yes definitely was you! By the time you do earn the blue belt, you and your training partners will know you are a REAL blue belt I'm only back at Judo 9 months since doing it as a kid many years ago. Tonight we had 2 University students at our Dojo who are looking extra randori for an upcoming tournament. They weren't the same standard as the other mid ranks at our Dojo. I think they were shocked by the level. Guys 2 belts down were holding their own with them I would rather be a class brown belt than a shit black belt

[@ryannorman8898]

We all started somewhere, keep going never stop you will regret it even if you stop for 6 months and start again you will be regretting it you feel like you would be further along

[@Crystals10000]

@GregLurik Official belts are just a timing marker nothing else...

[@errantcanis5187]

Eyyy, one stripe here that guillotined a black belt five days in and got super cocky(younger brother is a wrestler, I learned aggression and weight transfer before starting BJJ).Got my ACL popped a month later by another black belt because I was too cocky to tap or thought I had a way out, maybe combination of both. When I get that sweep on a brown belt instructor or a tap from a purple belt gatekeeper, there’s nothing better than earning it from them, because they definitely won’t let me have it for freesies. They’re creating a monster! It would be a disservice if they didn’t try to kill me!

[@jaredslater1459]

getting smashed in the first two weeks as a white belt is what got me hooked. realising how powerless I was to stop even a 2 stripe white belt who I outweighed by 60lbs was a sobering, humbling experience

[@johnc5383]

I’m a three stripe white belt, I love getting smeshed by higher belts. I always think, “damn, that’s how good I can get if I keep showing up”. Then I’ll smesh newer people with the same philosophy in mind, showing them why they should keep showing up. It’s also super fun 😂

[@DavidLopez-vg7gr]

#dontsupersub

[@siegodanchez6487]

Don't smash them if they're too new tho. Might discourage them. 2 stripes and up is prime and ready for the smashing.

[@lunalove2259]

@@siegodanchez6487 I completely agree. Wait until they have a couple stripes then spend half the roll smashing and half the roll working on your C-game. A 0 stripe might not even know the positions yet.

[@glenroe81]

@@lunalove2259 it depends. There are Some young guys that have watched some UFC and bring the kind of energy and ego that needs a little checking 😂

[@lunalove2259]

@@glenroe81 yes, I agree. The lower belt sets the pace. If the guy is unsure and is asking questions and wants to works on a position I go slow and coach a little. If they spazz and are trying to be DayOneBlackBelt I will not give them an inch.

[@abracadabra7779]

I am a one stripe white belt and I know the smash is 100% necessary. It has pushed me to develop a better defense to help delay the smash (it's inevitable lol). Our higher belts do a great job combining smashing, flowing, and teaching. Thanks for the content Chewy, it helps confirm what I am going through is normal and to keep pushing on.

[@Chaiyoshnay]

I'm ready for Chewy to take over the horse riding world with his new podcast ChewEquestrian.

[@channelsicks]

ChewYeeHaw

[@SevenHunnid]

I do food videos while high af on my KZbin channel bruh

[@LC-in5or]

Chowboy

[@lunalove2259]

Getting smashed is great for growth. Maybe not a 0 stripe white belt, but if you have a stripe or 2 I think it is good to see the level disparity between you and a black belt. Struggling and failing really opens your eyes to pay attention to the details to prevent it from happening again.

[@chriskelly9476]

This was why I changed gyms. I'm a no stripe white belt and the local gym I signed up to had me being submitted every 10 seconds by coloured belts. All it served to do was make me constantly embarrassed and disheartened and I began to make excuses instead of showing up. Now I travel a little further but I now train at a gym where complete beginners are guided by more experienced people when rolling, and I actually feel like I'm learning something and look forward to training 🙂

[@lunalove2259]

@@chriskelly9476 yeah if the guy is brand new I'll just work on positions, even just having him try and hold me in mount while I escape and then I hold him in mount while he feels how it is to struggle for a minute. Or if anyone has a question during rolling we can pause and go over details of a technique or note that spot to talk about after the roll. Asking questions to upper belts often helps facilitate this process.

