Chewy: Getting A BJJ Black Belt Doesn’t Require Much Discipline - Nick Albin | #51 

Chewjitsu is probably my favorite bjj channel. I've watched probably every video of his. It's helped me out a lot

I must have watched every single video with Chewie, he's a legend! Amazing episode guys 🔥

I totaly agree with this, strength is way more inportant than most gym leaders etc will admit. Saying that though. I have seen weedy kids come into the gym with zero strength and they have trained there arse off a few years and then just by training bjj very consistantly they passively become very strong.

Chewy is a big inspiration for me getting into BJJ. Great job getting an interview with him. I've watched every video on his channel. Watched him for years before I signed up at my gym.

That was a good episode I really enjoyed it and got a lot of insight about bjj.

As a fellow bjj player I have to say. There isn’t a better feeling in the world than going all out in the gym for a workout. It’s you against you, and it’s euphoric in between sets and the workout.. jiu jitsu is more fun but the gym isn’t mean to be fun. It’s meant to be hard work you put your heart and soul into each set and there isn’t many better natural feelings in the world

Great podcast lads, found you through chewy.. great questioning, really enjoyed this. Looking forward to more. BJJ white belt in Hong kong.

Chewy has been an inspiration throughout my jiu jitsu journey... can't wait to meet him at his camp this year!

Crazy, I did bjj in a taekwondo gym in Corona, CA back in 2002ish...Coach left and I stopped....20 years later back at it again!

Im an 11B Army combat veteran. Been through some real hard shit including Afghanistan. But BJJ brings out the Bi*** in me. I have never quit so many times in my life. Love it.

Just found a hidden gym of a podcast. Yous even have a JFlo interview and Kit Dale coming up? Awesome! Works not gonna drag on no more

I can tell when someone has to use all their strength to stop it. When my coach has to do it as a brown belt me a brand new blue and hit a move and he has to use all the strength and out weighs me by 80 pounds I makes me happy.

big ups to chewy, brilliant pod lads

My brother who's a scientist told me one day:"researchers are usually the worst at the field they're studying. They study a given field because of their obsession with that one thing they can't get a grasp on.". I'm a black who seriously lacked discipline in many aspects of my life. However, it is because i specifically lacked discipline, that i deeply know the value of it, and how it could have impacted and improved my life. That's why as a teacher, i'm trying to pass on this value to my students, specially the kids. I don't want them to lose the time i loss and miss the opportunity i missed for not being disciplined.

The problem isn’t the strength, it’s people winning and getting promoted because of their strength. Being strong doesn’t mean you are good it just means you are strong.

Spitting facts

I have some age and some gyms experience..Where ever is belts jiu jitsu,karate there is much more ego and much more a s sho les in that gyms.. Wrestlers,boxers are the best persons ,expecially wrestlers.. Plus we guys from the west should not put our head down to no one...To much eastern mysticisam around all sports where we have belts..

I don't know, Ive heard Countless black belts, some who are among the highest level, most respected guys in the history of jiu jitsu say that if you're having to use mjscle to power through techniques that you're doing it wrong, and that you therefore need tonfix your technique. I am strong af and can over power many/most of the guys I train with, but I feel that if I get a submission or dominant position through over powering them that my technique must suck and that I need to improve it. Not that strength isnt great to have! But I think if you rely on it, you need to fix your technique. Ive heard almost too many High level black belts to even count say that very thing. If I rely on strength vs technique then the next guy who is stronger will smash me and I'll have no answer.

@37:30 pain retains

You don't need to b jacked no but one day of mobility and one day of strength trainint I do light to med weigh never havy chewy is awesome but nothing bjj legend lol love the guy though

Where does it say doesn’t require much skill

My thoughts are BS gyms have the "You cant ask black belts to roll" so they can cherry pick rolls with people they know they can beat

Not sure if the title is click bait or not as I’m clicked. It’s funny how when I first started (2012) till right before I got my brown (2023), there wasn’t any shit talking towards black belts and down playing the significance of earning one. Now it seems it’s the new trendy thing. I’m a one stripe brown. I see John Damher and other black belts, blue belts who suck, white belts that don’t know anything all dogging on the black belt accomplishment. John Dahmer or dahner (how ever tf you spell it), “getting a black belt isn’t anything special. I know tons of black belts and the vast majority suck. It does not take much to become a black belt. Just pay your gym fees and show up”. I’m sorry this is utter fucking B.S. the amount of time i have wanted to quit due to frustration, burnout, being a smaller competitor, the 40 min to an hour+ drive I do just to get to practice after working all day, the injuries, the joint issues, those days when I don’t want to go yet still do, the dates and relationships I have missed out on, my diet and work out regimen and lifestyle that encompasses my training, the time(over a decade for me) just by itself. 2-3 hours practicing AFTER working more than full time with all other household chores and errands. Thats not including strength and conditioning or meal prep or the amount of laundry. Training 5+ times a week. Researching vids cause you teach 2 classes. One being a 5:30 a.m class on Monday that I have to be up at 3:50 A.M for. Don’t get me wrong, you can be a black belt and suck. But I’m tired of all that shit this gen of brown belts and newer black belts have done to reach the coveted black belt are down played. Yes the belt isn’t the focus, but that doesn’t mean getting one isn’t a goal for most people. Right now I love training but still get frustrated and burnt out. There is still an infinite amount of knowledge to learn after getting a black belt. However that doesn’t change a damn thing with the meaning behind it if you earned it by a legit school and legit instructor. Took me 4.5 years to get my blue. I started when I was 20. Most people QUIT IN THAT TIME!! 99.999% of people quit before reaching their black belt. It takes discipline to stay focused on one goal (even if it’s one with a hobby that you love) for that long. Why do we not discredit a masters degree or even a bachelors degree? All you have to do is buy a book, read and that’s it right? Not like them books are fight back and you’re getting smashed. No, getting a degree is an accomplishment. I have a health bachelors degree. At one point I was going to school more than full time, working full time, had a side gig on the weekends, preparing for boards, and still training for competitions. I’m sorry, but “fxck you” to whomever says getting a black belt in bjj is not that big of a deal. Again haven’t watched the vid, but it’s just something I have noticed that’s been trendy. If it wasn’t a big deal and wasn’t challenging 99% of people wouldn’t quit