Breaking Closed Guard For White Belts (Don't Make These 2 Mistakes) 

these are the small details that really help a white belt like myself. thanks

Great tips. I'm a 49 year old white belt, training 6 months. My 13 year old son and I joined the same time and train together. Having a great time. Fantastic instructors and people we train with. Your videos are a great supplement. Thank you.

0:55 -Elbow Position 1:40 -Hip Push 2:19 -Knee Position 3:30 -If You Hit The Mat

Damn this is gold. Brown belts have been kicking my ass cause i keep flaring my elbows when posturing up. Been armbar city on me last couple weeks😂😪

I'm a white belt, and I just binge watched a ton of your videos. Thank you for your instruction. Very clear and easy to understand. You have a new member joining your channel.

This is the first thing my purple belt BJJ instructor taught us. He never mentioned putting your hands on the opponent's illiac crest (the hip bone you can feel in your sides) or being careful not to bend forward. Thank you Chewie

Tell me why this guy reminds me of a buff steven crowder

I’ve been a white belt for quite a while and your videos help a lot. I wish I had more time to train but just gotta keep going!

Dear Chewy I recently picked up BJJ and your videos are an amazing help for us white belts!! I really love that you switch the angle, makes it so much easier to see what you´re suppose to do. Thank you so much for the great work you are doing, it is much appreciated!!! Yours sincerely Aage

you are a good teacher, my first JJ instructor never mentioned any of these

I watched this video before my last class and it totally upped my game. Great tips for a snow white belt like myself.

Dude as a total newb white belt thrown into the fire I really appreciate all the content you have put out!!

I am a newbie to BJJ. I have only had 3 lessons, but I watched this before my lesson today and was able to execute it! I hit subscribe so you can teach me more!

Our class just drilled this tonight. I am so glad I found this on tonight of all nights! Thank you, Chewie!

I actually really enjoy this guy he helped me a lot getting to my blue belt answered a lot of questions people don’t feel comfortable asking thank you again on my journey

Thank you man. I'm a blue belt for 3 years and i didnt know about the elbows thing. Going to the gym tonight teach this to my partners. (Only after i use this in all of then, of course haha)

Now I know how to break guard when my girlfriend closes so I can’t pull out

Gave up smoking this past weekend and started bjj yesterday. We started with this position and I did not know what to do. I struggled till I was winded and could not pass the guard. Now I know, Thanks guys

Tried this today and it worked, was starting to get frustrating getting stuck in guard all the time, thanks Chewjitsu.

Just subbed. Awesome channel. I'm a white belt and so much stuff goes over my head. The details are lost. And I can't keep asking the instructor to go over something again and again and again. However, I can watch your vids, which are really well put together!

One tip my coach taught me one of my first days was find a part of the wall and stare at it in full posture. I’m still a white belt I’m still new and fresh but it genuinely helps me so much

Wow! small details that make a big difference! cant wait to show these to my newbie buddies!

That head polish was beautiful.

Awesome I’ve been to two classes at my gym and I’m clueless on what to do or even the goal or object so these are helpful thank you

This is awesome. I will work on this next time when rolling.

Super new to BJJ.. Thanks for sharing this... I use it very often.. Haven't Mastered it yet, but I do post my hands and posture up.. Its takes a lot of energy out of them which helps me a lot.... I'll learn how to break the guard next.... Thx Chew..

I just started BJJ a couple days ago and I've been watching all your videos. Thanks for the informative content.

Please turn up the volume on your videos! Other then that, love them

Bro i got triangle choked the second i gave him my arm

Very grateful for your videos, really helping me as I just started a month ago. Thanks

Fantastic tips for a beginner like myself thank you. Please keep them coming. 👍🏻

This is great! I used this a few times today and it works! Especially the bit about controlling the hip. Thanks so much.

excellent video...i am rolling with purple belts now and these details make all the difference (I am a 2 stripe WB)

I went to my first class today and was in the class with blue belts and purple belts. It was rough. I felt like it was literally trial by fire. "Here's your belt. Good luck." The instructor talks about having good fundamentals before trying the fancy stuff, but I don't have any fundamentals, and I'm paired with guys that have been doing this for years. I made it through the entire class of getting choked out and tossed around, but I felt that that was more because I have heart and surely wasn't because I was holding my own. I feel like very basic menuvors like this would have helped, but it wasn't taught at all. I think a class filled with beginners would be better for a beginner.

Thanks for that, great video for white belts like myself. Love the channel. 👍

Subscribed. Nice work man. I also powerlift so I appreciated the reference you made about bending the bar to set the shoulders into a strong position when you bench press and that reference made it super clear as to what you were talking about.

Thanks again for the great easy to follow tips. Please continue with white belt instructions

If you are in 2021, You are a legend

Fantastic simple technique. I am trying this tomorrow when I go to class.