[@thomasb3190]

hi, been watching you since i was a white belt. i think that was 5 and half years ago when i started. i agree with your approach. i like the athletic, explosive, and wrestler types that come in. they behave differently and it feels more like what would happen on the street. i live for those people coming in

[@silverfox8801]

I’ve found the hardest rolls are against other white belts. It’s always a damn war for some reason. Prefer rolling with upper belts and getting technically beaten. 🤙🏻

[@Blinkz]

Such a good video. I didn’t feel like I was getting better until I started going to Sunday open mats at our gym. Getting smashed by blue - black belts on a weekly basis definitely made me feel way more comfortable with defense and fundamentals in general.

[@NBeaver-bx4yl]

As a white belt close to blue, I 100% agree. Being smashed has been an essential part of my journey and why I am proud of the progress I have made. Its the best way to see you are progressing and the best way to know that BJJ actually works ! I personally thought I could fight, but I had to be shown that I was completely clueless. BJJ must not become a soft sport. A friendly one for sure, but soft ? hell nah

[@pablomatos9595]

As a 40+ year old white belt.... I love getting smashed by younger, more athletic higher belts!!! Purple belts and beyond. After going through that, practicing how to defend and getting myself out of really bad situations, I'm a real problem for other younger, more athletic white and even blue belts. Keep on smashing Chewy!! 😤

[@lunalove2259]

Survival is the way of the white belt. Good approach.

[@martialartsvocationalschoo3319]

Also 40+ and I agree. Just surving an onslaught by a man half my age often makes me feel good. My defence at this point is solid. Offence? Ask me in maybe 5 years. :)

[@bjjgiant]

The feelings getting tied to it is SO ON POINT... Getting smashed got me hooked and humbled to how deep the depth of knowledge is. It's such a good give and take to learn more feel good about it and then get smashed and realize the journey keeps going. And since smash pass is my A game at 400 lbs, I get to get in on it here and there too :D "We help each other out" one of our brown belts says lol

[@blazestorm6267]

i totally agree, and sometimes i wish the other guys would total me, i don’t wanna be the guy who thinks he’s getting better then others who have been training for years, and sometimes i tell blue- brown belts to not go so easy in me sometimes just so i can work, work to get there, cause if it’s too easy to survive it’s not challenging, it’s not pushing you, it’s not gonna help you get better unless you find what’s not working for you and work to fix that

[@donovanhendrick4078]

It’s more nuanced than a KZbin comment can provide, but my rule of thumb is to smash/shut down incorrect technique from white/blue belts, and dial back the resistance a bit when they are doing the right thing albeit not perfectly. I want them to feel like the only light at the end of the tunnel is through proper technique. This seems to work especially well for the athletic beginners who can have moderate amounts of success among their peers because of their strength advantage.

[@s1r155]

That's a good philosophy

[@caseyriley1014]

I think it's good to encourage good technique, my brother just smashes me no matter what I'm doing

[@DSchana6]

Getting smashed in a skill based contest is really enlightening because it gives you a glimpse into what you could become

[@Stevie_tha_tooth]

I have a formula. First time we roll, I play. Second, I don’t. Gives newbies a sense of depth to this game. 🤙🏻 love the content.

[@todd_horne]

I can 100% confirm (in my experience at least) that my progression dramatically increased when I got my 3rd stripe on my white belt and was then able to properly roll with the higher belts. I recently got my 4th stripe and although I’ve yet to develop a proper attack game yet I’m getting complimented on my fundamental defence by the higher belts. At open mats tonight one of the purple belts said I’m “becoming a harder roll” and I was pretty psyched by that 😂. Love you’re stuff Chewy you legend! 🤙🏽🥋😎

[@etchediniron4249]

Great message!!! As a farrier, team roper, and a one stripe white belt... bjj shares the exact methodology and principles with riding and shoeing. There’s a lot of subtle technique in all three that only experience can teach you.

