Chewjitsu

Chewy's three rear naked choke variations, including the palm-to-palm and the figure-four finishes he actually uses.

Chewy's longer class on escaping back mount the way black belts do it: shoulders to the mat, clearing hooks and not giving the choke while you move.

Chewy runs through the five mount escapes he still uses at black belt, starting with the upa and the bridge-and-shrimp elbow escape. A good first video for anyone who keeps getting stuck under mount.

Chewy on hiding the choking-hand grip so the bottom player cannot peel it off. A small detail that finishes a lot of defended RNCs.

Chewy's longer look at finishing more rear naked chokes: when to switch arms, how to take out slack and how to deal with a tucked chin.

Chewy shows five different collar chokes from back mount that all start from the same first grip, so you have options when the bow and arrow is defended.

Chewy's seven reasons your butterfly sucks, mostly retention and posture problems before any sweep is attempted.

Chewjitsu's double-under pass: getting both arms under the legs, stacking, and walking around without letting the opponent shrimp back to guard.

Chewjitsu's closed-guard kimura for white belts, the grip and hip details that actually finish it.

Four closed-guard sweeps Chewjitsu wants white belts to learn early: scissor, hip bump, pendulum and lumberjack.

Chewjitsu's basic De La Riva sweep for white belts, with the hook and far-side grip that make it repeatable.

Chewy's three-choke attack sequence from the front headlock so you are not stuck hunting a single guillotine.

Chewjitsu's Peruvian necktie setup from the front headlock, plus two submissions if they defend the first attempt.

Chewy on how to drill when your partner only wants to roll: making live training more technical.

Chewy's three essential things to know for your first BJJ competition.

Chewjitsu on what a new white belt should focus on when they cannot hit submissions yet: position, frames and surviving.

Chewy diagnoses the five habits that make mount escapes fail: bad frames, no bridge, escaping too late, wrong timing. As much about the priorities under mount as about any single technique.

Chewy on why people lose mount and the hip and hand adjustments that keep you on top while adding pressure.

Chewy on making S-mount heavy: where the hips sit, how the knee behind the head pins the shoulder and how to stop the frame escape.

Chewy on combining the kimura from side control with the north-south choke as they turn.

Chewy's two effective options for escaping a tight north-south.

Chewjitsu shows how to escape when the top player has already settled with heavy pressure and you cannot get your frames in cleanly. Short and very practical for white belts.

Chewjitsu on the concepts for holding side control: controlling the hips, shoulders and neck, and how to shift between them as the bottom player moves.

Chewjitsu on going from side control to mount for white belts, and the two mistakes - leaving space at the hip and lifting the knee too early - that let the bottom player recover half guard.

Chewjitsu's straight ankle lock for white belts, with the grip, hip and foot placement details that turn the position from single-leg X into a reliable finish.

Two spider-guard sweeps Chewjitsu uses with white belts who are first playing open guard in the gi.

Chewy's two favourite ways to take the back when the opponent turtles: one for when they are tight, one for when they open up.

Chewjitsu shows how a butterfly guard sweep attempt naturally opens the door to X-guard or single-leg X when the opponent stands or posts. A simple, beginner-friendly link between the guards.

Chewjitsu's entry to X-guard from half guard: use the underhook to get under the opponent as they stand or drive forward, then thread the hooks in.

Chewjitsu's recommended first X-guard sweep for people new to the position, with the hook placement and hip angle explained slowly.

Chewy's white-belt-friendly way to get to back mount and stay there, still used at black belt.

Chewy on the best way to pass butterfly, which starts with controlling the hooks and the head.

Three butterfly concepts from Chewjitsu that make the hook sweep a timing problem instead of a strength one.

Chewjitsu's fundamental armbar from closed guard for beginners, broken into the grips, the angle and the finish.

Chewjitsu's pendulum/flower sweep from closed guard, useful at every belt.

Three chained De La Riva sweep drills so the first failed sweep feeds the next.

Chewy's drills for cardio and speed while guard passing.

Why your first tournament is not about winning, and what it is actually for.

Chewy on dealing with the overhook / whizzer when they try to come up from half guard into a dogfight sweep.

Chewjitsu's effortless half-guard sweep, using the underhook so it does not feel like a strength move.

Chewy on not just escaping the BJJ scarf hold but coming up with an armbar, which also means hiding your own trapped arm on the way out.

Chewjitsu escaping a tight knee-on-belly: frames on the knee, shrimp, and not turning into the crucifix.

Chewy on the sequence that has to happen before any mount escape works: free a leg so you can bridge, get the hands together for inside frames, then start the escape.

Chewy's tips for making mount heavier and more threatening, including where to put the knees and hands so the bottom player cannot build frames.

Chewy's short version of the arm triangle from mount for beginners.

A mount escape Chewjitsu likes against bigger people, built on frames rather than a power bridge.

Eight reasons guard retention fails, and Chewjitsu's fixes for frames, hips and inversion.

Chewjitsu lists the seven most common reasons side control escapes fail - bad frames, wrong timing, flat hips and so on - and how to fix each one. Good diagnostic viewing for beginners.

Chewjitsu's advice for white belts who keep getting flattened in side control: how to breathe, frame and stop the position getting worse before working on the escape itself.

Chewjitsu on creating heavy pressure in side control when you are the smaller person, focused on where the weight sits and keeping the knees off the mat.

Chewjitsu's tour of five side control variations - standard, reverse, hip-to-hip and so on - and when to switch between them to kill the bottom player's frames.

A sneaky armbar from side control Chewjitsu uses when they reach to frame the hip.

Chewjitsu's kimura from side control, the grip and hip switch that raise the finish rate.

Chewjitsu shows how a failed butterfly or hook sweep hands you single-leg X if you keep hold of the leg. Simple entry for people starting to play the position.

Chewjitsu's three counters to spider guard, including the slick third option once they have both feet on the biceps.

Three gi takedowns off the same cross-collar grips, a white-belt standing package from Chewjitsu.

A 10th Planet black belt on Chewjitsu walks through entering the truck from turtle and finishing the calf slicer when the opponent will not give up the back.

Fly-on-the-wall footage of Chewjitsu running seven X-guard drills in class, moving from entries into cyclical sweep drills. Good for structuring your own drilling.

Chewjitsu links the X-guard sweep to a straight ankle lock setup that appears as the opponent falls, a legal-everywhere way to start attacking legs from X-guard.

Simple back-mount adjustments when they are escaping the hooks, so you keep the seatbelt.

A choke setup from back mount for when people keep escaping your hooks.

A Chewjitsu butterfly sweep for when the passer is shutting down the standard hook lift.

Butterfly sweep tips plus two solo drills so you can groove the off-balancing without a partner.

Entering butterfly from closed guard and sweeping, Chewjitsu's white-belt path off the back.

Switching to butterfly from half guard when the knee shield is getting smashed.

What to do when De La Riva is getting smashed: recovering the hook and not turning into a knee cut.

Chewjitsu shows a simple hip movement that makes it easier to slide the knee back in and recover guard after creating space under side control.

One essential side-control detail for white belts: where the weight sits so they cannot shrimp.

A short Chewjitsu spider-guard pass: pin a leg, clear the second foot and go.

A powerful gi takedown plus the grip-fighting basics Chewjitsu wants before you shoot.