Fire video , ty

I needed to know this like 3 hours ago

Chewy, would you please do a video on how the lever and fulcrum apply to BJJ? I have looked at some things online, but have seen nothing that helps me understand how it applies to my practice.

Excellent. Going to practice this, this week.

Thanks for the great channel. Really helps me learn between classes and try new things when rolling.

I got my own gym and teach and videos like this is really good for me. Awesome to know about good tips to give my students. I am a BlueBelt myself and the gym is extremely successfull =)

Wow this is old, but I love the powerlifting reference!

Awesome thanks for the tip. I'm a white belt and I'm having trouble breaking guard.

Dude thanks for this it helped me out so much dude thank you thank you

Thanks so much for these tutorials us white belt appreciate it

Yes! Thank you! That hand on hip is a big help. I had it on the belly area Oss!

Awesome tips for white belts!

Adam always speaks the truth!!!

Thanks brother

great tip

Thanks mate for the awesome videos. Had my first BJJ lesson today. thanks for the prep :)

Awesome, I've been struggling with this. I'll put this to the text this week :-)

As old as this video is It just saved me , Alote of head pain. Thank you.

Any tips for a tall guy to break someone's guard? I'm 6'4". It's hard to stand up to break the closed guard.

awesome chewy, thanks for the details, can't wait to correct it! that's the first time i've heard that! thanks

Thanks for making the videos! Really helpful keep it up!

Ty for this.

White belt here. Thanks for the tips

Amazing tips professor subscribed:)

What are your thoughts on kids BJJ, especially around submissions e.g. what age do you start teaching them? How do you judge when they're safe to compete? etc.

Thanks coach I was looking for something like that

the tip about not rocking when you slide your leg is going to be a difficult lesson for me to put into practice, I think. Do it all the time

I like your videos now more than before, just because of the bench press and powerlifting reference....with this elbow pisition, its easier to involve the lat muscles for added control

Thank you Chewy!!!!

Great tips.

Awesome Job Chewy thanks dude.

Thanks man this video helped alot

very informative, great info. thank you

Apparently I’m way late to the channel but thank you for these videos

thank you

Great video

Adam is a talker. :)

I always rock forward...yes, I'm a white belt. Thanks for the tip!

Awesome video. I'm about as white belt as a gets.

Thanks !

Is that music Nujabes?

Good stuff my good friend I also teach my guys there's no need to look down! There's no reason to look down just kind of a little bit up keep your head up looking up because you know were thing is anyways

Adam is an eloquent man :D

WTF I DIDN'T KNOW DAN BILZERIAN WAS A BJJ BLACK BELT

So, I've seen that you answer questions from you comment section sometimes. I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm a brand new white belt - 29 years old in a week. I was training consistently for a few weeks and then one day while rolling, I got hit in the rib and now it's bruised/cracked. It's been a couple weeks since it happened and I went back and drilled some techniques in class today and quickly learned that it's nowhere near healed enough for me to be able to really train. I've basically just been going and watching class. It's driving me crazy because, like all new white belts I'm sure, I've been bitten by the BJJ bug and I'm hooked. Anyway, my question is this - what can I be doing to try to make SOME semblance of progress while I'm healing up? Also, any tips on healing ribs faster? Thanks in advance and keep it up - I dig the channel!

Great video, now I know why I can’t break guard lol

How can I address or defeat my opponents grips in this situation?

How can you place your knee near his butt id his guard is strong and tight? I find that my partner just moves with me, keeping the same strong tight guard.

Perfect for my as a white belt 🕉

can you do a video on good BJJ stretches for dexterity in the guard. im a new white belt

Chewy could you please do a video when someone breaks your posture and you have to climb your way up? I have a hard time with this

dan bilzerian is so talented

Thanks !! :)

The intro music, I thought I was going to see Mr.Plinkett training with Jay and Mike.

I tried this guard break on a taller opponent, he’s not really that tall I’m just short and could manage to break the guard. My knee and hand was in the correct position and he said he felt the pain in his hip but I could get far enough out to break the guard (my thigh was completely straight) and tips or advice on other guard breaks for a new white belt?

Super fucking solid video

These are some great tips i kept getting posture broken and put into almost armbars by this big ass guy that weighs like 260 pounds lol

I started jujitsu 3 months ago, someone was telling me that I have to pin their arm down and that’s the only way, but I feel like there are other ways to escape a guard

Hey Chewy I know this is old but, I heard you say on a recent video that you couldn’t posture up because of your feet. I am also in this predicament. I’m stretching it a lot with the child pose from yoga. My question is. In the meantime. How the heck can I get out of someone’s full guard. Maybe a video idea ? Tia.

I don't understand. When you grip the gi with your right hand and turn it so it's a horizontal grip, that turns your elbow out and to the right, which is what we're trying to avoid.

Evening from the uk. Just advice please,I've had a knee op 5years ago and wish todo bjj. I'm 41 need to get fit and interested. Nathan.