[@Acoto]

White belt here. Easily wrapped up 2 other white belts yesterday over and over starting from a new on-my-side position I'd been trying out. Felt pretty good about it. Rolled with a higher belt afterwards. Got smashed 4 times in under 5 minutes as he effortless passed my guard. Gained a deep, intimate understanding about the weaknesses of that position. Not fun but I learned what I needed to 😑

[@Jiu-JitsuJourney257]

So as a new purple belt, I told myself that I wouldn’t smash white belts all the time but rather help them along… while letting this person work, this white belt “swept me” and said to coach “look what I did to your new purple belt!” So anyway, that is my super villain origin story. Lol

[@prettypawesomepryde71]

Perfect example. I was bigger and stronger than everyone in my gym. I was tapping just to pressure, and being tired. There’s a guy who started at the same time I had started and now I am significantly better than him. I don’t just stop at practice. I stay for open mat, and well you see me here on KZbin. I became a student and I’m now growing exponentially.

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

Started BJJ at a Rigan Machado school. Appreciate the insights and expertise!

[@domteewhy52]

No stripe white belt about six months in- I had some long drawn out response but I’ll leave this- my favorite people to roll with are those that allow me to work , but punish me when I make a mistake. That requires them to be aggressive, but when called for. Maybe it sounds bad but the higher belts are putting me down regardless so if they let me work, but apply significant pressure, it helps me tremendously. Great content🔥

[@danielmerriman8066]

This is really true, especially for someone like myself whose come into this sport without any former grappling experience. My instructor can "tell me" things, what to do, what not to do, but that's not the same as having my body learn and internalise how to move, and that can only happen by repeating the movements properly and experiencing what happens. The only way I can describe it is that I need my body to do the thinking, not my brain.

[@The_Whitebelt_Whisperer]

Congrats on getting married brother!!!! I have been listening to you since I started. I'm a brown belt now. I love the content. Keep being you brother

[@BoneheadGuitars]

Reminds me of Sociology 101, where the prof really belabored the point that "positive reinforcement is SOOO much more effective in learning." To which I raised my hand and said "don't you think negative reinforcement teaches some things positive reinforcement can't?" It was lost on her for some reason, but still a valuable lesson.

[@mikeg8543]

This just engrains it in your head so well. If I sit to guard and keep my elbows flared out just a little bit to much I've roll with a purple belt who just snatch up a flying kimura trap so fast, it breaks bad habits real quick.

[@olitaylor362]

Chewy just wanted to say a big thank you, went to my first class last week and your advice and guidance through these videos got me onto it. Appreciated.

[@lordassasen]

Still at it?

[@senecaturnpike9179]

I’m a white belt (14 months) and my coach is a high level black belt, the dude is a monster. He taps me 5-8 times in a 6 min roll starting from the feet. I take it as a compliment as he doesn’t go easy like im a child, also there is absolutely nothing that anyone can do to me that will freak me out or make me panic. That is so important in general for self defense, being aware of the realities of combat and being familiar with it. I wouldn’t want it any other way.

[@CallMeO08]

Haven’t watched the video full yet but I wanted to add that as a white belt, no stripes, going against the higher belts have helped me so much. Sure I get my back taken in seconds, my next goal would be make it minutes. Same with giving my neck away, I learned how to not let that happened because it happened so much. So yeah. I agree since it’s helped me out a ton

[@jmac6973]

I’m a white belt. I was rolling with a black belt recently. I’m a pretty strong guy so that inflated my confidence. I was feeling good getting some work in and being overconfident and almost looking down on the black belt. Hahaha man he saw that and mercilessly whooped me again and again afterwards. Made me feel like an infant that can’t even sit up. Cuz that what’s I am in that world! It was good for me

[@Matdakar]

I think there is a typo in your Thumbnail text! Love the content and I agree! Getting smashed is what made me love BJJ (one sentence that only makes sense in a particular context)

[@808BJJ_Black_Belt]

If you don’t smash white belts they won’t learn real techniques and get a false sense of their game. Once reality hits most white belts quit so take it and learn from it don’t take it personally it’s all part of the journey 🤙

[@nerigiron7704]

I'm use to it and smile and say good one I turn it to a positive cause u don't lose u gain more info and your body adjusts and get that much better

[@rmp7shot]

As a brand new white belt, let me tell you that getting put into a head triangle 10+ times by one dude definitely gave me a new perspective on some things to avoid doing/looking into ways of getting out of that situation. I'm glad that I got demolished my first day.

[@rage_tv4493]

Yes I one percent agree. Just by reading the title yes. I’m a one stripe white belt and I wouldn’t be where ,I am skill wise, without getting destroyed over and over again. What really made me start to go for it and to get better was I was rolling with a guy around his 30s but my size and I’m like “yea I doubt I’ll get to his level any time soon so just learn.” What really started to set me off on the no I NEED to get better was when a 17 year old girl started kicking my ass. For about a week she was kicking my ass BUT I was learning more and more. The competitive nature in me also gave me that big push to try as hard as I can. Before the week ended I had finally gotten 1 over her. The satisfaction of finally beating her wouldn’t have been nearly as good if I didn’t get stomped day after day.

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

I’m four stripes into my blue belt and getting smashed has made me far better than if everyone was nice and easy. There is a balance not unlike rolling with kids as an adult but ya, everyone needs to feel their mistakes.

[@Jiu-JitsuJourney257]

Ya man. I just got my purple belt and I can 100% attribute that to getting absolutely battered by the purple belts. They took zero mercy on me haha

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

@@Jiu-JitsuJourney257 right? And if you're anything like me, your defense was supercharged by learning with significantly higher skilled teammates. My attacks... tbd.

[@bes03c]

I came from a wrestling background and I still remember the guillotine choke I took from shooting in with my head on the outside. It didn't take long to break that habit. I try to do the same for new people. When they make mistakes, I capitalize on them to demonstrate the technique.

[@gavinmickwee8853]

It definitely helped me getting smashed first few months. It humbles you and allows you to know your place in the Gym.

[@jakewood1299]

I’ve been training for over 5 years. As a white belt, I was smashed by more advanced people fairly often and it CERTAINLY helped me learn and grow being able to look back at it.

[@virgilcol]

I agree. I’ll never forget how motivated I was after my first live round and I was submitted 4x

[@bossman674]

Only now that I have started BJJ do I realise what it means when you are stood in front of a blue, purple, brown or black belt. It’s a completely different level of ability and self defence. When you then look at ADCC level and world champs… let me tell you right now… that is a MIND blowing level of ability. But as chewy said in this video… we can talk about it all day, you simply have to FEEL what BJJ feels like on the mats to understand

[@toombroon1110]

I love getting smashed. I started BJJ last week, and am enthralled with the techniques and the levels to it. There’s always something that you can learn, even when you’re getting smashed. Plus, it feels good when I can finally say I did something against a better opponent. I won a scramble against a blue belt yesterday when we were rolling. Felt great. Of course, he kimura’d 30 me seconds later, but I count whatever victories I can.

[@GaryLiseo]

I’m a blue belt and still get smashed by upper belts. It was good for me as white and continues to help as blue Getting smashed helps callous me and teaches me what not to do. We’ve since started going a bit easier on newer white belts so as to not scare them off. But that doesn’t mean we won’t show them some smashy love here and there

[@immerweiter42]

Ok. I am 48 years old, just started BJJ, 66 kilos, 178 cm, pretty fit but low stamina (due to a hereditary blood condition) , somewhat experienced with martial arts, also practicing boxing at the same time. And it happens to follow your channel and consider that you are legit, sincere and quite a nice guy. This is the first time I am responding I understand being smashed as a white belt can be beneficial for these reasons (it's not an exhaustive list): a) It is important for me to have the experience of being choked or armbared or even having an opponent 40 kilos heavier sitting on my chest or squeezing the hell out of me being in his/her relentless guard or to endure whatever it is considered to be smashed. And I reflect afterwards: ok. what did I do wrong? how will I fare better in our next scramble? Is it fitness I should improve? Is it my weight? Is it awareness and/or my reflexes? Obviously I should improve technique and acquire skills. How do i do that? But now I know just a bit more what I shall do. And in the long term these just a bit mores will turn up the tide.... b) testing my limits. A higher belt tries to submit me. How long can i delay the tap? I feel hisor her technique is not 100% perfect, thus how long can I take it before either he changes his mind or having some rest I can come back with an improvised counter (remember I am a white belt). And taking advantage of my good flexibility (which I am proud of anyways) where is my point on no return? Can I "fool" my opponent into gasing out? c) A higher belt is my partner in this game. Oh, yes and let's get humble here. I just started BJJ and everyone is testing his/her techniques on me (with what I like to believe reasonable force). But this is logical, isn't it? Let's say you are a higher belt and you just found out a new "killing" technique (by whatever means, be it your instructor, a youtube video, an old school DVD, another player in an open mat "friendy" turnament", whatever...). It seems promising. Who are you going to test it to, an when? In tournaments? To the instructor of your instructor who is paying a friendly educational visit in your dojo (I am pretty convinced that in Bjj instructors (and belts) matter). No, you will start with lower belts (and that's good for them also) and continue to test it with someone higher and higher and higher until you got it perfected against a high ability opponent. Who knows actualy? Maybe this tested and tested and perfected technique will get your name... someday... (Laughing...) Ok. This is long enough. I will respond further with some quite legitimate reasons when it is counterproductive to ALWAYS smash white or lower belts from my point of view (the beginners). Thank you in advance for reading and please excuse my english. PS. Your videos roll.

[@benjiavelar7030]

I have two black belts in my gym (my professor and a newly awarded black belt) and while it is to note I have wrestling experience (5 yrs) they both smash me all the time in free rolls but they do have a tenderness to the way they do smash me. I never feel unnecessary aggression jut strong defense and I personally love it bc it shows me where my holes are in terms of keeping my opponent away from a submission. any little hole I leave they capitalize on it and it helps me to figure out what im looking to neutralize in specific positions

[@andrewkarl5174]

An old 2 stripe blue belt here. I roll very often with 2 younger, heavier, purple belts, they smash the hell out of me, but I remember all my mistakes, and it makes me better. Stay humble.

[@jtr2087]

Speaking for white belts the world over…. I fully approve this message. I’m a lifelong martial artist and have a black belt in one martial art and a brown belt in another. The thing that ruined both of those arts for me is watching the bar for entry being continually lowered. Jiu jitsu has been able to keep that at bay by holding the tradition of a higher bar for entry(promotions) I worry that if higher belts were always gentle with lower belts and never showcase their skills that it would have a negative long term effect on the quality of bjj athletes. As a horse rider…. Every time you get bucked off take a shot of whiskey and get back on. One way or another you’ll relax in the saddle.

[@rashiro]

Blue belt here, smashing the white belt who won’t stop spazzing out and trying to muscle through things with zero regard to his/others safety needs said smashing until it stops. The chewy three tap as fast as you can then dial it back rule is a good rule.

[@terryhardinjr3581]

3 month nogi white belt here and for me personally with how I learn, I get the most value out of flow rolling in terms of understanding positioning and how to pull off certain moves and I've got a few guys that I do that with, then in a given training day after I've got good and warmed up I'll go hit up one of the higher belts at my gym that I get along well with and trust to make effort not injure me and they'll toss me around and that really dials in the decisiveness and the fundamental technique I need to pull off the moves I picked up flow rolling in a high stress environment and that for me works the best, then I take a rest and typically try and discuss/get some guidance from that higher belt if they're willing, or my coach if they have the time Think of it like a forging right, you get the metal super hot (warmed up) and then you smash it into the shape it needs to be, quench it and it's solid for the task its made to do That's just what works for me of course

[@terryhardinjr3581]

Plus and when you do hit a move off a higher belt when you're rolling pretty hot, it's the best feeling (even if it doesn't lead to a tap) and it seems like the ability to hit that move on people closer to your own level gets way easier after that. Idk if it's a confidence thing or what but it works

[@KingMarcusTheThird]

1 stripe white belt. Just as I started to feel confident, tapping most other white belts and some blue belts, I absolutely got destroyed by a blue belt and a black belt tonight. I understand why that humbling experience was needed.

[@DeathrashWhiplash]

The best rolls ive had in the 2 months since Ive been training are the ones which I am either a)smashed or b)talked through or coached through. I learn the most in these 2 places

[@lowbudgetmma3087]

A coach or a great instructor can comfortably make someone uncomfortable for learning purposes.

[@sk8iny0]

Getting ragdolled is what made BJJ irresistible for me. I had no clue what the hell was going on 90% of the time which is exactly what made it feel almost mystical. I was hooked. I had to find out what kind of wizardry these guys were pulling off.

[@rodneyhorne9615]

I'm a one stripe white belt. The upper belts in our school (Triad BJJ in Archdale NC) tend to give you moderate resistance to see what you can do or let you practice. Then they will slow down the role and give you pointers. Once the timer starts ticking down, then they smash you. It's great as a learning experience and an ego check. Upper belts take on a really big coaching role. I wonder if that is common in other schools?

[@golforfishing]

ya of course. Some of the higher belts take you under their wing, others don't say much even though they like you.

[@Leggett27]

2 month white belt here. I just enjoy defense and seeing how long I can go before they submit me, sometimes I even get on top but they get out of my guard easily, haven’t learned much offense (like guard retention) yet outside of the basic submissions

[@jdt1221a]

As a horse person myself I very much so appreciate this message. You’re like a BJJ Jordan Peterson😎🙏

[@Priapos93]

Metaphorically, this also constitutes good advice for dealing with oneself.

[@israeltilk11]

An occasional smashing keeps the ego in check

[@ramoncamarillo618]

I’d rather be smashed in the gym than on the streets in a real fight. It’s a training ground to make you mentally tough to face life.

[@JamaaLS]

Reading that thumbnail was difficult

[@claycoppinger2983]

Getting smashed is also important for buy-in. I remember thinking "oh my god this stuff is real"

[@Chewjitsu]

Same

[@TheAdamHawk]

Perfect timing bro! I've been rolling for 6 months, I'm not great but I'm 4 stripes in and our gym gets TONS of new students every week. I'm always rolling down and helping new kids but i always play defense. It's to the point where I'm forgetting offense because I never turn the gas up. I want to get experience too when we full roll.

[@alecjaxn]

Tennessee Walker vs. Thoroughbred shows the importance of technique. I used to cross my legs when I took someone's back and I didn't listen to the purple belt who told me not to do that until he let me take his back and submitted me immediately after I crossed my legs. Those who do not hear shall feel.

[@fafodiesel1]

I'm a one stripe white belt, about a year in, and the most fun for me is when I get thrown, tripped, swept, smashed by the judo+bjj black belt (small gym and we're similar in size. I can match his physicality a little but obv get demolished skill wise). I literally laugh/giggle every time because I'm in awe about how easily he destroyed/outwitted/baited me. Im starting to get to the point where I can earn some taps on some blue belts and that's encouraging too obviously, but because I'm that 40lbs heavier than them I don't feel as though I've "earned" it as much, and smashing the newer guys than me (same size as me) who're 3 weeks to 3 months in doesn't feel as fun because it feels like I have cheat codes or something. Maybe I'm just a masochist 😅

[@davidlaguna2011]

Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker, so when I was reading "why would you such a thing" I thought it was wrong but I don't know... Is that sentence grammatically correct? Or do you have to add the auxiliar verb "Do"??

[@pubjitsuguy8596]

Lol I went to an open Matt session on a first time try with Matthouse in Reading England. :o) Ive fought on my feet all life so thought lets give it a go to support my son who Ive encouraged into JJ. I was paired with a 250Ib purple belt he told me if we roll people have to get out of our way because he’s purple. I asked is purple higher than blue (I rather like blue) I tried not to flail and control where his hips went. Cut a long story short it turns out lying flat on your back while a purple belt knee drops from standing isn’t good. Something went pop, haven’t been able to lift my arm for weeks. Play stopped immediately. No one told me what I had done wrong, there was just a general ooops between him and instructor. I came home to KZbin googled something they mentioned called knee on belly ( a had flying knee to ribs) Anyway Jiu-Jitsu 1 me nil 🙂. Haven’t been back. Love the fact in Jitsu you can fight so much harder than you can in boxing sparring without needless damage…….but I haven’t been back

[@NoblesseObligedCP]

When I first started bjj I asked higher belts to go harder and smash me I knew I would lose but I needed it. They always like refuse but I want to see I needed to see the real difference between the black and white belt. I need to see and understand where I was going give me drive someone to work towards an enemy to be better than to beat. I am also a pretty big guy and surprising athletic despite my apperence 6'2 285 when I started training. They used to ask me if I trained all the time before I started but I didnt I just know how to move my body and I dont panic.

[@cej3940]

I loved grappling agaisnt more experienced people, BJJ or wrestling It frustrates me yes, but much like sparring for striking sports, I feel like I get more context for when I shadow at home, I sometimes wish that I had more time spent in certain positions and stuff to comprehend where I am and how I got there but building that fundamental understanding of getting used to be tossed around per se and learning to drill that fatigue reaction to calm myself and try to figure something out and try it Training has to be hard so that when it's no longer training, I'm more likely to be more responsive and productive

[@jorgeherrera1074]

I used to have a certain way to escape armbars that just became natural to me because it always worked. I was a white belt and I would usually roll with purple and below. I rolled with a black belt for the first time and he totally countered it immediately so much so had I powered through like I used to I would’ve broken my arm. I learned from then on maybe my method wasn’t so good as I thought…

[@ghostrunner2138]

I’ve just started BJJ but I did wrestle in high school and you never went easy on guys just because they were new when you go live. Drilling is obviously different you have to let them get reps in even if that means you’re a glorified tackling dummy, but when it comes to live everyone should be going 100 percent. My coach said if you are going with someone less experienced you need to change your goals from getting a takedown in a minute to getting 10 or 15 takedowns a minute so you are still working hard.

[@movingman67]

1 stripe WB here. I like getting dominated by 4 stripe WB and BB. It shows me how good I can be if I stick with it.

[@austinrandall1273]

Such a humbling experience it was....is.... .still ..

[@johnmedige1612]

I didn't think i was acrazy white belt.. because I was always scared to hurt my friends.. but .. been a blue belt for almost a year and I completely understand where u are coming from and makes me think I probably wasn't that easy and more spazy .. lol.. so now I lock down newer guys after getting elbows and knees and loosing a tooth to a knee to the face from a wrestling white belt.. so I know now to lock them down and use my tequiniqe and try to advise sometimes.. but not alot.. lol..mainly to protect my self

[@jezwarren-clarke2471]

Omg this is so weird.. my wife taught me to ride a few year ago (English/tradition style) before I got into jjujitsu. Ever since I started I’ve draw so many comparisons between these two, seemingly un comparing disciplines. As a noob to bjj and remembering first learning to ride you have to remember so many different body movements and they all have to come together at the same time to pull the effect off. Also chatting to higher belt s, they tell me of fell and balance. And black belts and very experienced riders both have told me you never stop learning. Btw I think my horse was a purple belt, when I first stated he would go left and would often put in an arm bar..

[@fitzbb3549]

Nothing better then some humble pie!

[@southerndiscomfort6359]

Getting smashed alot improves defense abilty overtime so it's a good thing.

[@Rico702Vegas]

Love this dude!! Always respectful and keeps it 100% no matter what. Much respect bro.

[@Solairethedarksoul]

I’m more of “some” white belts need smashing.

[@amost1000]

Got beat up my first 2 classes but it helps me gauge myself, so I have benchmarks to aim for. So going easy on a new person would not be helpful in my opinion. They need to know what to work for.

[@acutiff7125]

Hey Chewy, love your videos. How can I submit a question? I’m the smallest and weakest girl in my gym. I’ve been training 8 hours per week every week for almost a year. I got my first stripe after 6 months. However, I still keep getting smashed by newer, no stripe belts. Often I have several rolls with no submissions or sweeps at all even with people closer to my weight class. I’m discouraged and also embarrassed. I don’t want my coaches feeling like they are wasting their time with me.

[@David_Musashi]

As we learned in the Corps ….Pain retains

[@pimpsimp8934]

So when my coach opened up out school there was only a few white belts and me also being a white belt I was able to get the upper hand just of my reaction and athleticism and so constantly rolling I didn’t have to learn technique and I got a skewed view of what I can do never being challenged to learn correct technique I thought I was really good but when higher belts started to come this forced be to back up and access what I was doing this showed my I was not in fact good and really had not learned anything the high belts smashing me pushed to me to learn technique and give me humility

[@DaSoto21500]

One coach at my gym likes to line up the color belts on one side of the gym and white belts on the other side and he let’s the higher belts choose their white belt opponent for rolling, and man is it a fuckin struggle but it is also some of the best time for learning I’ve ever had in my few months of training

[@devonanderson1832]

I'm a blue belt and I love smashing white belts. I dont really beat the crap out of them..but I smash and catch them with stuff. You gotta teach em the way.

[@bengough6955]

I didn't need to get Smashed. I just got pinned and could do absolutely nothing. Trying too hard to fight that off was so exhausting I learned to slow down very quickly and breath.

[@Bealio]

Chewy Why Would You Such A Thing

[@drew1753]

I'm honestly surprised this is a question...lol. The whole reason I had any interest in BJJ at all was because some purple belt showed me how useless I was on the ground on my first day and took no mercy on me. Hell, the white belts were rag dolling me so I knew there was something to it. Weird question from someone I assume trains...

[@chadslater3521]

Well said brother..

[@chrissugg6781]

When I train afternoons with the blue, purples, browns and blacks (I’m usually the only white belt) I feel like a killer at night with the white belts. I appreciate my coach’s so much.

[@michaelhoffman2011]

Honestly not sure what the issue as, since you are the coach you need to get rid of bad habbits, And it isn't like you are constantly smashing the white belts or anything. Rolling with one of the blue belt girls in class (she is fast as hell), I had to do a bit of a smash just to get her to start playing from bottom half, and to help her with the holes in her game she has from down there.

[@martialartsvocationalschoo3319]

What else would you do with a brand new white belt? On a more serious note: I wish I had an equivalent of smashing when teaching German and English.

[@marcuseverett1642]

I'm only a white belt but I smashed a new guy on his first day. After the first tap he got up and sat out the rest of practice and I felt so bad, like I went too hard on him. A brown belt... who beats the brakes off me on a regular basis was like "pfft don't worry about it we all had it happen to us."

[@tijuas0918]

Getting smashed is literally the best thing for you, nothing is going to improve ur game more than that and learning from it. I always say if you catch me with one sneaky move you'll never get it again.

[@allhaildrewzavic2838]

I’m a white belt no strip and I learn more from getting smeshed then when they let me progress

[@riohvbcho]

Yes, this made me realize my wrestling isn’t that important if not respecting bjj while doing it. Def need to get beaten down, and I’m typing this waiting for my practice to start in the gym😂😂

[@percussivemaintenance7222]

Honest question. Was a month into training and got smashed so hard by someone that I got my ribs broken. I dont think I came in with an ego, and I was super respectful, but now I cant train for six weeks minimum. Is that just par for the course? Seems like overkill to me.

[@701garage]

I loved getting smashed. It is the only way I learn. When I wrestles in high school I always wrestled the higher weigh classes or the multi state champ.

[@KelpWolf]

As a white belt with a big ego, I totally think that we need to be smashed, part of the time... Maybe 10%? What I have found most useful for the majority is drilling and situational light rolling.

[@ed1726]

One of the better guys I've rolled with would arm bar me. At will. I felt like a child. Didn't hurt in the slightest. Was like wrestling an iron pillow. Not sure I'd call it smashing me though, certainly wasn't letting me win but honestly it was way more painful to roll with much worse guys.